When it comes to keeping your home safe, what you have on your front lawn can be what attracts a burglar to break in or what makes them decide to move on instead.
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Keeping your home safe
Burglars and thieves will use anything they can to their advantage—don’t make it easier for them by giving them clues to your whereabouts or access to your home! We chatted with Fred Turra, ADT Custom Home Sales Manager for the San Francisco Bay Area, about what you should consider keeping out of your front yard as well as what you might want to put on it to outsmart burglars.
Broken or old home security sign
One of the biggest alerts for burglars that you might not have a security system is actually having a sign in your front yard saying you have one—specifically, a sign in disrepair. When you have an old one, you’re essentially advertising that while your home may have once been protected by a security system, that time has passed.
Tura says that experienced burglars will study home security systems as much as the company’s that install them. “They know what to look for,” he says, which means they know that sign in your front yard is old and out of date. When updating your security, make sure you don’t get one of the worst home security systems according to Consumer Reports.
Expensive items in your yard
Having expensive-looking planters and decorations might look nice, but they also might alert burgers that even more expensive items are inside your home. That’s why Tura suggests you keep expensive items out of your front yard. The way your front yard looks is one of the 22 signs your house is vulnerable to being robbed.
Large hedges and vegetation
Another thing that might look nice in your yard but attract burglars is large plants and vegetation. Read more from RD.
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