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Terraced houses

Some areas of my town were built strangely

1 big loop road with side turnings off of it

All the back garden gates are on these turnings and everyone uses them for access not front doors as you can't get to the fronts unless you walk from the beginning of the road

I used to do about 18 houses in 1 road when subbing years ago

Drive to all the backs and do just backs

Then drive to 1 end of the road grab ladders and rucksack with bottle of solution to keep boab half full and walk to all the fronts

Customers used to laugh as they saw you do the backs 3 hours ago and only just getting to the fronts

Nowadays someone else can do those roads as i am too lazy

 
Most of the houses on the estate I work on were built in blocks. Most are serviced by garage/parking area at the rear with one or two service entrances which makes cleaning the backs easy with wfp. I just work around the fronts and when done work around the backs. I love em

 
It amazes me how many still leave gates unlocked considering the number of burglaries there are in the areas I work.
It amazes me how many people still dont know to secure their home.

If you text night before for access the odds of the burglar being out on that day around same time you're doing windows is pretty slim.

I climb nothing unless agreed previously when they sign up.

 
Just text ahead... ill climb the odd one if they forget but only if i think its safe/easy to do so. Mind you i rarely come across locked ones and they soon learn if you tell them, repeat offenders would be dropped or changed to front only.

 
Just text ahead... ill climb the odd one if they forget but only if i think its safe/easy to do so. Mind you i rarely come across locked ones and they soon learn if you tell them, repeat offenders would be dropped or changed to front only.
A text or quick call in the morning or evening before does it for most of those I don't have keys for. Those who don't trust me with a key and keep forgetting to unlock gates get converted to fronts only as above. I don't climb over any.

 
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