By: Matt M
A fence around your house would be great, as long as there aren’t sections missing or holes in it.
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There are some fairly inexpensive IP-based video systems available. However, they may be limited in the amount of recording time available and what perimeters of the house can be monitored.
View ArticleBy: gina
You can get a non-monitoring company keypad, and install a prepaid SIM-card from T-mobile perhaps, with motion and window break sensors that talk to the keypad. Then if anything is tripped they will...
View ArticleBy: Lei Lani
Good idea. You can buy a home security system (door and window sensors, motion detectors, smoke detector, and central station) for under $300 from places like homesecuritystore dot com, install it...
View ArticleBy: Shirley
Our neighbors have been our anti-burglar system. Police were called once when a fellow spent too much time at the closed front door and then at a window. Another time they were called when a neighbor...
View ArticleBy: Jim M
I’m with Shirley – neighbors who are aware of your work habits and schedule – are your best defense from burglars.
View ArticleBy: Bob
Leave a TV or radio on that can be heard rite outside the door when you are not home.
View ArticleBy: Emma Tameside
That’s really good to hear. Where we used to live, our neighbours were really helpful and we looked out for each others’ houses, but since we moved to the city, we’ve found it’s a lot more impersonal...
View ArticleBy: dwilcox
I leave my TV on all day in my den, and I have a radio on all the time in most of my rooms near the windows so someone outside might not be sure if someone if in that bedroom or not. I even keep a...
View ArticleBy: Judy
I agree with Emma Tameside about changing the locks first thing after moving into a new house. We neglected to do that once when we moved. Very soon after moving in while I was showering one day, two...
View ArticleBy: Arlelne
I have a half-glass outside door in my laundry room/mud room. The dead-bolt has a key rather than a knob, which I remove overnight. I still worry, so I keep a 1×8 board between the outside wall and my...
View ArticleBy: marybeth
My husband got an inexpensive game camera (about $80) and mounted it on a tree at the top of our driveway. Motion triggers it to take a picture of anyone who comes in the vicinity of the house. Of...
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