^ Agreed 100%. Just the other day I went to our joint basement to get some materials, and I noticed that nearly every chest in there (and there are many) was covered with gravel - when me, mdperk2, and kperkins1982 all have been using dirt and I verified with all 3 of us that no one replaced the dirt with gravel. So clearly someone had been snooping around in all the chests.
Furthermore, because of all the chaos and our moving to a new plot, things are kinda haphazard in there, so it was difficult to tell if a chest was stolen from. We are now going to be tracking very closely what is in all the chests until we are comfortable no one is stealing from them. It is sad that we feel the need to do this, but with the recent string of thievery, we want to keep an eye on things.
I think I can speak for mdperk and kperk, when I say that if you just ask us for something, we will try to help in whatever way we can. I can't always guarantee that we'll give whatever you need for free - but we certainly want to share with the town, and depending on what it is, I don't mind to give away various materials for free or at a good discount. We also use a lot of our materials for town purposes, such as construction projects or other town work. Now that we are officially "city architects," this will be even moreso the case. So if you need any materials or need design ideas / changes to your house, etc, please just ask us and we will try to help when we can.
Currently, we are working on expanding the new town roads and making access across the town easier, and we are also working on our new house.