Do you take protecting your home seriously? Are you doing enough to keep your family safe? Follow this home security checklist for optimal home security.
Quick Burglary Facts
Did you know that a burglary happens every 15 seconds in the U.S.? Over 2,000,000 burglaries take place each year. The best way to protect your home is to invest in a home security system. Convicted burglars admit that they intentionally avoid homes with alarm systems. In fact, burglars are three times less likely to break into a home with an alarm system. Most burglaries happen between 10 am and 3 pm. How can you prevent a burglar from taking advantage of your home while you are away?
Home Security Checklist
- Invest in a home security system. This is the most effective way to prevent burglaries.
- Keep shrubs and trees away from your home. Burglars use landscaping to hide from view, and some even climb trees to second story windows.
- Install security lighting. Motion sensor lights deter burglars from approaching your home at night.
- Purchase additional home security features like carbon monoxide detectors, motion sensors, and glass shock sensors.
- Lock your windows and doors before leaving the house.
- Install screens that screw in place or are difficult to remove.
- Leave a light, radio, or television on when you are away from home.
- Stop your mail when you leave for vacation. Piles of mail and newspapers let burglars know you are away. They also provide a tempting opportunity for identity theft.
- Hollow wooden doors are easy to kick in. Replace your doors with metal or solid wood. For added security put in dead bolts.
- Be wary of salespeople. Ask for credentials before allowing anyone into your home. Burglars use this strategy to canvas your home before breaking in.
Key To Success
Take home security seriously. Burglaries are traumatic and expensive events. Prevention is the best way to protect yourself from a break in. Follow this home security checklist. For more help protecting your home, call All Island Security today.
