Sheds & Outbuildings Security
Items regularly stored in sheds and outbuildings include bicycles, mowing machines, mini-tractors, power tools, and sports equipment. The total value of such items almost always surprises the property owner but effective protection can be introduced at sensible cost so take a look at what’s available.
Walls & Fences Security
Usually the first line of defence against uninvited visitors, but frequently designed to be aesthetically pleasing rather than to act as an effective barrier. Thankfully security enhancements need no longer detract from the view and they can also significantly add to the ease of those within the premises. See what we have to say.
Gates & Access
The range of options here is large, from simple solutions primarily aimed at obstructing people’s entry, to advanced solutions aimed at allowing movement of permitted vehicles only. Don’t forget that if someone can get a vehicle onto your property, you are much more likely to suffer heavily (and rarely are they challenged if they look like workmen).
Outdoor Items
Although it is clearly impractical to store absolutely everything inside a locked building overnight, there is no point in presenting thieves with an open invitation to remove your possessions. A few common sense precautions need not involve great expense but the strong advice is not to be complacent and to understand that anything could be targeted if it is capable of being resold.
Garden Antiques & Statuary
A number of high profile garden thefts have taken place in recent years, involving valuable items presumably stolen to order by professionals rather than by opportunists. There is a ready market for the sale of garden antiques and certainly you must not underestimate the ingenuity of the thief. Help is at hand, however, so follow our advice and keep hold of your valuable items.
Planting Protection
Nature can offer an important lending hand because no-one wants to fight their way through prickly hedges or bushes and these can either act independently or as a complement to an existing wall or fence. They are also attractive to the eye but do require occasional maintenance, so that needs to be borne in mind.