Beat the Burglar, Would You Burgle Your Home?

Keyhole Kate’s have put together some helpful tips to help you beat the burglar from coming into your home. We have tips and advice to help deter burglars from coming into your home or choosing your home to be the one they burgle. There are many ways to beat the burglar, and Keyhole Kate’s are going to help make your home a burglar’s worst nightmare! It takes some simple tips in order to deter a burglar and lead them onto going elsewhere. No one wants to be burgled, but if you can prevent it from being your home or properties, it’s worth taking the time to do. All it takes is a few suggestions that someone is constantly in your home and it could quite easily deter a potential burglar. Simply take a look through Keyhole Kate’s list of tips and advice, and put them into place in order to beat the burglar. Keyhole Kate’s hope that these tips and advice will help you to beat the burglar and keep your home secure! It’s good to know that our locksmiths offer burglary repairs in Dagenham and Romford should the worst ever happen.

TV Simulators

A TV simulator is a great way to show that someone is in your home. A flickering light of a TV through a window will show a burglar that someone is in. Whether you are asleep, away on holiday, at work or simply no one is home, a TV simulator with different coloured lights will suggest that you are watching TV.

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 9/10

Fake TV

A ‘FakeTV’ is essentially a box powered to look like lighting off a TV. The FakeTV has red, green, blue and white lights that are designed to mimic a TV. A FakeTV can last for four hours or seven hours after dusk and is dependent on what the user selects. These FakeTV’s are great to use if you are going to be out of your home on a night time, as it suggests that someone is watching your TV, for up to 7 hours at a time!

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 8/10

Beware of the Dog!

Dogs are a great deterrent for burglars, with the idea that they will warn people off coming into your home, and are there to protect you. However what happens if you don’t have a dog yourself? You can make indications to suggest you do. Buying a sign or sticker for your gate, wall or fence will warn off anyone who shouldn’t be coming into your home. This will lead people to think that you have a dog, and as we all know dogs have immaculate hearing, so they will know if someone is in your home, before you do!

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 10/10

Barking Dog Alarms

Purchasing a device that emits a dog barking sound is a great way to put off anyone coming into your home. Having a dog barking alarm system that will trigger when it detects movement, and will shock anyone on your property into believing you have a dog. These alarms will sound a loud dog bark, like a German Shepherd for example, and will sound whenever movement is detected. These can be best used in gardens or driveways, and will alert you to any presence on your property.

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 9/10

Home Alarm Security

Home alarms are one of the best ways to secure your home. They are a system that triggers an alarms if there is any presence in your home once the alarm has been set. So, if you are leaving for work or going to bed, an alarm system is a great way to secure your home and ensure that everywhere is safe. This is shown to potential burglars outside of your home as at there is an alarm box fitted at the top of houses, which will flash when the alarm is set. If you are looking for a way to ensure your home is secure when you are inside of your property, a fitted home alarm system could be really beneficial.

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 10/10

Timed Lights

Having lights set with timers are a great way to suggest that someone is constantly in your house. The great thing about timed lights are that you can set them to come on and off at different points of the day, which will indicate that someone is moving around in your home. When you are away or out of the house, a timed light will show that you have turned the light on in your living area, and will show that someone is in, even when they’re not. Not only that, when it gets dark, the lights will show that you are in your home, and the light will suggest this from whenever the time is set from. For example, on a dark November night, you can set your lights to come on at 5pm, and not to turn off until 10pm, showing that someone has been in your home doing things for those 5 hours. This gives you the time to come into your home and do your daily duties and will show constant activity in your home.

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 9/10

Homeboy

The Homeboy is multi-functional camera device that can turn lights and appliances on when linked to the device. You may see the Homeboy as acting life a CCTV camera for your home, acting like an ‘eye on the wall’. Although, the Homeboy is yet to hit the market, this is a great way to keep a constant eye on your home, even when you are not in. The Homeboy will detect any movement in the property, and will alert the owner to know if there is an issue, from there the owner will give an ‘all clear’ if there is no problems occurring in their home.

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 8/10 (Due to not being on market as of yet)

Help From your Neighbour’s

If you are going away or are out your home for long periods, there is no harm in asking your neighbours for help. A simple, and easy way to make your home look occupied is having constant traffic in and out of your home. So, if you are not in your home, or do not drive, it might be worth making arrangements with your neighbour to park outside your home if they have 2 cars, or to be seen going into your home. Obvious things like removing post and opening blinds, turning lights on when you are away will show people that you are still active in your home, and deter any unwanted people. By making arrangements with your neighbour to remove post, turn lights on park near your home and occasionally go in your home, is the best way to put off any burglars from entering your home. As this will show that just like any other time of the year, you are actively in your house. Take a look at one of our blogs, on how to ensure your home is secure during holidays and time away from your home, as this could be really beneficial to your home’s security.

Keyhole Kate’s rate this tip 10/10

Keyhole Kate’s believe that these tips here are some of the best and most effective ways to beat the burglar! Please take the time to check out our website with the services we provide and we hope that within our services and these tips, we can help make your home as secure as possible. Avoid being burgled, by taking note of these simple tips and putting them into place for your home. We hope that this has helped you secure your home further, and together we have beat the burglar!