We all hope our homes to be safe, and how safe is your home? Burglars prefer to choose the house which he thinks to be easy to succeed in stealing. So you should do everything possible to make your house look undesirable to burglars. This article shows a short home security checklist that includes the major things you should take a look at in order to make your home less of a target to burglars.
1, All exterior doors should be locked every time when you leave your house even you are leaving for a moment.
2, Exterior doors should be made of solid core construction,including door leading from garage to house. Doors should be made out of solid wood or metal. Hollow-core wooden doors are too easy to penetrate and should only be used on interior doorways. There must be a peephole viewer (180°) on the front door.
3, Use locks on garages and storage sheds, and keep tools (especially ladders that burglars could use to reach second-story windows) inside and out of sight. Keep garage doors closed and locked all the time.
4, All your family member should know not to hide a spare key anywhere outside your house.
5, Make sure that you can see your yard from your windows. If there is an offender entered your yard, you will see him when you are at home.
6, Use outdoor lighting to keep all entrances to your house be illuminated. The object is to eliminate hiding places for burglars.
7, If you have an alarm, make sure it is always used and serviced regularly. Check the battery regularly and remember to turn it on before you leave. Make sure all your family members know how to operate it.
8, Take part in Neighborhood Watching Programme, report suspicious persons or activity to your neighborhood or police immediately.
9, Make a home inventory up to date so that is a burglar does make it in, you can provide all the necessary information on what is missing to the police and your insurance company.
If you were able to follow these instructions, you have greatly decreased the likelihood of your home being burglarized. Remember, the above list is not exhaustive, regularly look around your home to find areas that need improvement.
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