Home theft

[Econoline]

(and no one has proffered any evidence that such precautions were lacking)

I would think that the fact that a 10-ton, 40-ft-long object vanished without anyone noticing is very clear evidence that such precautions were lacking.

[Scooter]

If someone came in the dead of night with whatever heavy equipment was needed to remove it, then they would have also had the wherewithal to remove any fencing/barriers that might have been in place to secure the property (whose existence or not no one here can determine). Absent the round-the-clock presence of security personnel, of course such a theft would go undetected.

[Bicycle Bill]

As long as we're talking about security, I'm finding it hard to believe that, in today's world of ubiquitous and easy-to-install/easy-to-use security cameras, there wasn't some sort of video surveillance of the storage yard.

-"BB"-

[Econoline]

I think rubato's theory makes the most sense.

I would suspect an inside job, an employee or owner directly involved with the theft.

ETA: this would also explain the lack of any functioning video surveillance equipment at the site.

[RayThom]

The house 'HIN' is SA11.049221E.

I suspect it landed up in a chop shop and parted out.

[rubato]

The house 'HIN' is SA11.049221E.

I suspect it landed up in a chop shop and parted out.

I would be surprised if it was. Unlike cars, the component parts of 'manufactured homes' are inexpensive and made of cheap and easily replaced materials.

( A few months of my misspent youth were wasted working for Ziemann Manufacturing where I welded together chassis for mobile homes, travel trailers, equipment trailers (for hauling backhoes and bulldozers) and even portable housing for the Alyeska company who were building the Alaska pipeline.)


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rubato

[BoSoxGal]

How hard would it be for law enforcement authorities to locate a stolen park model? If it’s not chopped like a stolen auto, surely it’s not so easy to offload as a stolen car? Especially considering it was stolen on an island? How many parks are there on that little island that would accommodate such an abode? Surely an APB can be issued for this little home? How does one effectively hide a house?

[datsunaholic]

Easy. Someone wanted it for a mother in law apartment, and parked it in their back yard.

What's the chance this thing actually got repossessed? I've seen that happen here... in fact when I was looking to replace my uninsurable house I looked at a couple repossessed doublewides. They'd been unmounted off the foundations, split, re-axled and towed back to the sales yard.

[BoSoxGal]

Surely in the land of the Jobsworths, a new structure not permitted would draw attention?

[MGMcAnick]

She had bought a second-hand mobile home to move into at a new park and it was undergoing work at the haulage yard in Willand Road, Cullompton, when it was taken at some time between 18:00 GMT on 22 November and 06:00 on 23 November.

It wasn't new, but that shouldn't make a difference.