Stranger enters BTO flat undergoing renovation twice in a week, surprising homeowners陌生人一周内两次闯入正在装修的组屋，令屋主大吃一惊。
A homeowner recently took to social media to share about a stranger who entered their BTO flat twice in a week while it was undergoing renovation.On Thursday (Oct 29), Instagram user Navigatethirty posted CCTV footage of the two incidents that took place at an undisclosed location.The first video shows a man exploring the unit and appearing to take photos.The homeowner,...
A homeowner recently took to social media to share about a stranger who entered their BTO flat twice in a week while it was undergoing renovation.
On Thursday (Oct 29), Instagram user Navigatethirty posted CCTV footage of the two incidents that took place at an undisclosed location.
The first video shows a man exploring the unit and appearing to take photos.
The homeowner, who wished to remain anonymous, told Stomp that the first incident happened in late July during installation works for air-conditioning in the flat.
The contractors had left the main door open while they worked in the bedrooms as they needed access to the piping placed outside the unit.
Before leaving the flat, the stranger appeared to notice the CCTV camera, the homeowner said.
Five days later, the man returned to the flat with a woman.
They "tailgated" Building Service Centre workers to enter the unit, the homeowner wrote.
In the video, the homeowner said he confronted the pair through the CCTV system, asking why the man had returned.
The homeowner told Stomp that the audio recording was unclear, adding that he only heard the man saying saying he had "only been inside for a few minutes".
The woman was also seen heading towards another room.
While there were no valuables in the flat, Navigatethirty wrote: "The craziest part? It happened just one day after we installed our keypad lock and CCTV! Thankfully, nothing was stolen."
According to the homeowner, the pair have not returned to the flat since the second incident.
"We thought trespassing wouldn't happen to us...until it happened to us twice in a single week," he said.
The homeowners told Stomp that they were willing to overlook the first incident as they understood that people might be curious.
Nevertheless, they were "considerably more concerned, particularly about the privacy and security" of their home when the man returned.
"It made us realise that it would be worthwhile to raise awareness that, regardless of the circumstances or intention, entering another person's home without permission is not something that should be encouraged," they said.
Noting that it was important to have "mutual respect for boundaries" even while maintaining good relationships with neighbours, they urged fellow homeowners to look into security measures during renovations.
Their video, which has since amassed 203,000 views on Instagram, follows a string of trespassing incidents while flat are undergoing renovations.
AsiaOne has reached out to Navigatethirty for more information.
A property agent shared about a similar incident online in September where several people were seen entering a Woodlands HDB flat undergoing renovation on two separate occasions.
The agent questioned whether this phenomenon, which was equivalent to trespassing, had become "a norm".
In a separate incident, Class 95 radio producer Lee Yoo Jin shared a video she was trying to film at home when a stranger attempted to enter.
She chided the man, telling him that "it's not right" to enter homes that are still under renovation.
"Do you go around opening people's homes like that?" she questioned.
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一位房主最近在社交媒体上分享了一位陌生人在一周内两次进入其组屋（BTO）的经历，当时他的组屋正在装修。
周四（10 月 29 日），Instagram 用户 Navigatethirty 发布了在未公开地点发生的两起事件的监控录像。
第一段视频显示一名男子正在查看该单元，并且似乎在拍照。
不愿透露姓名的房主告诉 Stomp，第一起事件发生在 7 月下旬，当时公寓正在安装空调。
由于施工人员需要检修安装在单元房外的管道，所以他们在卧室施工时没有关好大门。
房主说，陌生人在离开公寓前似乎注意到了监控摄像头。
五天后，该男子带着一名女子回到了公寓。
房主写道，他们尾随楼宇服务中心的工作人员进入了房屋。
视频中，房主表示他通过监控系统质问了这两人，询问该男子为何返回。
房主告诉 Stomp，录音内容不清楚，他还说他只听到那名男子说他“只在里面待了几分钟”。
有人看到这名女子走向另一个房间。
虽然公寓里没有贵重物品，但 Navigatethirty 写道：“最离谱的是什么？这事就发生在我们安装密码锁和监控摄像头的第二天！谢天谢地，什么都没丢。”
据房主称，自第二次事件发生后，两人就再也没有回到过这间公寓。
“我们以为擅闯民宅这种事不会发生在我们身上……直到一周之内我们竟然遭遇了两次，”他说。
房主告诉 Stomp，他们愿意忽略第一次事件，因为他们理解人们可能会感到好奇。
然而，当这名男子返回时，他们“更加担心，尤其是担心自己家的隐私和安全”。
“这让我们意识到，无论情况或意图如何，未经允许进入他人住宅都是不应该鼓励的行为，因此有必要提高人们的意识，”他们说。
他们指出，即使在与邻居保持良好关系的同时，“相互尊重界限”也很重要，并敦促其他房主在装修期间考虑安全措施。
他们的视频在 Instagram 上已经获得了 203,000 次观看，此前，公寓在装修期间发生了一系列擅闯事件。
AsiaOne已联系Navigatethirty以获取更多信息。
一名房产中介在网上分享了9月份发生的一起类似事件，当时有人两次看到几个人进入兀兰的一间正在装修的组屋。
该代理人质疑这种等同于非法侵入的现象是否已经成为“一种常态”。
另一起事件中，Class 95 电台制作人李宥真分享了一段她在家中拍摄视频时，一名陌生人试图闯入的视频。
她斥责了那名男子，告诉他擅自进入正在装修的房屋是“不对的”。
“你们就这么到处闯进别人家吗？”她质问道。
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