1. If there is need for emergency make sure your house number is clearly noticeable, so that an emergency service could find your house easily.
2. Make sure that all garage doors are locked after you have left the house
3. If there is a door which connects the garage to the house, it should be made of solid wood or metal and secured with a strong lock and dead bolt.
4. Let the garage, shed and property gates are fully secured after each use. If it is necessary, buy more secure locks.
5. Your garage door should be fitted with a strong security lock which is preferably secured to the floor
6. If you have expensive gardening equipment, such as lawn mowers, they should be locked away.
7. Get used to always locking your car door when you get back home at night.
8. If there are ladders in your garage, let them all be secured or locked away. Besides, don’t allow drain pipes be easily accessible to the upper floors.
9. In case you have locked yourself out, fix any weaknesses, which can make a burglar get easily inside.
10. Let the shrubs, trees and bushes are trimmed, so that a burglar couldn’t hide.
11. Leave any outdoor lighting switched on in the evening
12. It is safe to lock bicycles and motorbikes.
13. Make an installation of exterior security floodlighting that works with a motion sensor
14. Take into consideration security window bars if you think your windows could be smashed in order to gain access to your house.
15. Use a high security window lock to secure every window in the house
16. Check for rotting window frames and replace if there is need for it.
17. Never leave the doors unlocked even if you go out for a couple of minutes and especially at night.
18. Give extra keys to a neighbor you can rely on and never leave them under the front doormat or in a flowerpot.
19. Your external doors should be of solid hardwood or metal construction. Glass panels should be reinforced. Set a peephole to see who is at the door.
20. Let a deadbolt lock be set into the frame of the door.
21. Make sure you have emergency telephone numbers next to your telephone.
22. If you use interior timers for your lamps, it will leave the impression that someone is at home.
23. During your vacation, cancel any deliveries and papers
24. Keep firearms security locked in an appropriate firearms cupboard. This should be fitted with a trigger guard lock.
25. Keep all your valuables in a security safe or deposit them in a bank
26. Tell a trustworthy neighbor that you are going on holiday, so they can watch over your property.
27. Take digital photos of your possessions and valuables and transfer them to DVD. Put the DVD in a bank safety deposit box. Keep an up to date inventory of all of your staff.
28. Mark all valuable items, such as your computer, TV, Hi-Fi with a security code which is recognized by your local police.
29. Let the alarm be activated when you leaving your property.
30. Ensure that your whole family is aware of an evacuation procedure in case there is an emergency such as fire.

Home Security Tips To Prevent Burglaries

• Great significance should be given to securing doors and windows. A lot of burglaries happened as the thieves could easily get into your house through garage doors. So, lock all the windows and doors even if you go out for only a few minutes. For making your home security better use dead bolts, while a pet entrance is not recommended. Install a wide angled viewer in the main door to see who is at the door.

• Give extra pair of keys to your neighbor or a friend, and do not leave them hidden outside your house.

• Check if all doors and windows, which are out of your view, are locked while you are at home.

• Secure fuse boxes and power sources, so that criminals cannot tamper with them.

• Install a good alarm system for burglars.

• Check all home security systems from time to time, and take them regularly to the service.

• Have all the trees and bushes in your garden trimmed, as they might obstruct view of your house from the road or your neighbors.

• If there is a necessity to deal with windows accessible from the fire escape check that the windows are strong, tamper proof, and secure.

• Do not leave a message in your answering machine, saying that you are away.

• Lock up all valuables and important documents in a sturdy safe

• Maintain your home insurance up to date.

• Replace the old locks with new ones, if you have just moved into the house.

• Set a good private home security monitoring system that improves home security.

• Remove ladders and other tools which burglars might use as a means for breaking into your house.

• Change the tumblers of all locks in case you lose a key.

• Provide a guard dog to keep your house protected from burglars.

• Check whether the number of your house is plainly visible in order to make it less complicated for the people who need to get to your home in a hurry to find your home easily.

• Prevent unauthorized entry through roofs.

If you stick to all the aforementioned basic home security tips to prevent burglaries carefully, you will no longer have to be scared of burglars, and more importantly,  you will be relaxed once and for all.

Securing The Exterior Of Your House

- Make sure the exterior of your house is well lit, and without any unkempt bushes or trees that might obstruct its visibility from the road or your neighbor’s house.

- In case you have some trees or bushes with long branches near the house, cut them off in such a way that nobody could get into the house using the tree. Also, bushes that are planted near walls should be trimmed in order to prevent them from blocking the view. It is advisable to plant thorny plants and creepers along the fences or walls to discourage visitors.

- Try not to plant trees or bushes under windows, but if you do, keep them trimmed.

- If there are trees near the walls, make sure that their branches are cut off as that would prevent people from getting into your home area.

- Check whether the gates are locked and protected all the time.

- Lock all the areas, such as garage or exterior storeroom, thus making sure burglars will not find ladders or any other tool that might help them get easily.

- Install a home security system with lights placed in such a way that they illuminate the exteriors; a useful solution for this could be door and window break-in detectors with alarms.

- There are several useful home security equipment that you can use to secure your home successfully such as strobe lights, sirens, perimeter sensors, monitoring system, and exterior and interior cameras. All of them are used to activate the alarm and notify the police.

- While you are away from your home you could get timers to light up the exterior as well as interior of your house. If your house is well lit it will put off burglars and there would be less chance of burglary in well-lit and clearly visible areas.

- Ensure that all exterior doors are solid and made of metal or hardwood and ensure that all the doors are locked in a safe way. In many cases it happened that houses were burgled because the owners had forgotten to check whether the door or windows were locked.

- You could get extra home security by buying a good guard dog as houses which are protected by dogs are pretty discouraging for burglars.

These important home security tips will lessen the number of burglaries. If we are equipped even with the most basic home security systems, our houses will be protected safely.