Home security affects all of us and the vast majority of us will all naturally ensure that our homes are secure and locked even when we’re just popping down to the local shops for 15 minutes or so. Likewise, when we go to bed, we’ll lock all our external doors [...]
Neighbourhood watch schemes were first set up in 1982 and were designed to make communities safer. They bring together the local community with the police local authority safety departments and any other interested parties, with the aim of making your local neighbourhood a better and safer place to live. They [...]
Burglars tend to operate on an opportunist basis. They’re likely to target a specific street, firstly because it might offer them an easier and quicker escape route to a nearby main road or motorway, whereby they can get away from the scene of the crime as far as they can [...]
There may be several reasons why you may wish to let your property. Perhaps you’ve bought the property for this specific purpose. Maybe you’ve moved in to another property with a partner or you might get the opportunity to work abroad for a while but wish to keep hold of [...]
We have all become much more aware of the dangers from floods and the damage and devastation they can cause. Once upon a time we’d only ever see this kind of weather activity on the sub-continent and in parts of the tropics during the rainy season, but here in the [...]
As we reach our later years we can start to feel more vulnerable within our homes. Often, this is simply due to us being less mobile and more at risk of suffering a fall slip or trip but there are other factors which elderly people and their families should also [...]
It seems quite surprising these days that everybody’s home isn’t fitted with a burglar alarm as standard and so many people still choose not to have one. It was perhaps, once thought by many people that those who did have an alarm fitted had something valuable to protect so this [...]
Your home is only as secure as the doors and locks that you have fitted to prevent illegal entry. Remember, a lot of burglars are opportunists, they will have a go at a door that looks like it's going to be easy to get through, so choosing suitable doors for [...]
Home safes are only for rich people who have millions of pounds worth of jewels and cash to secure, right? Wrong. Anyone can have a safe in their home, but the first important question you need to ask yourself is if you actually do need a safe? If you are [...]
These days, happily, working parents spend far more time with their children than parents of thirty years ago did, but working arrangements can still mean young teenagers arriving home and remaining unsupervised for a couple of hours. For those parents who need to let their children enjoy a couple of [...]
The thought of a stranger in your home is one of the worst nightmares most people can imagine. It is highly unlikely to happen - most intruders are thieves who are keen to enter empty properties and leave as quickly as possible. If you come home to find an intruder [...]
Nothing spoils a holiday or trip away than returning to find that thieves have been in your home, and taken your valuable possessions. Home security means taking a few simple security steps before you go away so that you can make your house look 'occupied' even if you're not there. [...]
