subject: Increase Your Home Security In The New Year [print this page] New Years Eve is a time for people to reflect on what they have done in the past 365 days, and what they hope to do in the next 365. Some of these reflections can be painful: you might remember big mistakes you made, or losses that you suffered. Some of them might be more joyful: you might remember major successes in your career, or great times that you shared with your family and your friends. Often, you will choose to make a resolution of some sort, a promise to yourself that will help you improve your life in a serious way. If you are in need of ideas on what to resolve to do in 2011, why not try to make practical improvements in your house? Why not pick a simple, easily achievable goal, like increasing or enhancing your home security?
Home security is not just something that paranoid people who live in the suburbs need to think about. It is a very real issue that affects both homeowners and apartment renters alike, especially in this economy in which more and more people are becoming increasingly desperate for an extra buck. An obviously vulnerable house is a an attractive target for someone who is looking to make a little bit extra cash by lifting a surround-sound stereo system, a couple of computers, or a brand new flat-screen TV. The risk of such an event occurring may be low, but it is also very real. And the steps you need to take to significantly reduce this possibility are easy and quite inexpensive, so why not choose to be safe rather than sorry?
The first thing that you want to do when you are considering increasing your home security is installing a home alarm system if you do not already have one in your house. Even if you live in an apartment or a shared residence of some sort, you can actually buy mobile alarms, where the company can install a system that is portable so that you can take it on to the next place that you move to. Once you have the alarm set up in your home, all you have to do is remember to actually set it every night when you go to bed! This seems obvious, but you would be amazed at how many people put the money down to by home alarm systems but then never actually use them!
After setting up the alarm and actually using it, you might want to consider smaller ways of enhancing the safety of your home. This can be as simple as making sure to lock the doors every time you leave the house, including when running errands for a few short hours, or shutting the windows on the first floor before you go to bed. Or it can be more complicated and expensive, depending on your budget and your desires, such as installing security cameras at your front and back doors and at other strategic locations around the premises.
