So I live in a middle class older neighborhood; a 55 and over community in an area of the country that is basically one of the lower expense Winter Texan and retiree population centers. We are definitely NOT Sea Pines or Martha's Vineyard or Malibu or Monterey (though we are about 150 miles from Monterrey Mexico). The most recent crime statistics I've seen for the area showed violent crime at way below the State and National average and property crime right about the same as the State and National average.
And so ...
three times over the last month I've seen a vehicle slowly drive by, a couple times stopping and even backing up slightly, and taking pictures of my house. All have been daytime/work hours drivebys and my car has been in the garage so it would have seemed unoccupied.
The vehicles I've seen have all been fairly new low end "corporate" level cars. Nothing fancy, twice a pickup and once a 4 door sedan. All have had some logo or labeling on the side but in each case either worn (more than the overall car) or with part covered by mud or what looked like mud and so not really identifiable. I have not seen any recognizable names but each has had something readable. One was something meter something, one was something servic something and the sedan 24/7 365 cal something. One pickup had a driver with the passenger taking pictures, the other pickup was white male driver stopping and taking the picture and the sedan was a middle aged lady driving and also taking the pictures. She stopped, took pictures and actually backed up to take more pictures. None were in front of my house more than 30 seconds.
All left immediately and I have not seen them in the area again. None seemed to take pictures of other homes. None of the homes on my street are currently for sale although as a Old Farts community we do have a higher turnover rate than some neighborhoods.
Strange.
And so ...
three times over the last month I've seen a vehicle slowly drive by, a couple times stopping and even backing up slightly, and taking pictures of my house. All have been daytime/work hours drivebys and my car has been in the garage so it would have seemed unoccupied.
The vehicles I've seen have all been fairly new low end "corporate" level cars. Nothing fancy, twice a pickup and once a 4 door sedan. All have had some logo or labeling on the side but in each case either worn (more than the overall car) or with part covered by mud or what looked like mud and so not really identifiable. I have not seen any recognizable names but each has had something readable. One was something meter something, one was something servic something and the sedan 24/7 365 cal something. One pickup had a driver with the passenger taking pictures, the other pickup was white male driver stopping and taking the picture and the sedan was a middle aged lady driving and also taking the pictures. She stopped, took pictures and actually backed up to take more pictures. None were in front of my house more than 30 seconds.
All left immediately and I have not seen them in the area again. None seemed to take pictures of other homes. None of the homes on my street are currently for sale although as a Old Farts community we do have a higher turnover rate than some neighborhoods.
Strange.
