Protect your home with secure door locks at handles4doors

Dec. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- As Christmas approaches most people are filling their homes with expensive presents and gifts for loved ones.  Carefully we wrap these up, and place them under an illuminated tree, which is usually visible for everyone to see from the outside of our homes.

While most passerby’s may stare into your home and admire the view, for some burglars this is an unintentional invite into your home. They know that sitting under your tree will be mounds of expensive electrical equipment, jewellery and other items.  Christmas cards containing cash may be littering your hallway surfaces waiting for the post too. All of this can prove to be just too much of a temptation for most burglars.

It’s proven that there are more burglaries into people’s homes over the festive period. Which is why, at this time of year you should do all you can to protect your home, its contents and your family from unwanted intruders.

To make sure you and your loved ones enjoy the Christmas you deserve, pay a visit to handles4doors. They carry a comprehensive range of door locks and other security hard ware that can protect your house from uninvited guests.

As well as fitting your home with secure door locks and door hinges, there are a range of other security measures you can make to reduce your chances of your home catching a burglar’s eye.
1.   Move your tree from the window
This year it’s time to re-think the positioning of your tree. Try to move it so it cannot be seen from outside and always shut your curtains come dusk.
2.   Don’t keep receipts lying around
Don’t keep the receipts for your gifts in the same place as the presents, or nearby as a thief can easily return your items and get a refund in cash.
3.   Be careful of your rubbish
If you have boxes and packaging which contained expensive items littering your driveway, or out on the street it is a very obvious sign that these goods are inside the house. Instead, conceal these boxes within other rubbish so that it can’t be seen so easily.
4.   Check your locks
On average a quarter of burglaries are due to homeowners leaving their unused windows unlocked. Make sure you take the time to double check yours this winter to keep the thiefs out.
5.   Take out contents insurance
Making sure your homes contents is covered by an insurance policy means you can claim back some money if a thief does manage to break in and steal any of your possessions.

To browse Handles4Doors range of products, visit
http://www.handles4doors.co.uk

About handles4doors: handles4doors are one of the UK's leading suppliers of door handles, cupboard knobs, locks and hinges. The company has gone from strength to strength since the launch of their superb online shop in July 2007 and supplies a wide range of traditional and contemporary door fixtures and fittings. The size of the range available has grown significantly since the launch of the web shop with different brands and products being added all the time. For more information, please visit http://www.handles4doors.co.uk.

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Handles4Doors is a family-run business situated just outside Farnham in the rolling fields of the Surrey countryside. The company is run by husband and wife team Graham and Suzanne Faulkner.....