How To Prevent Burglary While Moving

Outline:

Intro

• Theft is extremely common for homeowners who are in the middle of moving.
• You’re often in and out more, you may leave your house unlocked, or even leaves boxes out.
• The process of moving makes you a target for burglars.
• Some burglars even find a way to waltz into your house on moving day!
  • There’s lots of people going in and your of your house on Moving day - families, landlords, realtors, professional movers, neighbors, cable men, you name it. It’s easier for someone to slip in.
• Protect your home/belongings and stay safe with these tips

Keep Up On Yard Work

• Robbers identify homes with overgrown lawns or wilting plants, bc they think you’re on vacation.
• May sound like a drag, but a robber can spot an unkempt lawn. Mow your law, pull your weeds, water your plants. If you’re garden is alive they will know someone is home.

Record A Dog Barking

• Whether you have a dog and his bark is unreliable or you don’t have a dog, the sound of a dog scares off burglars, set it to a motion center by the front door

Invest in Security Camera

• Keep an eye on your home when you’re at work
• You can take them with you when you move

Padlock Your Doors

• A single key lock isn’t a safeguard for robbers, get a serious padlock.

Close Up Windows

• Close the blinds, lock the windows, and use padlocks if you can.
• If you have windows without blinds (like a skylight) keep any keys and other valuables out of sight.

Lock Away Your Valuables

• On moving say, assign one spot (like a room) where you can lock your most valuable items. That way you can keep full attention on them when it’s time to load them up.

Disguise Items

• Burglars expect to see prescription drugs in a toiletry tote or something. They expect to see a laptop in a laptop bag. Deter them and put them in hard to identify packaging.

Be safe while moving, keep an eye out, and avoid issues by hiring a credible pro moving company who is on your side. Call for free quote.

DRAFT:

Hollywood’s version of a burglar is someone dressed in black, sneaking into a mansion late at night, repelling down from the ceiling, performing acrobatic feats to get through a complex matrix of lasers to arrive at a glass case with a rare gem in it. They quickly snatch it up, spring back up to the ceiling and escape. In real life, you’re most likely to get burglarized in the middle of the day when you aren’t home in plain sight.

Burglars are opportunists. They look for easy targets where they are least likely to get caught. When you’re moving, you’re distracted, stressed, trying to get the job done as quickly as possible. You’re moving boxes and furniture in and out all day so you’re more likely to leave the front door open. You have all sorts of people-family, realtors, cable men, professional movers, neighbors- entering and exiting the house throughout the day. You’re likely to leave boxes with valuables outside waiting to be loaded in the moving truck. To a burglar, your moving day looks like the perfect opportunity to rob you.

Don’t make it so easy! Read on for tips on how to avoid getting robbed when moving.

Keep Up On Yard Work

An overgrown, weed-infested yard with forgotten toys that haven’t been put away for months gives your home an abandoned look. A thief may take one look at your neglected yard and assume that you’re on vacation. Protect your house from robbers by mowing and taking care of your lawn. You may think mowing your lawn is on the bottom of the priority list when you’re moving, but it’s a simple way to demonstrate that you’re home which will deter burglars from making you their next target.

Record A Dog Barking

To make it easier to move without being targeted for burglary, you may want to consider putting up a “Beware of Dog” sign on your fence, even if you don’t have a dog. Take it a step further with a motion sensor that activates a recording of a dog barking. If burglars think they have to contend with a dog that could harm them or alert neighbors, they are more likely to stay away.

Invest in a Security Camera

These days it is super easy to shop for a security camera system. If you can afford it, it may be a good investment not only for moving day, but to install in your new home as well. Most home camera systems these days connect to an app on your phone so you can monitor your home from afar. Your phone can alert you of any suspicious activity while you’re making a trip to your local donation center and you can call the police right then and there.

Padlock Your Doors

Should you lock your house when packing? The answer is definitely yes. And when you leave your home in the midst of a move, it’s a good idea to go a step further. Padlocking your doors may seem extreme, but it’s a fail-safe way of making sure expert lock pickers can’t get into your home when you’re not there.

Close Up Windows

If a thief can see inside the lay out of your home and what sorts of valuables you have, they are likely to deem it an easier heist. Less intel means an increased likelihood of surprises that they are always looking to minimize. Make it harder for them. Lock your windows (use padlocks if you can) and close all of your blinds. If you do have a window without blinds (say, a skylight), be sure to keep valuables out of sight.

Lock Away Your Valuables

To avoid lost or stolen items when moving, consider keeping your most valuable items all in one room on moving day. That way you can keep a hyper focus on those items as they are loaded from your home into the moving truck.

Disguise Items

Where do you keep your jewelry? In a jewelry box. Where do you keep your computer? In its case. Where do you keep your prescription drugs? In your medicine cabinet. Again, it’s all about making a robbery more difficult to a thief. Instead of keeping all of your valuables in their usual spots on moving day, consider keeping your jewelry in an opaque water bottle, your computer wrapped in a t-shirt kept in a dresser drawer and your meds in a gym bag.

Conclusion

It’s easy to get overwhelmed and distracted with packing, hauling, cleaning and making calls on moving day. Avoid theft during your move, protect your valuables and be safe by calling a credible moving company who is on your side. For a FREE quote, call the professional San Francisco Movers at Moving Forward .