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Someone's at the Door!
Ganluan
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This is something that's been really been bugging my wife, and I've been trying to think of a good way to ease her mind.
Last night, we were both in bed around 9 (we both work early), and someone rings our doorbell. Our dog starts flipping out and barking; I get dressed and hurry downstairs, and there's no one there. This has happened once before in the year we've lived here.
There aren't any teenage kids that live in the area, so I assume it's not just some doorbell ditching jackasses. I figured someone probably was looking for a different house and went to the wrong house accidentally, because why else would they be doing that at that time of night? My wife was assuming someone was trying to see if someone was home and then break in, but I would think the ADT stuff plastered everywhere would deter that line of thought. We live in a pretty good area; new build houses and a lot of retirees.
Any thoughts on what the deal is?
Last night, we were both in bed around 9 (we both work early), and someone rings our doorbell. Our dog starts flipping out and barking; I get dressed and hurry downstairs, and there's no one there. This has happened once before in the year we've lived here.
There aren't any teenage kids that live in the area, so I assume it's not just some doorbell ditching jackasses. I figured someone probably was looking for a different house and went to the wrong house accidentally, because why else would they be doing that at that time of night? My wife was assuming someone was trying to see if someone was home and then break in, but I would think the ADT stuff plastered everywhere would deter that line of thought. We live in a pretty good area; new build houses and a lot of retirees.
Any thoughts on what the deal is?
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That's not going to help :P I assume them seeing lights turn on and hearing our dog barking made them change their minds?
Not sure what kind of advice you want here. I've never heard or experienced a doorbell spontaniously ringing... nor have I ever heard of a potential robber ringing a doorbell before breaking in. That seems incredibly stupid to me, especially a robber doing it at night.
Perhaps it was an accident, two times in a year does not make a pattern, and the fact that it happened at 9:00, which a lot of people would consider a reasonable time to ring the doorbell, leads me to believe this is one big overreaction.
If you feel uncomfortable, just make sure you double-check the locks whenever you come inside. If you feel extra paranoid, get a good deadbolt or chain lock installed on the door.
I figured the same, just wanted to hear from other people that something similar had happened. My wife was kinda freaking out about it, but telling her that this happens to other people all the time will help.
If I were a religious zealot, I'm not sure I'd choose that time to try and convert people though :P
Not some 1,000 candlepower monster, just a single-bulb so whoever is at the door is illuminated. Could set a delay so it looks like someone on the inside is turning on the light.
But yeah, just a random occurance.
Uh, it happens all the time. They want to see if anyone is home. If nobody is there, then it's safer to break in. There's no reason to suspect that this is the case in this situation, though.
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I was actually considering this, and will probably end up doing it. We already have a light outside, is it easy to add motion sensing to one that's already installed?
While we're on the subject, is it true that having lights on outside your house deters criminals? Like, leaving your back porch and front porch light on all the time at night?
Yes - they sell kits that screw into the existing socket, and then run to a motion detector.
And also - yes, I don't see why lights wouldn't deter someone over, say, a dark house. You might still get broken into - the couple break-in attempts I've had have been where there was a motion activated light, but the hoodlums grabbed a stick and pushed the light to shine away from the door.
I live with 9 dudes and have a rifle under my bed though, so it's probably better for whoever it was that he didn't get in.