Last Wednesday 1st of March, in the early evening, we again had an intruder enter the building and take residents parcels from the foyer. 

CCTV footage shows that the intruder followed a resident through the front door and then wandered around the foyer area of the building. He then picked up about half a dozen parcels, placed them in one of the two large bags that he was carrying and let himself out of the front door.

If you believe you are missing a parcel as a result of this please let Mark the caretaker know, and report the theft on the Metropolitan Police website where you will receive a crime number.

As a further reminder – leaving parcels in the foyer is not safe. If you are not on hand to take delivery then you should make an alternative arrangement i.e. ask a neighbour to take delivery or use one of the nearby lockers or delivery points.

If you do have a parcel left in the foyer you should collect it as soon as possible.

Please do not open the front door to anyone you don’t know, including anyone who claims to be a courier or delivering food – go down to the front door and collect the parcel if it is for you.

Please also be aware of anyone attempting to follow you in through the front door. 

It now appears that the thief did not gain access using the door code – he simply kept calling different flats claiming that he was making a delivery until someone let him in. This was around 9:30 in the evening.

This has happened again on two evenings since, but on these occasions whoever it was did not get access.

If someone calls your entry phone asking to be let into the building it is important that, whatever they say, you do not let them in unless you know who they are. If they claim to have a delivery for you, ask them for the name the on parcel. Otherwise, please go down to the front entrance door to receive it.

On Thursday four youth attempting to steal bicycles were chased out of the car park by Mark (well done him). CCTV shows that they followed a black convertible BMW into the car park before the gates closed after it.

Unfortunately this is not the first time that this has happened. When entering or leaving the car park please be aware of anyone hanging around near the entrance, and wait for the gates to close before continuing.