Everyone wants to be safe at home. You might think you have done everything possible to make that happen. You might have extra lighting, CCTV, and a security alarm in place. But there might be other solutions you might have overlooked. After all, security measures like CCTVs can just mean it is easier to catch whoever did it.
Not stop them in the first place. If you think that prevention is better than cure, then there are three often overlooked security measures you can take to help those with malicious intent steer clear of you and your property. And some of them are much simpler than you might have thought!Security Measures to Keep Your Home Extra Safe
1. Gravel paths and driveways
This is a very low-tech solution and is regularly overlooked in the age of the smart home. If your driveway and paths, especially those that go around to the back of your house, are not tarmacked or paved but topped with gravel, you and your neighbors can hear anyone creeping around the outside of your home.
Not only does this act as a deterrent to most criminals. But anyone foolish enough to approach your house will also be broadcasting their intent to anyone in earshot and set any dogs off barking. So they will have to beat a hasty retreat!
2. Anti-loitering device
It’s not just those with criminal intent that can make you feel less secure in your own home. There is the addition of groups of youths who might be quite innocently hanging around on street corners near your home. However, they could be making noise and engaging in behavior that makes you feel uncomfortable or could cause harm to your property.
Of course, you don’t want them there. So using a solution like the mosquito device could provide the answer. It can only be heard by younger people and emits a sound designed to make them feel uncomfortable and go elsewhere. Unless your home is the only one in the area, they won’t know it’s you. So the chances of any repercussions are very slim.
3. Trim hedges and bushes
Gravel paths and sonic deterrents will only keep so many criminals away. But some will still try and gain entry to your land over your fences and approach your home across lawned areas. One way of discouraging this type of activity is to keep your hedges and bushes well-trimmed. This way, they have nothing to hide behind when they are attempting this. Seeing no cover, they might as well not bother. Or if they do, they will be more visible to your neighbors and again will set your dogs off barking if you have any. If you prefer, you could only have thorny bushes on the borders of your property. This makes it uncomfortable for anyone to enter using anything but your path.
To wrap everything up!
In the age of the smart home, it is easy to overlook some more common sense methods to keep you and your property safe. You can discourage people from congregating near your home to stop problems from happening by accident. And by looking at your garden, paths, and driveways, you can make it much harder for those who might want to steal from you or do you harm on purpose.