FindaProperty.com Home Security Tips
All throughout this summer, experts in home businesses, real estates, and home security are concerned about avoiding home burglaries.
FindaProperty.com is an online UK site where you can shop for a home an look for home improvements and designs. With Halifax Home Insurance as their source, they give the following tips to help residents and homeowners deter burglaries and be smart about keeping their home safe:
• Doors and windows should be locked when the house is empty. Six per cent of homeowners admitted they did not lock the door when leaving their house, rising to 37 per cent when they were at home.
• A wide open window is like issuing an invitation to an opportunistic burglar.
• When going away for a longer period of time leave your keys with someone trusted so they can open and close the curtains and turn on lights regularly, making your house look occupied.
• Keep valuables out of sight from prying eyes. Thieves are not beyond simply looking through windows to locate car keys, and will notice that plasma screen packaging lying next to your dustbin. Blinds are effective in making it harder to peer into properties.
• Security lights should be positioned high and out of reach to avoid being tampered with or repositioned.
• If you have a burglar alarm you should use it. That means switching it on at night and also paying attention should anything set it, or one of your neighbour’s alarms, off.
• While trees and hedges can provide cover for thieves, fences, high walls and gates can be a challenge to scale and make it harder for burglars to beat a hasty retreat.
• Burglars reported being wary of dogs, often fearing the attention from their bark more than their bite. Even a sign warning of dogs can be an effectual deterrent.
