Send them to the Next House - Essentials of Home Security
by Sean Labrock
Send them to the next house. That should be your goal when designing a security plan for your home. If a would-be burglar takes a look at your residence, you want the exterior to deter their interest and send them to the next house.
Most home owners give little if any consideration to the security of their home. Too often, the result is finding the front door open and the interior in shambles when returning home one day or something even worse like the situations we feature on our website http://www.NJLawman.com.
This doesn't have to be the case, and it requires less effort than you might think.
The first step to improving your home security is to grab a pencil and paper and create a plan.
Take a walk around your home and look at it not from your perspective but from the perspective of a burglar casing the neighborhood. How does your home stack up compared to those of your neighbors?
Your first concern should be your landscaping.
Overgrown bushes and trees provide excellent cover for an intruder trying to pick your lock or force your doors or windows open. To remedy this, cut back all bushes and trees that fully or partially obscure any doors or windows to your home.
This step is great for deterring daytime burglaries, but what about at night?
We've all heard the term, "the cover of darkness." Well, so have the bad guys.
Evening hours can be most inviting to the criminally tempting. Besides the fact that there are less people out and about, a dark night can provide a great deal of time to work on getting into your home. [...read more at http://www.NJLawman.com ]
Send them to the next house. That should be your goal when designing a security plan for your home. If a would-be burglar takes a look at your residence, you want the exterior to deter their interest and send them to the next house.
Most home owners give little if any consideration to the security of their home. Too often, the result is finding the front door open and the interior in shambles when returning home one day or something even worse like the situations we feature on our website http://www.NJLawman.com.
This doesn't have to be the case, and it requires less effort than you might think.
The first step to improving your home security is to grab a pencil and paper and create a plan.
Take a walk around your home and look at it not from your perspective but from the perspective of a burglar casing the neighborhood. How does your home stack up compared to those of your neighbors?
Your first concern should be your landscaping.
Overgrown bushes and trees provide excellent cover for an intruder trying to pick your lock or force your doors or windows open. To remedy this, cut back all bushes and trees that fully or partially obscure any doors or windows to your home.
This step is great for deterring daytime burglaries, but what about at night?
We've all heard the term, "the cover of darkness." Well, so have the bad guys.
Evening hours can be most inviting to the criminally tempting. Besides the fact that there are less people out and about, a dark night can provide a great deal of time to work on getting into your home. [...read more at http://www.NJLawman.com ]
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