Home may be where the heart is, but it’s also where you’re likely to find 4K TVs, expensive jewelry, and the keys to one or two well chosen and much loved vehicles on the driveway. For new homeowners, the mixture of joy and excitement and mild stress that comes with moving-day and unpacking and beginning to make a house a home can often leave little room for thoughts of home security. Unless you’ve recently become the proud custodian of Fort Knox, you’ll likely be thankful of a few tips on how to batten down the hatches and deter any would be criminals from getting their hands on your goods. Without further ado, here are my top tips for new homeowners on how to secure your property. 
Driveway Signs
Have you ever driven past a driveway littered with children’s toys, with perhaps a sprinkler system that’s been knocked over and a garage door that’s been left slightly open? Now, have you ever driven passed a driveway that’s clear, with neat surroundings, locked doors, and a sign telling you that this is private property with a security system and a big ferocious dog? It’s obvious which driveway looks more inviting to a thief and which looks more secure. Signs stand out. Myparkingsign, for example, offers a variety of home signage options for your driveway that could help you to create an at-a-glance high security impression of your home. Don’t let your home catch the wandering eye of any roaming burglars on a scouting mission.
Illuminate Dark Zones
Criminals like to move unseen. Criminals like to dart from shadow to shadow. Criminals like to plan the way into your home, and they like to plan a separate way out if possible (because this avoids arousing suspicions if spotted on the way in – afterall, if someone that you don’t recognise goes into a house, but seemingly closes the door and doesn’t come back out within minutes, you’re more likely to think that the person is a visiting relative with a key than assume anything untoward). If your home has darkened alleyways or dimly lit porches or completely blacked out rear entrances, the chances of making the cut on any burglars shortlist of priority targets is significantly increased. Consider introducing security lighting to decrease the likelihood of your home becoming a crime scene.
Neighbourhood Watch – Speak to Local Law
If your new property backs onto a field or if you’re aware that your street is close to many other major roads (making an escape all the more difficult-to-trace and therefore more appealing to thieves), the chances are that your neighbours are probably thinking the same thing. Many people don’t know this, but the best way to get the ball rolling with setting up a neighbourhood watch scheme is to speak to your local authorities. The police will be able to offer a trove of valuable information on how to set up a neighbourhood watch scheme and how to get as many of your neighbours on board nas possible. There really is no need to go online and watch endless videos and read endless blogs on how to do it all yourself. A simple conversation with your local police department may be all that’s needed to set the gears of change in motion.
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