Windows & Doors UK
Keeping the house closed and secure is something we often tend to forget when the heat of summer comes. Of we go ou t into the back garden for a quick burst of sun . . . . We so often leave that front or back door unlocked. When we’re outside we must of course […]
I’ve been chatting to my new neighbours recently – they have come home to the UK from a long stint overseas – in a variety of locations. Their most recent escapade was four years in S.Africa, where they enjoyed a very enhanced standard of living, compared to the neighbouring area. However, for every luxurious element […]
When we plan our holidays and family gatherings, we don’t usually give much thought to household security – not until the very minute we leave the house and get ready to drive away. Then we just quickly press those familiar alarm buttons – do we check the rest of the windows and doors though? It […]
I have not ever thought a great deal about these until a couple of years ago when I was visiting a tribunal office some miles away. I was collecting boxes of legal bundles for a case. The security guard on the back door of the court was not at all helpful – he begrudged having […]
I know of a local house that has had a rather unfortunate break in. They do have an alarm box fitted but whether the purpetrators knew it was just that, a box, without an alarm inside, no one’s saying. This household has had a couple of similar sort of incidents in the last five years. […]
There is trend towards not buying at all but only going for leasing a home is better than buying in a few circumstances. Lots of thought goes into this and we can listen to all sorts of articles on radio and tv about the pros and cons of both sides of that divide. I cannot […]
I was staying away recently with a family who have spent ages building the most fantastic extension on their already large family sized home. I have watched the progress over the years and now that the guest suite is well on the way to completion, I find myself staying there more often. There are one […]
Some of the advertisements for home security devices are very comical – in fact they are so entertaining, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that they’re selling a serious minded product. The need to keep in touch with whatever’s going on at home is getting more important all the time. Years ago only the very well […]
With so many modern methods to secure our homes it’s easier than ever to ensure our belongings stay safely at home. some yers ago you would be forking out thousands to have alarms installed – and they were always going off at inconvenient times, when the owner was away from home and no-one could find […]
A man’s home is his castle . . . . . and we all know how lovely and inpenetrable they have always been considered to be. In these days of high criminality though, we have to look further than to assume the nice thick walls of our own little domestic castle will keep out the […]