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You have worked so hard for what you have achieved in your life – you deserve what you have. Your home, your car and luxuries around the home such as TV’s, computers, Hi-Fi’s, video consoles, expensive jewelry as well as the priceless heirlooms and personal possessions – how safe are they?

These items which have taken years to acquire could be lost within minutes. By not taking your home security seriously you are risking virtually everything you have, including you and your family’s safety at home. Don’t wait until it is too late – act now and secure your home. So what exactly do you need to do to protect your home from the burglar?

There are many, many security products on the market today and it is a minefield knowing exactly what to do. In fact, your first step to improving your home security doesn’t involve much cost at all. Make sure doors and windows are securely locked when leaving your home. Purchase timer light switches so that your lights switch on and off at various times throughout the evening for when you are not at home.

Install an external security lamp with movement detector. These have been proven to be extremely effective at deterring the burglar before they even enter onto your property. Be sure to secure all garages, sheds and outbuildings as you probably have expensive gardening equipments and the like in these exterior buildings.

Prune back overgrown, trees, shrubs and bushes that are in your yard as these provide the ideal cover for the burglar – you don’t want to make it easy for them. You could even plant prickly or thorny bushes right underneath your windows. This is will make it difficult for a burglar to get close access to your window to see in. Put down some gravel around your property as this will make a loud crunching noise when trodden on. If the burglar walks on this you will know about it.

Once you have looked into all of the simpler, inexpensive measures that can be taken to improve your home security then its time to look at some highly effective options to significantly improve the security of your home. A burglar alarm system is the obvious first choice when it comes to choosing security equipment. A wireless alarm system can be installed by the keen DIY’er and are far cheaper than they were a few years ago. Installation costs are virtually zero and such systems can be expanded in the future.

If you want to catch an intruder on film them a security camera is the way to go. These days security surveillance cameras record digitally onto DVR’s so hundreds of hours of footage can easy be stored and played back if required.