When it comes to home security, proactive measures can make all the difference. Here are five essential tips to enhance your home's safety:

Home Security Tips:

1. Upgrade Your Locks:

Ensure your doors are equipped with high-quality deadbolts and consider smart locks for added security and convenience. If any of your exterior door are only secured with a latch-based lock (knob, lever, or pitcher-handle), consider adding a deadbolt.

2. Install Security Cameras:

Use visible security cameras to deter potential intruders. Consider smart cameras that allow you to monitor your property remotely.

3. Use Outdoor Lighting:

Well-lit entryways and yards can discourage break-ins.
 Motion-sensor lights are particularly effective.

4. Secure Windows:

Install window locks and consider using security film to reinforce glass and make it harder to break.

5. Join a Neighborhood Watch:

Collaborate with your neighbors to keep an eye on each other's properties. A united community is a stronger deterrent against crime.

Additional home security tips:

• Don't keep keys outside of your house. The fake rocks may look good, but consider how a person or animal might expose your key, just by accident.
• Use the sliding lock on your garage door when not in use.
• Consider buying a padlock for your garage door, for any extended vacancies.
• Address any excessive door gaps, as this can lead to easy manipulation of latches.
• Replace any old doors with single pane glass.
• Use caution with the pet doors... especially when you and the pet are not home.
• Use a wooden dowel or security bar on sliding doors.

These are just a few home security tips, but we can go over any concern you have and provide professional insight.