A woman has asked the internet for advice after discovering a tradesman had invited a female guest into her home while on the job.
Finding a trustworthy professional to do work on your house while alone isn't always easy, so the mum was shocked to find that the worker had been opening her home to a total stranger.
The woman claims that she hired him for an eight-day job, which she thought was more time than necessary.
It wasn't until she checked her security cameras that she realised a woman had been coming in and out of her home for several hours while she was away.
She posted her dilemma on Mumsnet, seeking advice on what she should do after discovering the female had returned twice.
The post reads: "I checked my security footage this week and noticed a woman popped round to my house when I was out and tradesperson was working alone in my house. I can only see her walk past my front door to the back garden gate, she knocks and then the feed ends. She's seen leaving 4 hours later. The next day, same thing, except 3 hours.
"At present the tradesperson gets here for about 8am and has already stopped working by 3pm. So that's 7 hours of work, fair enough, but 4 (and 3) of them an unknown woman here is (it's not his wife, I did a little social media digging and it's not her)."
The woman then asked if it would be unreasonable to ask him about it, as he still had four days left to finish the job.
She added: "I don't l like the fact there's an unknown and uninvited person in my house when I'm not there, plus, how much work can he really be doing if his "mate" is there for 4 hours."
People in the comments wanted to find out more about this seemingly unusual situation, and so the questions started rolling in.
One person asked: "Is she working for him? Female doesn't means she's not a trade herself."
To which the mum replied: "She's not working for him, he wears a uniform, she doesn't. He's a sole trader, works alone and no sub contractors were mentioned and, just no. Very, very unlikely."
Another person wondered if the woman could get home in time to see for herself: "Can you pop home when and if she arrives again?"
But that didn't seem to be possible, as the mum replied: "I work about 30 mins away, I could try but it would mean working from home after and he's working on the electrics so... It would make it pretty unfeasible."
Many people seemed to be in agreement that the tradesman and the woman were using the home as a "secret" meeting place - which, according to the majority, was completely wrong and unprofessional.
Some even came up with ways for the mum to know for sure what was happening, as she doesn't have cameras set up for inside the house.
One said: "Can you plant something on the bed, or position the covers in a certain way you would know had been moved."
However, some people came to his defence and offered an alternative explanation of why the woman might be there.
One person mused: "Could she not be his apprentice? Works people I have previously employed haven't really mentioned the apprentice as an additional worker - they're there to learn and to be honest I always kind of assume an apprentice will be with them?"
What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments.
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