We'll assume 1)you're renting and 2) you're a tight-ass.
Thank you,
The currently not intruder-proof JJB
Edit: I would appreciate if we could stay on topic please, hence the unpublished comments. Cheers :)
How to Make Your Place Intruder-Proof?
[Deactivated] on 12/07/2016 - 16:01
Last edited 13/07/2016 - 09:52
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Only real intruder proof place would be a underground bunker with armed paid muscle patrolling the topside.
Seriously, just get some desktop sitting motion detection cameras, and contents insurance. No need for online stories..
Hired a redneck with a shotgun
What is the hourly rate?
Well I pay him with promises of NASCAR tickets
Buy a dog. Benefit: Having someone who guards you 24/7 and will truly become a new friend to you.
unless its trained, the dog would probably just get hurt or greet the intruders
Good point. Definitely trained with well manners.
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What about placing the fake CCTV camera / monitor ?
or at least just the sticker of the CCTV brand to make the thief confused ?
Leave junk in the yard like old pots and plants make the yard looks messy like your a hoarder keep a few old cars in the yard also maybe break your blinds or curtains a little so you look ghetto.
Just join a bikie gang
Loosen arse… Post on Craigslist
Is that the same person that left a dead cat on ur driveway…..turns out my assumption was correct
I haven't read through the thread, but it's prob already all been said.
My advice;
- Sensor lights LED (solar or battery).
- Clean up any brush or foliage that might make it easier to break in because it conceals a thief.
- Insurance.
- Window tint or film. It often helps to bind the glass so if you try and break the glass, it won't shatter, and takes longer to get through the window. If an intruder has to spend, even an extra minute after they've initially tried to break the window to get in, it could put them off trying to get in.
- A safe (if you can afford something larger, get some weights and put them in the bottom).
IMO, anything really beyond the above, is basically just window trimming (pun not intended).
I.E;
Roller shutters; (specifically for security) stupidly expensive, don't cover all entry points so give false sense of security. EG; can still pick door locks (most people don't realise how easy they are to jimmy), or even go through roof (believe it or not it has happened).
Screens; often an open section of glass is unprotected, also stupidly expensive, still rely on locks that can often be relatively easily jimmied.
Iron curtains; fire/death trap.
Alarms; can be very costly, but good in that they might reduce your insurance premium. Largely won't deter a hit and run, brazen opportunistic thief who might be in the house for two or three minutes. (I actually have an alarm, and I wouldn't live without one but it largely just serves my piece of mind, which I realise but am happy to pay for it). But, a couple of points, make it obvious you have an alarm and not the worst idea to let it off once in a while.
Cameras; most systems IMO that are within the reach of a tight budget won't provide a great deal of detail about a theif, however reviewing footage after break-in could help to produce better practices (I.E; putting your valuables in a better location). Also might reduce insurance premiums.
IMO; one of the beer deterrents, (understandably might not be applicable to renter)..
- A dog. Even a little one. People often say 'yeah but my dog is so friendly', well the intruder doesn't know that (don't want to get bit) and often they'll bark and be a pain in the arse and make a lot of noise.
Jar Jar, just try and think like a crim. Walk around the house and think, if I was trying to break in here, where would I go? Which area provides the best place to hide? What area is the darkest at night so no-one can see me? Which window would be the easiest to break and not make much noise? Can neighbors see me? Can I be seen from the road?
Then, put lights in those places, or even maybe film on those windows or possibly even a safe where it's well concealed.
Cheers mate :)
No worries. Sorry if some of the suggestions aren't helpful for your circumstances.
If you have been broken into (it's none of my bees anyway) just try not to stress too much. I was broken into and went into a flat spin some years ago, but more often than not, I realised after some time and speaking with lots of different folk, the cheapest and easiest deterrents are sometimes also the best.
Good luck :)
If you are forced to defend your home from dimwitted burglars. You could turn your home into a veritable funhouse of torturous booby traps that so-called burgulars could hilariously stumble through, and the transformation of a suburban home into a relentless injury machine will be nothing short of spectacular.
Tips
Ground floor
* Connect front door knob to electricy.
* Hang red hot metal to inside of read door knob.
* Put very sticky tar on the ground outside of each window, the kind that will make the shoes and socks stick to the ground so they come off the burgulars feet.
* Put broken glass on the floor inside the house at the base of every window.
* Sit in front of pet door with BB gun and shoot burgular in the groin, if they stick their head in through the pet door to investigate shoot them in the forehead.
* Switch off the light in one room and tie a string to a steam iron placed up high when burgular grabs what he thinks is the light bulb cord, should leave a nice welt on the head.
* Arm a blow torch to be triggered if your rear door is opened, aim for head height.
* Lay out many Micro Machines on the living room floor, burgulars should slip over.
* Give your neighbour a shovel incase you need help escaping.Second level
* Throw bricks at the burlgers while they are outside on the ground.
* Tie full paint tins to top of stairs with rope, if burgulars are at bottom of stairs let the paint tins fly hitting them in the face.Very cold climate
* Poor water on steps/ground leading to your door, it will freeze and burgulars will slip over.Grab popcorn if you're home alone.
Hope your parents didn't forgot about you when the family went on holidays.. ohh ummm opps..
Don't forget to invite Chris Columbus to direct the movie cameras…or maybe even Steven Spielberg.
Trip wire paint tin 'mines' hehe.
Try the smartlocks for the main entry? Eg. Samsung SHS-P920
I've had the joy of experiencing a break in (or 2), I'd recommend that you go around your property and try to break into it yourself. you will soon learn that the rods that get placed at the base of the sliding doors are pointless. A flathead screwdriver can flick them out quite easily. This is how I was broken into (One of the times). If you are renting, tell your property manager you want locks installed on the Windows. I went right a head and installed my own courtesy of Bunnings, I wasn't waiting for the real estates ok, I was just robbed dammit!
While I was at Bunnings I found some tiny sensor alarms you can stick onto either Windows or doorways, when the sensors are shifted apart, they alarm. I also invested in some sensor lights, even bought sensor activated camera that sends every bit of movement to my email.
With all that being said, it was my neighbours/ all their wonderful random friends who robbed me… They could see when I go and how long my working days are, and the fact I was living alone. Make friends with your neighbours, no need to make cookies for all of them, but try and have someone in your street/block of units who has your back. And be sure to return the favour.
A friend was burgled in the middle of the day while he was in the house. The intruder just waltzed in the front door and snatched a bag. Along with locking the front door at all times now, he also bought a pressure mat alarm which has worked well for him. https://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Security-SK630-Pressure-Alarm/d…
Sounds like you need CCTV and some sort of movement alarm. Just in case your nut gets nuttier and has an idea to come back and try and blackmail you next time. Why was she objecting to leaving the premises after she was caught anyway if your wife wasn't there?
Need an ap where you can get an alarm alert and check a live stream of your house. Then call a speaker in your house so you can abuse the burglar while notifying police. Then post hopefully a face on social media for shaming.
Not sure what the future of burglary is, most goods now have crap resale value and it shouldn't be too long before electronic goods are immediately trackable via smartphone networks. Neighborhood CCTV networks are getting more complete and accurate along with the advance of facial recognition software I imagine it may get to a point where daytime burglary is not viable.
Neighborhood CCTV networks are getting more complete and accurate along with the advance of facial recognition software I imagine it may get to a point where daytime burglary is not viable.
As much as I want to believe this, there's cheap latex masks and hoodies.
Would render even 4K footage useless.
Sure, the hoodie can be a problem if it's night time. A burglar can't exactly go jump on a bus to make a getaway wearing a latex mask.
So the scenario I'm describing is, potentially awkward to enter someone's property during the day wearing a mask without the risk of someone going 'oh look a burglar'.
Pretty awkward to leave said property in mask for same reason.
Even more awkward head to the local CCTV blackspot to remove mask and change clothes without the same awkward questions.
With the to date grainy CCTV not a big problem but as they become higher definition and more common it would be getting pretty risky over a $500 second hand TV etc.
Based on the news articles I'm seeing, avoid a fair portion of the western suburbs unfortunately and if you drive a nice car in the eastern suburbs, don't get out of the car when someone 'bumps' into the back of yours late at night.
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I lolled hard at this because it would work 100%