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I am starting this thread because at the weekend sometime on Saturday night/Sunday Morning I noticed footprints in the snow at the back window in the garden. I then discovered from the front garden footprints leading to the farside of the house where there is a narrow entrance. So narrow a small person would have to go sideways as the gap is no more that a foot wide. To get there there is rose buses and shrubs making the area to that side extremely difficult.
Thankfully there was no break in on this occassion but it has left us wondering about further security. We are a detached home with one side entrance there is a locked gate and the other as described above is terribly difficult to get to, but somone braved to get through the array for prickly shrubs.
We have lights that come on in front and back garden when someone passes it and also have a street light immediately oposite the house.
Our house is surrounded by other back gardens from other houses.
Having called the Crime prevention officer on Monday in our local area he informs us that we are in the highest catchment for roberies and could only suggest him requesting Neighborhood Watch in area to contact us.
Well today - we had shoved through our letterbox pamphlets on home security.
We will speak to our immediate neighbors and warn them of what happened and inform them all that they should be vigilent.
If it had not snowed we would have been none the wiser unless we had been broken into.
One suggestion from Bluebottle is an anti climb paint (International Paints) so we will look into this.
We now need a way to make that side narrow entrance really secure - any ideas?
Has anyone else any further ideas on how to step up our security?
Thankfully there was no break in on this occassion but it has left us wondering about further security. We are a detached home with one side entrance there is a locked gate and the other as described above is terribly difficult to get to, but somone braved to get through the array for prickly shrubs.
We have lights that come on in front and back garden when someone passes it and also have a street light immediately oposite the house.
Our house is surrounded by other back gardens from other houses.
Having called the Crime prevention officer on Monday in our local area he informs us that we are in the highest catchment for roberies and could only suggest him requesting Neighborhood Watch in area to contact us.
Well today - we had shoved through our letterbox pamphlets on home security.
We will speak to our immediate neighbors and warn them of what happened and inform them all that they should be vigilent.
If it had not snowed we would have been none the wiser unless we had been broken into.
One suggestion from Bluebottle is an anti climb paint (International Paints) so we will look into this.
We now need a way to make that side narrow entrance really secure - any ideas?
Has anyone else any further ideas on how to step up our security?
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