How Thinking Like A Burglar Can Help Protect Your Home

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How Thinking Like A Burglar Can Help Protect Your
Home
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• While it may not come naturally to most of us to
  think like a burglar, doing so can help us to
  keep our precious homes safe and intruder proof,
  whether our property is regularly left unoccupied
  or not.
• Burglars seek out the weaknesses in a property
  before deciding to target it, so rectifying any
  potential weak spots in your home could well see
  you being more burglar proof than your
  neighbours. Heres how you can protect your home
  from those who wish to enter it unlawfully and
  help themselves to what does not belong to them

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• Purchase a security intruder alarm
• While this is the simplest thing that you can do
  to help prevent your home being a target for
  burglars, it is often one of the most effective.
  If your home has an alarm that is visible to a
  burglar, then they will almost certainly be
  deterred from trying to burgle it, particularly
  if other properties in the locality are not
  fitted with them.
• Check the main entry point to your home
• While this includes ensuring that your front door
  is securely fastened with more than one sturdy
  lock, it also requires that you thoroughly check
  any other means of accessing your property from
  the front, such as through a gate.

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• If your gate is always kept closed and is strong,
  then moving through it to get to your front door
  will be less tempting. While some homeowners
  choose to display a beware of the dog sign,
  this often indicates to burglars that you dont
  have an alarm fitted at the property or that you
  may often leave your back or side doors open to
  allow your pet to go in and out at will.
• Never leave a ladder outside your home
• Ladders that are left lying around in gardens or
  in unlocked garages are an open invitation for
  burglars, so always keep any ladders that you
  have inside your home where they cant be seen
  through a window, or securely fastened inside a
  locked garage.

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• Wheeled bins can also be used as climbing tools
  for burglars trying to enter your property from
  an upstairs window, so ideally keep them out of
  sight or chain them up away from the walls of
  your home.
• Mailbox protectors
• If a burglar can look in through your mail slot
  and see keys left in the hallway or can reach
  keys left in the door, then this could be easy
  pickings for them. Consider buying a mail slot
  protector or simply remember to never leave keys
  where they can be seen by intruders.

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• Take photographs of your valuables
• Listing your valuables and taking pictures of
  them in situ, can be a huge help should you be
  unfortunate enough to have intruders steal items
  from your home. It will help you to be clear on
  what was taken and help with any insurance claims
  that you go on to make.
• Thinking like a burglar could mean that your home
  never becomes a target for thieves for more
  advice and guidance to check that your locks are
  performing as they should, contact your local
  locksmith.

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