Thieves at La Vigna!

So it has happened again. This is the second time it has happened to us and I suppose we should call ourselves lucky in that no one was harmed but it still hurts badly. The latest information from La Vigna is the theft of all the copper gutters and downspouts. This wasn’t material lying around the jobsite, this was already installed aged and beautiful stuff! Almost fourteen thousand dollars worth of copper gone in a heartbeat! I know the world is becoming a little more desperate and things aren’t going well for people… but come on, really? You have to go and steal stuff from someone’s property that has already been installed? The first time the jerks stole stuff it was a pallet of ceiling tiles that were waiting to be installed in the second floor. This time the thieves must have brought equipment, ladders and such to take it all down from the second floor eves, imagine the gumption! These gutters had been installed several years ago and we had opted for the extra expense of copper for longevity and look, now what the hell do we do? This is a budget job that we are trying to do with limited funds but do the right way. We don’t want to use crappy material that will detract from the look and feel of the Tuscan countryside. I don’t know anymore, maybe we should just throw up plastic windows and plastic gutters and say the hell with it just to get it done. I certainly don’t know if we will be able to put back gutters like those, unless of course we hit the lottery.