Summary
ALMOST from the beginning, the new 'neighbours' in the cul-de- sac aroused suspicion. Why, everyone wondered, had they sealed their windows with tape and black bin liners, and kept the boiler on full blast, come rain or shine, which resulted in condensation dripping down the outside walls? Nor, residents observed, was the rubbish ever put out or the door answered during the day. 'It was only when it got dark that people would start to come and go,' said Peter Stevenson, 57, a design engineer, who lives here in Bricket Wood in the suburbs of St Albans.
In fact, no one really knew who was renting the smart, detached home in their midst.See the full content of this document
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In another part of the Home
In another part of the Home Counties, a similar picture (streaks of condensation, strange 'comings and goings' after dark) was unfolding at a recently leased Pounds 350,000 house in Orchard Drive, Standon, on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford.Ditto Midway Avenue in the village of Thorpe, Surrey, after four 'catering workers' moved into a vacant bungalow. 'We couldn't understand why on earth they always kept the lights on and the curtains drawn even in the height of summer,' said one pensioner in her 70s.The lady next door to the property in question, o...See the full content of this document
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