Burglary Tips For An Empty Home – Dyno Locks & Alarms

Many of these break-ins could be prevented with some simple security tips.

• Avoid leaving the keys or spear key under a mat, flower pot, letter boxes or any little place that appears to be a good hiding place.
• Avoid leaving  jewelery or valuables upstairs or down stairs within sight of a wannabe intruder.
• Ask your trusted neighbours to keep an eye on the house, maybe turning on and off lights and checking the home
• Inform the local Garda station that you are heading away and leave your contact details with the station
• Call all deliveries and put a hold on them, milk, papers, post office
• If you have an alarm make sure you have it serviced regularly so it will work correctly when away. If you don’t have a certified company fit one for you. If the alarm is monitored it will notify the key holder in the event of an activation
• CCTV has now become very popular with home owners and can be a very good deterrent for an intruder. Other option include where you have your CCTV monitored also
• Insure the home looks like it is being occupied, install light timers which will allow lights to come on and off during certain hours during the day or night.

• Use motion-sensing lights inside and outside.

• Install anti-drill solid metal magnetic Locks.
• Cover up the glass.