Under House Arrest: Safety Measures for Your Home
Friday, February 17, 2017
The security of our family is paramount. Whether disaster
strikes or we are looking to keep our valuables safe, we need to make sure that
we’re prepared rather than regretful when we are making the call to the home insurance company to make a claim. While the amount of
crime is increasing wherever we live, even in small neighborhoods, it has made
us more vigilant as people and less trusting individuals. Protecting our family
from any problem needs to be a priority, and it’s amazing how many people aren’t
schooled in the basics. So here are some fundamentals to protecting your home.
Signs Are Great Deterrents
The amount of thieves that don’t bother trying to break into a
property when they see a “Beware of the dog” sign is, surprisingly, a lot! The
very fact that you have a sign there is enough to put off a potential robbery.
Even if you don’t have a dog, it’s worth putting one up. But it can be possible
to be overzealous with our signs. Putting up signs everywhere makes it look like
you are overcompensating for something. So be simple with your signage.
Having The Right Policies In Place
Home insurance is essential when you own your own home, but do
you have contents insurance, and do you have insurance that covers you for
disasters like floods? A lot of people will struggle to make a claim if they
live in an area that is prone to flooding, but they do not have the right cover.
If you do live in an area like this, it is always worth having an extra layer of
protection, like a flood shield. These are easy to maneuver if a disaster strikes
and is easily storable. By having the appropriate methods of protection in
place, it will make it easier for you to claim on your insurance policy if you
have the right ones in place!
Security is Everything
You can be clever with security measures if you don’t have enough money to
afford a state of the art security system. You should, at least, have in place
an alarm system. But a good method to deter thieves when you are out at night is
to set the house lights on a timer. It’s the oldest trick in the book, and it
works wonders. Once every couple of weeks set a light pattern for one room to
have its lights come on and for others to go off gives off a good impression of
people being at home. This will bring extra peace of mind if you are on vacation
too! Other security measures include securing your doors with double-bolted
locks and increasing your layers of glass. If you only have single glazing,
upgrading to UPVC will help make your
house less impenetrable. And if you have a lot of valuables, it is definitely
worth investing in a security box that is either locked by key or keypad, and
they are generally affordable if you are looking for a small one, but the larger
the box, the higher the price.
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