Sorry to hear about the break-in.... Next going to have to change all the locks. Can I do this on my insurance?
I suppose personal security, physical & psychological, is the immediate issue. If you live alone, can you have family / friends stay over for the next few nights and maybe house-sit while you're at work? Can you borrow / adopt a huge, hungry man-eater of a dog and park him in the garden? If you don't have alarms / motion detectors / sensor-pads / external sirens and strobe lights fitted, could you short-term get a dummy box mounted outside? Could friends family park their cars on your driveway or outside the house to give the impression that there's a crowd inside? Can you put lights on timers downstairs while you're out or in bed (assuming two-storey) to switch lights on-off every hour, front and back?... Any other practical assistance would be much appreciated too, because I am probably not thinking straight right now...
Take handbag into the bedroom with you at night.
Lock all internal doors at night and take the keys to your bedroom with you.
As to the suggestion to take things into your bedroom, I'm not sure I would now, having read about thieves coming into bedrooms to get them. I'll just do what I do now, put a key in the door (no letter box) and leave rest of the car keys in the (unlocked) key box in the kitchen.
I agree. I'm gonna leave my car keys on the floor in the hall. That's what car / home insurance is for...leave me and my family alone!
I take my car keys to bed with me.
MandaC - so sorry to hear about the break in, thank god you yourself are physically unharmed.
For the list of security features:
Do not leave any keys out on hooks or anywhere that can be seen by looking in windows or a letter box etc..
Take handbag into the bedroom with you at night.
Lock all internal doors at night and take the keys to your bedroom with you.
Wind chimes on front and back doors and on any windows large enough to climb through.
Internal bolts/chubb locks on external doors.
Spiky plants around perimeter fence/walls of back garden.
Motion sensor lights both externally and internal in hallway.
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