I’ve got to admit to looking forward to this week’s Brentwood Gazette: hopefully, we’ll hear the last of the gas meters.
That said?
That said, I know my block’s had problems, recently. In line with about half a dozen blocks in my area, my block of flats has a letterbox at the front of the building.
Easy for the postman to get to: and easy for thieves to nick stuff from. Which they’ve done, recently: one chap’s seemingly been caught, another fleeing the scene, after being spotted.
It’s been said that this has happened already: this is the first time it’s been witnessed. And I know at least two neighbours have suffered identity theft, and believe this has been a major contributing factor.
Personally? I know in the last block of flats I lived in, we had a similar external postbox: that allowed for the same kind of theft. It wasn’t until Brentwood Council took down the external box, and replaced it with individual postboxes, next to the doors of each flat — ones inside the building, in other words — that the thefts went down.
It didn’t stop it totally. But, from what I recall, the thefts went down a significant amount.
Personally? I’ve already had a word with our landlords: and with the Gazette.
Let’s hope that get’s the letterboxes moved.
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