I remember when the Sunrise(?) scrap metal place on Albert Rd close to the Old Biscuit Mill used to have a "we buy eskom cable etc" painted somewhere amongst its prices. Sign is long gone, but the place may be worth looking into.
On 20 August 2010 11:53, Bev P <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonder where the contractor sells his stolen goods ? > Any chance of a photograph of this thug ? > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have just spoken to a gent that caught a house ransacker/stripper in the >> act. The police have been called and an arrest made. This gent says he is a >> contractor and he reckons there is hundreds of thousands of rands of damage >> to the two semis - just opposite the lawn mower shop in Obs. I think those >> house were valued at R1000000 for both in the last valuation (not the latest >> updated one) >> >> The ransackers were burning the copper wire in the fireplace and the gent >> thought the house might be on fire. He says every metal fitting, geyeser, >> door is stripped - toilets and basins gone or damaged. Even the wiring to >> the main board is stripped. >> >> Maybe a cheap sale coming up soon - watchout! >> >> Apparently the owner had trouble with tenants so left the houses empty. >> >> Moral of the story - rather let someone stay in your house for free (aka >> bad tenants) than leave it empty and not check on it daily! >> >> Trev >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en
