home security tipsHere are some must-know home security tips that will considerably reduce your chance of being burglarized:

• Never leave cash, valuable jewelry or art objects in the house when you go on holiday. Tuck all valuables away in your safety deposit box.

• Never hide a key anywhere. Even amateur thieves will look under a doormat, a flower pot or in a mailbox for a key.

• Never leave informative notes (“Mary, an extra key is…”) on a desk, door or table.

• Always leave a radio on somewhere in the house, and a light on, from dusk to dawn, over every entry door. Electricity costs less than house contents. But don’t leave outside lights on during the day to convey the message that no one is home to turn them off.

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• Make sure tree limbs can’t be used as entry to your house, and that trees and shrubs are trimmed so they don’t hide a burglar’s efforts to break in.

• Place portable appliances and entertainment equipment so it can’t be seen from a window or door.

• Install deadbolt locks on every entry door and ensure that there is no space around a door frame for a thief to insert a pry bar or screwdriver to jimmy the door open.

• Ensure that garages and storage sheds are adequately locked and pay attention to what you store in them. Mowers, blowers, boats, motors and snowmobiles are much sought after by robbers.

• Make sure the place doesn’t look empty or uninhabited. Leave some curtains open, others closed.

• Mark your belongings by borrowing an electric engraver from your local police headquarters. Or buy an engraver at a local hardware store, they’re not expensive. By engraving a portion of your social insurance number or your driver’s license number on your personal property items, you make it difficult for robbers to fence what they steal.

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