A woman discovered her house had been broken into by a burglar who hung out her washing, put her shopping away and cooked a meal on her stove.
Damian Wojnilowicz, 36, was jailed for 22 months at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday for carrying out the unusual burglary in Monmouthshire on 16 July.
The woman said she was was left too scared to stay in her own home after returning from work to find items had been moved in the garden and her recycling bin had been emptied.
The court also heard the bird feeders had been refilled and plant pots had been moved.
Inside the house, a pair of shoes had been removed from packaging, which was placed in the recycling bin.
Prosecutor Alice Sykes said a meal had been cooked using items from the woman's cupboard.
Shopping had been taken from a bag and placed in the fridge, which had been rearranged.
Kitchen utensils had been placed in the bin, and new ones from the shopping bag had been laid out.
And toothbrush heads had been replaced on toothbrushes, an empty bottle of wine had been placed in a rack having been drunk, and the floor had been cleaned with a mop and bucket left out.
