This document provides tips for protecting a home without an alarm system. It recommends installing deadbolt locks on doors, hiding spare keys, securing windows, using automatic lights, keeping weapons for self-defense, owning dogs, building high fences with lighting and spikes, and hiring professionals to inspect for weaknesses. Additional tips include proper training and permits for guns, using pepper spray, planting thorny plants, learning martial arts, and staying calm during break-ins.

1. How to
Protect your
HOME
without an
ALARM SYSTEM

2. The first thing you need to consider if you already have a
house is the safety of your family. Do you want your
belongings to vanish or get stolen by others? Do you want to
family to get hurt by criminals? If you are living in a
subdivision and there are guards roaming all day and
night, you also need to make sure and put security in your
house. There are lots of ways to put security in your house
like installing an alarm system or installing a closed-circuit
television (CCTV). You can also hire a small construction
company to do some inspection in your house if there are
some parts of the house that are getting weaken and can be
used by intruders to get inside your house. If you don’t have
enough money to buy a closed-circuit television (CCTV) or any

3. Here are some
ALTERNATIVES
and TIPS that
you can USE to
PROTECT your
HOUSE

4. Deadbolt and Padlocks
Most people use normal locks on every doors of their house.
Normal locks are easily getting destroys by force. It is a good
idea if you buy deadbolt locks for your doors. Also make
sure that your doors are made out of strong material.
Intruders might not destroy your locks but maybe your door
especially if your door is made out of low quality material.
If you have a gate, you can buy a high quality padlock, in that
way intruders will have a hard time or be discouraged to
enter your house. The more the locks you put in your doors
the better.

5. Hide the key
You also need to hide your spare key, don’t put it anywhere or
just hang it somewhere in your house. You need to hide your
spare keys in a place which is not obvious especially the keys
of your bedrooms. For example, intruders successfully enter
your house and the spare keys of every room are only hanging
on your walls. Intruders will definitely use those keys to
enter every bedroom in your house and the worst thing is they
will harm your family members.

6. For sliding windows
Most intruders go inside the house from the windows. If you
have sliding windows in your house, you need to make sure
that they are usually locked up. You can also stick a broom at
the base of your window. Intruders will surely not be able to
open your windows. You can also put a metal barrier on your
windows, in that way intruders won’t be able to come inside
your house even if they break the glass of your window.

7. Lights
If you are planning to leave your house or go into a trip, you
might want to buy a light that automatically turned on and
off. Most intruders or burglars targeted a house that has no
lights at night because they will surely not get noticed from
the outside. If you have a light or lamp in your house that
automatically turn on at night, intruders will not surely
enter your house because they think that there are people
inside and they will think that there is chance that they will
get arrested. If your neighbors are trustworthy, you can give
them a spare key and ask them to turn on the lights when it’s
already getting dark.

8. Weapons
To protect yourself from intruders who successfully enter
your house, you must have a weapon to defend yourself. You
can use a baseball bat or something that you can use to hurt
the intruders. You can also use firearms; they are effective
from a distance. Remember to put your firearm into a place
wherein your kids won’t reach it. Also remember that your
weapon can possibly be taken from you. You need to be
careful and you must have a proper training on those cases.

9. Dogs
If you have a dog in the house, you can also use your pet to
prevent intruders to enter your house. Most dogs bark when
they see unknown person near your home. For example, you
are sleeping and intruders already enter your yard. You will
surely woke up if you hear your dog barking, in that way you
will be ready and you can immediately call for help. You can
also release your dogs at night and let them handle
intruders. The more dogs you have the more chance the
intruders will get caught or noticed.

10. Fence
If you really want to have privacy and a solid protection for
your family, you can also build fence around your house. When
you build fence, make sure that the height of your fence is 6
feet tall or higher. In that way, intruders will have a hard
time climbing on your fence. Also make sure to put lights near
your fence so that if someone tries to climb, you will surely
notice them immediately. You can also put spikes on your
fence. Intruders will definitely be discouraged to enter your
house because they might get hurt if they do.

11. If you want a perfect house wherein intruders will have a
hard time entering it, you can hire a building inspector or
renovator. In that way, you can tell everything that you want
in your house. If you are planning to build your own house or
renovating it, I recommend Macro Building Solution because
they provide high quality service and they will surely give
what you want or desire.

12. Additional Tips
• Make sure that your gun has a permit and you also need to
have a proper training on using it. Also make sure that your
kids don’t know where you put it, they might want to play it.
• If you don’t have enough money to buy a gun, you can buy
pepper spray. It is very affordable, easy to use and effective.
It can also be used by your small kids. It doesn’t also need
permit in order to use it.
• You can also plant some thorny or spiky plants in your
garden, so that intruders will be slowed and get injured if
they plan to enter your property.
• It is also a good idea to learn martial arts in case your
weapon has been taken by intruders.
• Also tell your family to not panic when intruders enter
your house.