Residential Property Security

How do you best protect your Arvada, CO home from perils of all kinds? There are many ways and in this post we’ll show you some of the best and most cost effective ones! Our goal is NOT to scare you but to educate you so that you have a better grasp of your options.

We’ve all heard the story of the guy that comes home only to find a drunken intruder passed out on his couch. Of course the vagrant has made and eaten a sandwich and even played video games before losing consciousness. The story stops being amusing when it happens to you! Every year, burglars, homeless people and vagrants enter homes uninvited and with the rise in residential crime, actual home invasions and the need for drug money has escalated to the point where people want better security to protect their homes and loved ones.

Should you Get a dog?

Sure, if you want a pet! Dogs are meant to be companions and are NOT automatic home protectors. In fact, many dogs are so friendly and eager to interact with someone that they will be happy to see someone come through the door. Keeping a dog in the backyard as an automatic home protector is not fair to the dog and not a good choice for home security system. Ignoring a dog like that will not endear it to you and it certainly won’t want to protect your premises. Besides, there are better and smarter ways to secure your Arvada, CO property and here are a few.

Some simple things you can do

Whether you live in a small condo or a large luxury home, you’ll want to take measures to ensure that your residence is less likely to be victim to unwanted intruders. Consider these simple and affordable options:

Deadbolts – A good sturdy and well-installed front door deadbolt can be a huge deterrent for a would-be burglar. Not only do they add a second line of defense to your home but they can buy you needed time to call for help. Robbers want easy access to your property. They want to “enter and go” as fast as possible. Once getting past your door lock they DON’T want to have to now bypass a solid deadbolt before helping themselves to your property. In most cases, they’ll give up or move on quickly.

Lock Doors! – The old days of leaving front and back doors unlocked are over! You may be best friends with your neighbors and live in a safe(r) neighborhood but all too often a burglar simply walks right into a home because the door was left ajar or unlocked completely. Even something as innocent as walking to the mailbox or working in the garage and leaving the garage door open can result in problems if a crook happens to notice or is targeting your property. Don’t be paranoid but simply use common sense and if you have children or guests, be sure to have them use caution too.

Trim hedges – What does your yard landscaping have to do with residential security? A lot, actually! Over grown hedges, bushes and trees can be hiding places for burglars, perverts and other crooks. Not only can they jump out at you when the occasion arises, they can observe your comings and goings as well as your activity inside the home if your drapes and blinds are not closed or even installed as in brand new homes. You don’t have to pave your grounds and turn your property into a parking lot; just nicely trim bushes, hedges, trees and other landscaping so that it makes hiding prowlers harder to achieve.