How To Keep Your Home Safe And Secure From Intruders

Home should be the last place you’d feel vulnerable in. Not only is it supposed to be a safe haven for you, but it should be a place of comfort and security for the people you love most – family. In order to do this, you should take ample planning in keeping your home safe and secure from intruders. Here are some ideas that are worth considering.


Keep a dog or two.

Because they are naturally protective of their space and are inclined to being noisy, dogs (especially the huge and noisy ones) serve as good deterrents of would-be thieves and intruders. However, these natural-born sentries do come with considerable maintenance cost so owning one (or more), especially huge breeds, requires a lot of thought and commitment.

Put grills outside windows or on possible entryways from above such as ceilings

Usually, when intruders break in, they do not enter through the door. They gain access through windows or ceilings. You see, doors are cumbersome, noisy, and considerably difficult to pry open. However, ceilings and windows are not. If you are familiar with how their mechanisms work, they present faster and more convenient alternatives for breaking in.

In order to eliminate this security threat, you can just simply add grills outside windows or ceilings of your DMCI home. This should be enough to discourage most intruders from even trying.

Installing CCTV cameras

If you can afford it, you can also install CCTV cameras in selected areas around your DMCI house. This will allow you to check your home, understand the pattern of strange occurrences outside the house, and capture faces of people who behave suspiciously when they are near your house.

In addition, if you can make some of them more visible from afar, these cameras can also serve as deterrents of possible intruders (even if they are not really working). You see, as soon as intruders spot these cameras, they turn tail because of the risk of getting videotaped and immediately recognized.

Install a peephole in your doors

For intruders who prefer going through the main entrance, they usually spring at you and catch you off guard as you open the door. In order to prevent this from happening, you can install peepholes in your doors, (in case you don’t have yet). This allows you to check on who’s at the door before opening it and exposing yourself unnecessarily to danger. With peepholes, intruders cannot catch you off guard. 

The Rise of Midrise Condos

Due to limited land space in urban areas, condominiums have been gaining popularity. Armed with modern features and luxurious amenities that would feel like living in a hotel, condo units are preferred choices of the career-driven single people of today.

Why the sudden popularity though?

Condo builders have the right mindset in selling – condo units are an investment. When you get married and eventually move to a house and a lot, you can still earn money from the condo you bought by renting out. Condos are also built in very strategic locations that living in the community would be convenient. Add to the convenience is the security you will get having to leave your house when travelling or entertaining guests.

There is no doubt about it, condominium living is “in”.

But there is also a new type of condominium buildings that are being met with approval – mid-rise condos. Lately, mid-rise condos have been attractive for small families as condo builders make the mid rise units like townhouses in a sprawling community, complete with the essential amenities – park, playground, gym, function hall and even swimming pool. It is like living in a village! DMCI offers mid-rise condo units along with high-rises and of course community DMCI homes.

For those who cannot afford the high-rise condominiums because of limited budget, mid-rise condos are good options.  Mid-rise condos range from five to ten stories. These condos do not have very high prices, thus more people opt for them.  The condo fees will probably be higher in high-rise condos because you're paying for full services. Some buyers are very "condo fee adverse" so clearly, mid-rise condo units certainly have such an advantage over some of the more full service, high rise condo buildings in town.

There a few disadvantages to owning mid-rise condos from the typical and popular high-rise condos but it will be more advantageous than low-rise ones. In the United States, mid-rise condos are typically built from abandoned and old warehouses so the appeal towards artists, struggling musicians and those who love big and wide open spaces is there. Locally, mid-rise condos are built like how a high-rise condo building would except for the number of floors.

Most contractors usually suggest mid-rise condos along land spaces that do not have similar high-rise units, have stunning views that a high-rise condo will only obstruct and any natural factors that would be present in the area (type of soil, fault lines if present or near, etc.).