Tips To Keep Your Home Safe From Burglary

Everyone wants to live in a safe neighborhood; the Levine Homes Real Estate team has helped many clients relocate to numerous exceptional neighborhoods throughout Palos Verdes and the South Bay. The area’s reputation for safety is due in part to residents’ own proactive strategies. There are several simple ways that you can go about safeguarding your home and property. By protecting your house from burglars, you can help increase the security of your entire community.

Maintain Trees and Greenery

Trees and shrubs offer homeowners valuable privacy, but overgrown greenery can prevent you from seeing prowlers approaching your home. Any security system that makes uses of outdoor motion detectors will not work to its full potential if beams encounter obstructing or interfering greenery. Arrange for regular tree and hedge care to maintain good sightlines.

Keep Your Essentials Out of Sight

Chances are you have a bowl, shelf, or drawer near the main entrance where car keys, wallets, and purses are placed upon returning home. Most people have these catch-all spots, and burglars are aware of this. Become accustomed to storing purses, wallets, and keys near your bed so any disturbance will wake you up. Use a home safe to store other items, such as:

• Fine jewelry
• Financial documents
• Personal papers and passports
• Expensive handbags
• Infrequently used electronic devices
• Small collectable objects, such as coins or stamps

Keep Your Keys Somewhere Else

Outdoor keys safes might sound like a good idea, but savvy burglars are familiar with the appearance of safes modeled to look like rocks or decorative garden objects. Instead of keeping your keys in an unprotected spot outside, make a duplicate set and give it to a neighbor you trust. You might even consider making a password that your family members can give to your neighbors to let them know that they are retrieving the keys with permission.

Safety Helps Everyone

Increasing your home’s safety is quite simple and will have many positive effects for your property and your surrounding community.