If you have a space that is not occupied by you and it has remained vacant for a
considerable amount of time then it means that you are inviting squatters to your place to live in illegally. This becomes even easier for the strangers to trespass your place when you are not prepared well in advance i.e. while leaving your unoccupied space devoid of proper security measures, you are making it as a cake walk for them to enter your place and live in illegally without your permission. Once occupied by the strangers it becomes a headache to remove such people out of your place as it is a long procedure and without proper standard procedure you cannot force them to leave the place. One needs to have a valid court order in place to make it happen.
Following are some of the ways with the help of which one can easily make sure that his or her vacant space is safe from strangers:-
Make use of concrete barriers. A concrete barrier is of around 3 tonne and range from 3-4 metre in width. These can be used to increase the height of the available fencing in order to prevent the trespasser to enter your place. These barriers can either be purchased permanently or can be rented at highly economical price. In such a way doing so helps in implementing considerable amount of perimeter security.
If you are unable to decide as to how to go about implementing the security measure, go and hire a security consultant. These consultants are domain experts. They would study the house architecture properly and then would devise out probable ways in which a stranger can access the place. Followed by the analysis of the possible kind of intrusions that can be made, the security measures that need to be taken in a priority wise sequence are explained to the client. These measures can also be implemented for the client if they ask for it.
For trespasser prevention make sure that your space which is unoccupied does not actually looks vacant. The trespasser should always be in an illusion that someone is present inside the house and he better be away from the place. In order to facilitate this strategy, one can also involve the neighbours as well as the local cops to keep an eye on the place so as to be sure that no one intrudes the house in your absence.
Further make sure that you make a visit to your place often and at regular intervals of time. If it is not feasible for you to visit your space then the best thing is to assign a person you have confidence upon to make these visits on your behalf and give you the report in case of an suspicious activity.
To make sure that everything is perfect at your place, you can also have cameras fitted which you can access remotely. Doing so would ensure you and give you 100% satisfaction that your vacant space is perfectly fine.