5 top tips to secure your new home

Keys collected, boxes packed and removal vans on the move - the common sights seen as we pack up our lives and head off to our new home.

It’s a time full of excitement as we prepare for a new chapter in our lives. But, along with that excitement often comes a lot of stress, from dealing with various home renovations, décor planning and furniture unpacking.

So, with all these pressures and important tasks on your mind, it’s no surprise that your new home’s security might be pushed down to the bottom of your priority list. 

But it’s important to consider that burglary statistics often signal that you’re more likely to be burgled in the first 12 months of moving into a property, so protecting your new home should certainly be a made a much higher priority.

So, if you’re wanting to make the necessary home improvement updates as you prepare to move into your new house, the security experts at Yale have shared their top tips to ensure you can protect your new home, family and belongings from move in day and beyond.

Step 1 – Time for a change

Picking up the keys to your new house is such a memorable experience. But when you think about it, how many people have had those keys before you? And do they have any spares left with their family and friends that they’ve forgotten to return to you?

In fact, when you consider it, there are a multitude of different people who could potentially have had access to your house keys over the years. Therefore, it should always be a first port of call to change your door lock when you move into a new home. 

A relatively inexpensive task, changing a door lock is an essential part of upgrading your new home’s security, meaning that any spare keys that may have been cut will immediately become useless.

When looking for a new cylinder for your door, at Yale, we would recommend opting for a product from a trusted security brand, as they will most likely follow industry-approved standards to offer the highest level of protection for your door. 

Step 2 – Step up to smart

Along with upgrading your door cylinder, you could instead choose to invest in a smart door lock to bring your new home’s security to the next level.

Smart door locks aren’t just the latest trend in home security offering style over substance. They are able to provide heightened security, helping homeowners to introduce sophisticated smart technology to their new home, to provide convenience and peace of mind for homeowners.

At Yale, we have over 180 years of experience in the security market, so our knowledge and expertise in the field has offered invaluable insight into how smart door locks can work to not only protect families but make their lives even easier too.

Our range of smart door locks offer smartphone functionality to monitor who comes and goes from the home, so homeowners can stay in the know surrounding their home security, anywhere at any time. 

And as new homeowners may need help from trusted family and friends to help with the house move, a smart door lock can also allow for easy creation, and revoking, of mobile keys to have complete control over who comes and goes.

Step 3 – All eyes on the prized possessions

With new homeowners already being a potential target for thieves, it’s important they prioritise their home security to deter criminals operating in the area.

By investing in a smart security camera or a CCTV kit, homeowners can monitor their home security from anywhere at any time via their smartphone, to ensure that they always have eyes on their property.

And, what’s more, a high quality CCTV package can also be an effective deterrent against thieves operating in the area, as this type of security camera system is well-known for being avoided by opportunists not wanting to get caught red handed.

If you decide to invest in a CCTV system outside of your new home, placing them in a prevalent location will make them easily noticeable to passersby, greatly reducing your chances of being targeted.

 Step 4 – Stay alarmed

When scoping out potential properties to target, thieves will often look at the visible security solutions that are put in place by the homeowner, deciding whether they could easily break in undetected.

Just like CCTV, an alarm system is another effective way of getting thieves to move to an easier target, as a visible alarm box on the front of the home tells opportunists that your home security is up to scratch.

 And when moving into a new home, you’ll want to do everything you can to protect it, along with its contents, so a high-quality smart alarm system can offer peace of mind when you need it most.

And with a smart alarm system, you can even set your alarm remotely via your smartphone, or simply just check in on your home when you’re out and about, to always be in the know over your new home’s security.

With moving into a new home being such an exciting time, don’t let opportunists looking for an easy target ruin the experience. It’s important to consider the best options to protect your home as you’re moving in, as tell-tale signs like moving boxes, removal vans and clutter around the home can signal to passersby that you are new to the area and could easily make the hit list.

And if you’d like to read more advice and expert tips on how you can improve the security of your new home, be sure to visit www.yalehome.com