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Martin Underwood writes about all aspects of home security. He is a regular contributor to SurveillanceForSecurity.com The site that presents reviews and information about the best home security products and ideas.
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 Home Invasion Protection - Keeping Your Family SafeHome invasion can be described as entering, either by force or by deception, an occupied property with the intention of committing a crime. Whereas the average burglar will select homes to break in to that look unoccupied, home invaders look for homes in which the residents appear to be in. This is the reason that invasions (aka hot burglaries,) mostly happen in the evening, at night or at the weekend.So why do these criminals target occupied homes? There are many reasons but often it is . . . Get Your Stolen Property Back With Home Security MarkingEvery police department recovers a large amount of stolen property, they would love to reunite that property with its rightful owners but unfortunately they often have no way to identify exactly who it is the items belong to.
However there are simple steps that you can take that, should you be unfortunate enough to have property stolen from you, will help the police in getting your stuff back to you as soon as possible. Shed Security, Keeping the Thief Out of Your ShedWhat is in your garden shed? There is all your gardening equipment of course, from your rather costly lawn mower, garden cart, brand new chainsaw, your well used heavy duty garden hose, down to your more lowly hand held gardening tools. Yes, when you add it up there is a lot in your garden shed, plenty in there to interest a burglar. . . Low Cost Home Security, Protecting Your Home Within Your BudgetPerhaps we would all like the latest all singing, all dancing home security system, but maybe we are unable to stretch our budget to afford it just at the present. However, not being able to afford the very best in home security technology does not mean that we should neglect the security of our homes altogether, in fact it would be very foolish to do so. Many of the most effective steps that you can . . . Home Security Alarm Monitoring for Your Peace of MindWhile there are many benefits to home security alarm monitoring, there are some downsides as well. The ongoing cost of having such security can be quite substantial. The monitoring fee charged varies from company to company, but it typically ranges from around $10 at the low end to $50 per month. You may also consider being locked into a contract to be another downside. Again, the length of a security alarm monitoring contract varies, 36 months being fairly typical. Changing Locks on Your New HomeIf other people have owned, or rented, your home before you, this means that they must have had keys to your home. This means that changing the locks on your new abode is a top priority. But the folks that you bought your new home from are a real nice family and you reason that they would not sneak back with a spare set of keys and burgle you. Most probably not, but the thing is that you just don't know if they have handed out copies of the keys to your home. How do you know . . . Illuminated House Numbers Can Help the Police and Aid Your Home SecurityWhat happens then when the police are responding to a report of an intruder in your home, perhaps it was your monitored home security system that alerted them of the break-in. The officers do their best to reach your address in the quickest time possible tearing through the streets with sirens wailing. They reach your street but then are delayed because they can't immediately locate your house. Your house may be numbered but . . . Increasing the Burglar's Fear and Reducing your OwnIf we are away from our home for the day, perhaps at work, we might even spend the day worrying what we might find when we arrive back home. If a house on your block got broken into what is there to stop your house being burgled is the reasoning you may make. This reasoning is actually quite healthy, if you fear being burgled you may take steps to prevent it from happening. However, fearing burglary too much is . . . Putting the Burglar in the SpotlightEffective outside security lighting requires a little planning but is affordable and reasonably easy to install. You may think that the more lighting that you have the better but this is not necessarily the case. True you do need to cover every possible area that a burglar may lurk in but . . . Window Locks Close a Window of Opportunity for the BurglarWindow glass, like any other glass, can be smashed of course. But if you were a burglar would you want to break in to a home by breaking the window?
Likely you would not want to do that. Breaking glass makes noise, very distinctive noise that is likely to attract a lot of unwelcome attention. And then there is the risk of cutting yourself, if you were a burglar you would not want to cut yourself and lay yourself open to . . .
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