NOT HAPPY JAN :((

Would telling the police actualy do anything? They are hopeless at the best of times. We were going to wait till tommorow to maybe contact someone at big m to notify them, I have a friend who works there so if all else fails ill call her

Well don't know what state you are in but the ones here in WA are doing really well with home burgs and building stie theft. As for them being hopless at the best of times i personally couldn't think of any job worse in the world to do than what they have to do and put up with.

Some insurance claims will require a police event number anyway, so you really should report it.
Don't rely on the builder doing it, we've seen in another thread where the builder couldn't give a stuff.


I totally agree about a conspiracy. How do these thieves know exactly when stuff has just been installed? They don't touch a house for months, then the night after it's all in, bang, gone.

They can't simply be that lucky that they just happen to be driving around the neigbourhood casing houses on that particular night. And to remove the sorts of items that go walkabout - ovens, dishwashers, hot water services etc, they would need a small truck, ute, or trailer, and they would be spending some time loading it.

Who knows, maybe the delivery drivers get a small kickback fee for passing on info from their delivery lists? Maybe the purcho at the contracts office passes on expected delivery dates & addresses?

Wouldn't be the first time. I know of one young kid in the early 90s who was a 'trolley boy' on thursday nights & weekends at the local shopping centre. He was offered $100 for each car off a list that he 'spotted' in the carpark, and phoned through to the crims. $100 is a lot of money when you earn $4.50 an hour.

We went to the cop shop and they called m, They also told us not to worry about it because its insurance and m's problem, They didnt seem to care at 1st but all ended up fine in the end we will just wait and see if anything gets done

Who steals installed lights ?!

Well this is obvious in new jouncy it is very difficult to find a good house there .....

This happened to us, too. But they only took a couple of taps. Which everyone thinks is quite weird. I mean, two taps out of the five sets? And we were the only house on the street.

But the builder took care of everything and handover wasn't delayed excessively. Just a couple of days to get the taps back in and fix the door they had wrecked by kicking it in.

How have you guys gone wit the whole situation? Is everything still on track?

my thinking is builders do definately care!
and hate theft and damage as much as the next person
insurance companys charge an excess of around $500
for each and every claim (at least for smaller builders)
which the builder pays (well thats my experience at least)

in WA there is a huge program trying to reduce theft/damage on site
organised by the housing industry and builders

this is an old article (first one I found with quick search, its dated 0ct 2006)
but mentions some of the things

Building site theft and vandalism is costing millions of dollars annually causing major headaches for building companies across Perth.

For major Perth builders such as Dale Alcock, this means losses of over $1.5 million a year, an expense which his building group is doing everything they can to reduce.

In 2003 Dale Alcock joined a number of Housing Industry Association builder members to form a campaign called HIA Name and Shame to fight building site theft and vandalism. Since then 91 adults have been charged with over 300 crimes committed on Perth’s building sites.

Funded by the home building industry, the campaign has recently taken an assertive role in raising public awareness of the problems and costs associated with building site incidents, offering rewards up to $3,000 for any information leading to the arrest of offenders.

Dale Alcock has joined the Housing Industry Association’s Executive Director, John Dastlik in calling for additional support from everyone across Perth to get behind the industry and put a stop to building site crime.

“Building site theft and vandalism not only causes significant financial costs, but delays completion times while causing emotional distress for the new home owners and the industry as a whole,” Mr Dastlik said.

“We are very concerned about the impact to builders, developers and their customers and require the whole community to dig deep in preventing the relentless crimes taking place on home building sites,” Mr Alcock stated.

“The community is being urged to report all suspicious activity to the HIA Name and Shame hotline number, 1800 131 001 and to program this number into their mobile phone so that it is on-hand if needed.”

Name and Shame has also partnered with the WA Police Service and has a Memorandum of Understanding through which the campaign is provided with a centralised point of contact within the WA Police Service to report incidents for quick response times.

“The HIA Name and Shame campaign is also supported by private investigators and a comprehensive communications campaign that deals with the media and designs promotional material for campaign members and the public,” Mr Dastlik said.

“One of the major ways in which we get our message across is through letter-box drops to areas that have proven to be a target for building site crimes as well as through signage in areas under development where campaign members are building,” Mr Dastlik said.

To date, close to $4 million worth of goods have been reported stolen or damaged and $65,000 worth of rewards have been provided since the inception of the campaign and the building industry is urging the public to be proactive and assist them in catching the perpetrators of crimes on home building sites by contacting the HIA Name and Shame hotline.

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The campaign began in 2003 and involves four key players; the Western Australian Police, the Housing Industry Association, Meridian Investigators and Builders and developers. Together with government agencies, the campaign aims to identify offenders of building site crime and ensure that they are prosecuted. On conviction all adult offenders are publicly named as a further deterrent to committing offences on building sites.

the builders display large advertising on their sites re name and shame
and number to report suspicious happenings etc