I bought my first house last year, April 2005, which was one of the happiest days of my life. Since October 2005 it has been all down hill. 2 break-ins and 1 attempted break-in have driven me to the point of putting the house up for sale.
The first break-in happend in Oct 2005, they broke down my back door while I was at work and took everything they wanted. New steel back door was installed, alarm system and a few other changes.
In November 2005 someone tried to pry my garage door open. Got home to find one garage door 1/8th open, nothing was taken. One garage door is old and doesn't work, so it is now bolted and nailed shut, got new door on other side of garage.
Saturday August 19th, 2006 at 11:45pm while I was playing Wow and my girlfriend was half asleep in bed, we had another break-in. The alarm went off, 30 seconds entry alarm, and we both got up to see what was going on, found that the front door was now open and unlocked. Called police and had then search the house, only found alot of DVD's missing, but no signs of forced entry according to the police. Figure we left front door unlock, Monday morning I scheduled a locksmith to come out, change front lock. Was doing a few other things around house when I found out they had actually broke in via a basement window. The basement window was by the A/C so I figure that is why I couldn't hear it. Completely destroyed the window, I almost had a heart attacking find the window gone. The police didn't even notice and for 2 days my house had been completely open. Called police and they really don't care. However broke in, had to be more then 1 person, had free run of the house while both me and my girlfriend where home, even with lights on in front/back and light on all three floors, someone was still willing to break in.