If you’re planning on going on vacation anytime soon and can’t afford a built in home security system we’re going to cover some simple do it yourself home security options that will help keep your home and personal belongings safe while you are away. Whether it’s the months of June, July, and August when people are out on summer vacation or November, December and January when people are out visiting family members for the holidays burglars are always looking for opportunities to break in and take what they can from your home. Below we’ll cover come inexpensive ways that you can keep your home safe regardless of if you’re going out of town for a day or a week.
The first inexpensive security tool I recommend looking into is an inexpensive video surveillance system. Many people see home surveillance video systems and think there’s no way they’d ever be able to afford something like that. Luckily several companies have started producing very affordable single and multiple camera surveillance systems which will allow you to monitor your house anytime whether you are leaving town for a week or just have a nanny, construction worker or other workers in your house that you’d like to keep an eye these are a great, inexpensive way to do that. These cheaper home surveillance systems will run anywhere from $130-$230.
Another tool that you can use to keep your belongings protected is safes of all sizes and shapes. Oftentimes when a Salt Lake locksmith or Salt Lake residential locksmith mention the word safe, peoples eyes glaze over as they envision a giant fort knox like safe and the matching price tag to go along with it. The fact of the matter is that you can get a good, sturdy 1-Hour Fire Rated safe for around $200. If two hundred dollars is a bit much for you now then there are definitely less expensive options, decoy safes are a great inexpensive way to keep your necessities protected. These decoy safes will come in the form of a book that is partially hollowed out or a shaving cream can that has a bottom that can screw off. These decoy safes usually range for between $10-$20 and can be pretty effective in hiding jewelry, coins, passports and other small items.
Lastly we’ll cover an item that is probably the most effective out of all of these in actually scaring a burglar away and that is door stop alarms like the ones made by GE. These alarms are pressure sensitive doorstops that you’d place on the inside of your door when you leave your house, then if someone tries to break in and push the door in it will apply pressure to the door stop and an ear piercing alarm will sound scaring off would be burglars. These alarms are worth their weight in gold and only cost around ten dollars. Another great thing about these alarms is the fact that you can take them with you on trips and use them in the hotels as well.
