'He did push me around a bit': Melbourne woman recalls confronting home invasion

A Melbourne woman's quick thinking could make it easier for police to track down a would-be thief who broke into her home in the city's inner suburbs.

Flora Socratous was woken early yesterday morning to a strange noise in her Windsor property.

When she walked into her kitchen, Flora saw a masked stranger with a backpack standing in front of her, so she pulled out her phone and started filming the encounter.

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Flora was not mucking about, demanding answers from the intruder on how they got into her home, what they were doing there and what they had in their backpack.

"I still can't believe I found someone who I didn't know, standing in my own home," Flora told Today.

"I still can't comprehend what actually happened, to be honest, I never thought something like this would ever happen to me - it was scary and confronting."

The startled intruder hurried down the hall to the front door, only to realise the screen was locked.

They then pushed past Flora back into one of the bedrooms where they fled out an open window, then up the side of the house and over the fence.

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"He did ask me to not record him, but he lost that right when he entered my home,' she said.

"And he did push me around a little bit as you can see in the footage, then he exited the way he entered the house."

Flora said she did grab at the intruder's backpack before he escaped and while it did feel heavy, she is unsure if anything was taken - or if he had also broken into another nearby property before her.

"I'm in the process of moving, so I honestly don't know if he did take anything," she said.

"Now, every noise that I hear, I wonder, is there someone outside the house? I just don't feel safe in my own home."

Hear Today's full interview with Flora in the video above