By protecting your home from theft and damage, you could prevent needing to claim your home insurance and reduce contents and buildings insurance premiums. Here are some tips to keep you and your home safe:

1. Keep your valuables safe. Store them away from plain sight.
2. Fit a burglar alarm. If you life in an area where thieves are rampant, insurance may require you to install one
3. Acquire a safe.
4. Check your door locks and see if they are strong.
5. Put locks on your windows. These may reduce your premiums.
6. Install a gravel surface so that if anyone is nearby, their footsteps will be heard.
7. Install a smoke alarm
8. Keep a fire extinguisher ready.
9. Cancel the newspapers so they wouldn’t accumulate on our doorstep and tell no one is home.