People Have Trouble Finding My House

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debodun

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When I advertise a sale of have to have home maintenance, the people involved often have trouble finding the entrance to my property (circled in red) even after lengthy verbal instructions. So many are used to seeing the driveway in the front of a house, but to get to my driveway, one would have to turn off the main street, go a block, make a right turn and then another since there are no pull-offs or driveways on my block in front of the properties. Properties on my block must be accessed from the parallel back street. They sometimes end up going an extra block because they missed the first right turn, then get totally lost. If they have a cell phone they might call me and even then have trouble; sometimes they just give up. Would you have a problem finding my driveway or even live in a house that had this layout?
 

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Consider having an address sign placed at the driveway entrance on Nielson Avenue, with an arrow indicating the turn. Without proper signage it will always be difficult to find. If you ever need an emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire, etc) it will be critical that they are able to easily find your house.
 
Tell them to follow your directions and ignore GPS. No one who uses GPS can find my place, but those who listen to my directions find it immediately. I can't recall a single exception.
 
I think it seems straight forward to me. If you are having them come from Hudson, I would add that if the see the Police Department, they have just passed my street. I know the entrance to my street is slightly hidden, so I will say if you hit Panorama trail you have gone too far.
 
And people wonder how identity theft and home invasions are so easy now. So you live in Stillwater N Y. in what appears to be an upper middle class neighborhood a couple of right turns off Lansing road. Seems easy enough to find and even easier to burglarize since there are trees and your home is set back off traveled streets.

So yes finding your home is easy
 
debodun said:
If I were a burglar, I'd be concerned with so may houses so close and nosy neighbors and the police station in view.
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Nothing like confidence. People here that live in gated communities are robbed. As for nosy neighbors you are lucky to have people watching your home 24/7

A funny story comes to mind.

When I lived in Puerto Rico theft was contained somewhat by home owners that could have rejas [fancy & not so fancy iron grid installed on windows and doors].
In an upscale neighborhood a crew was cutting the rejas off a home. A nosy neighbor came over to question what was going on. The crew leader explained the home owner wanted new rejas installed while they were away.

Nosy neighbor wanted to know what the price was. The crew leader quoted a low price and told the neighbor if they wanted in on the deal they could get a better price since both sets could be made and delivered at the same time. Jumping at the chance the neighbor OK'd the deal and had her rejas removed the same day.

You are probably guessing about now what happened when the home owner came home and found all their rejas gone. And even more so about how the neighbor felt when they got together.
 
Knight said:
And people wonder how identity theft and home invasions are so easy now. So you live in Stillwater N Y. in what appears to be an upper middle class neighborhood a couple of right turns off Lansing road. Seems easy enough to find and even easier to burglarize since there are trees and your home is set back off traveled streets.

So yes finding your home is easy
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I imagine your residence is on google maps, too. So what?
 
nvtribefan said:
I imagine your residence is on google maps, too. So what?
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So what? This is the extent of my info on this web site.
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With that try Googling my residence. Oh I'm sorry I didn't post the city, cross streets and aerial view. No close public library parking lot to park unnoticed. I didn't outline where to turn or give you any kind of useful info you could use google maps.


Funny how teens are warned about what they put out as info on social media but some adults feel secure in what they do.
 
Perhaps we all don't live in crime ridden shitholes! I have no keys to my house, three vehilces sit in the drive with keys in the ignition, several tractors and other equipment sitting around.
I drive to town with tools in the bed of my truck. Chain saw, shovels at times a generator, a tool box , whatever. Over two hundred years of family residency in this county and as far as I know none of my family has ever been the victim of a crime.

My grandfather was robbed and shot in 1932, but that was in Hillsboro, Texas

If you are need to be that worried about crime I suggest you move to a more civilized area.
 
I do think it be a challenge to find your house if I didn't have my phone and Google Maps. As recent as 20 years ago anyone who knew my name could find out where I lived along with my phone number by looking me up in the White Pages. What stranger would know my name back then ? The waiter or cashier I gave my credit card to would be one example.
 
debodun said:
When I advertise a sale of have to have home maintenance, the people involved often have trouble finding the entrance to my property (circled in red) even after lengthy verbal instructions. So many are used to seeing the driveway in the front of a house, but to get to my driveway, one would have to turn off the main street, go a block, make a right turn and then another (light green line on map) since there are no pull-offs or driveways on my block in front of the properties. They sometimes end up going an extra block (orange) because they missed the first right turn, then get totally lost. If they have a cell phone they might call me and even then have trouble; sometimes they just give up. Would you have a problem finding my driveway or even live in a house that had this layout?
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I don't think I'd have trouble finding your driveway with that layout Deb, but clear directions would get me there too without the map.
 
MarkinPhx said:
I do think it be a challenge to find your house if I didn't have my phone and Google Maps. As recent as 20 years ago anyone who knew my name could find out where I lived along with my phone number by looking me up in the White Pages. What stranger would know my name back then ? The waiter or cashier I gave my credit card to would be one example.
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Other examples would be delivery people, maintenance/repair, people who handle medical records, taxi drivers, utility workers, people who perform various services. A lot of weird things happen in this day & age of accessible information. I've heard & read stories about people having a dispute and showing up and confronting someone or their famiiy member (sometimes much later). Not meaning to sound paranoid, but one can't be too careful.
 
Robusta said:
Perhaps we all don't live in crime ridden shitholes! I have no keys to my house, three vehilces sit in the drive with keys in the ignition, several tractors and other equipment sitting around.
I drive to town with tools in the bed of my truck. Chain saw, shovels at times a generator, a tool box , whatever. Over two hundred years of family residency in this county and as far as I know none of my family has ever been the victim of a crime.

My grandfather was robbed and shot in 1932, but that was in Hillsboro, Texas

If you are need to be that worried about crime I suggest you move to a more civilized area.
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Let me guess that was for me and the post I did about being vulnerable to theft.

Are you honestly suggesting that the potential doesn't exist? As for being worried about crime, impossible to know when or where just like your grandfather didn't know. Being aware doesn't eliminate any chance but it beats making it easier to be a victim.
 
If you are need to be that worried about crime I suggest you move to a more civilized area.​
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@ Robusta

Apparently you're not aware that criminals don't target the non-civilized areas - there's ususlly no benefit. They usually prefer to rob civilized people who have nice homes, cars, jewelry, etc..
 
In the city of Adelaide criminals are not targeting homes in less wealthy suburbs to break in to ,they are targeting homes that are in more wealthy suburbs where homes are in the million $$$ price range ,these criminals don’t even care if you are home day or night they just think they are entitled to what others have ,including taking the home owners expencive cars .
 
Robusta said:
Perhaps we all don't live in crime ridden shitholes! I have no keys to my house, three vehilces sit in the drive with keys in the ignition, several tractors and other equipment sitting around.
I drive to town with tools in the bed of my truck. Chain saw, shovels at times a generator, a tool box , whatever. Over two hundred years of family residency in this county and as far as I know none of my family has ever been the victim of a crime.

My grandfather was robbed and shot in 1932, but that was in Hillsboro, Texas

If you are need to be that worried about crime I suggest you move to a more civilized area.
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Question: Do your rose-colored glasses get scratched up by the sand, when you stick your head in it?
 
Knight said:
So what? This is the extent of my info on this web site.
Join DateOct 2016Posts804

With that try Googling my residence. Oh I'm sorry I didn't post the city, cross streets and aerial view. No close public library parking lot to park unnoticed. I didn't outline where to turn or give you any kind of useful info you could use google maps.


Funny how teens are warned about what they put out as info on social media but some adults feel secure in what they do.
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I still don't get the point. You think Deb should be worried someone in BF Egypt is reading all the posts on this site to find the house of a senior citizen so they can go invade it?
 
It's difficult enough to get people to come to my garage sales. Would someone show up to steal what I almost have to give away? The trouble wouldn't be worth the effort. I keep no cash in the house and the rest is consider "low-end" on the antiques market.
 

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