All Entries Tagged With: "burglary"
How to Select a Home Monitoring System
Regardless of the recent reports of lower crime rates, that doesn’t make having a home security system any less important. After all, statistics still show that homes without a security system are 2-3 times more likely to be the target of a home invasion. So, rather than pretending that crime is going away, home owners [...]
Your Home Security Checklist: What You Can do to Keep Your Family Safer
What do you have that you consider to be priceless? Is it a piece of jewelry? A family heirloom? Your home? While most of would agree that these items and many other possessions are valuable, there is one part of life that has an infinite price tag of untold worth…yeah, you know what it is-it’s [...]
Basement Living?
Basement apartments look kind of cool, don’t they? We see them on TV all the time, usually somewhere in some inner-city setting like New York. And while images of basement apartments rarely conjure feelings of luxury, there’s something about the grittiness of a below street level apartment that comes off as somewhat romanticized and attractive. Maybe it’s the hip young poet within all of us that finds something just ‘too cool’ about these nonconformist, dare-to-be-different little quarters. Not to mention they’re always—yes, always—cheaper than your average apartment; usually drastically so.
How can I Protect my Home from Burglary?
To protect your home against burglary you should memorize, or at the very least read, the three L’s of a typical Neighborhood Watch program -that is Lights, Locks and Landscaping. With those in mind, make sure all areas of your home inside and outside have adequate lighting. This means lighting the driveway, entrance way, and [...]
Business Security Cameras Is Your Best Security Against Burglars
Do you have a business? If you do, then you know that burglary is the main crime that you need to be prepared for. The best way to secure your business is to take as many security steps as you can. One of the security steps that need to be taken is to install business [...]