Home security tips for tenants
Here are some simple tips to share with your tenants to help them protect their home and belongings
While your tenants are living in your property, it’s their responsibility to keep their home as secure as possible. Here are some simple tips to share with your tenants to help them protect their home and belongings.
We recommend suggesting to your tenants that they keep their valuables out of sight.
Having valuables on show can be enough to entice opportunistic criminals who are passing the property.
It may also be beneficial to advise your tenants to register their valuables on the Immobilise National Property Register.
Immobilise return thousands of stolen items every day, help to simplify insurance claims and assist the police in searching for and recovering stolen items.
For tenants who keep bicycles at the property, you could also advise them to register their bikes on The National Cycle database.
If your tenants are going away, it goes without saying that they should make sure all windows and doors are locked. In addition to this, we recommend you ask your tenants to let you know if they are going away, so that you, a neighbour or someone you trust can check on the property while it’s unoccupied.
One of the simplest things tenants can do is avoid announcing to everyone that they’re going on holiday. We advise you to tell them not to post this information on social media or spread it around.
While your tenants are out or away, there are a few simple rules they can follow to make the property seem occupied.
One is to leave radios and lights on a timed switch. Another is to make sure external security lights are functioning and switched on.
They should also make sure any side gates are locked to prevent access to the rear of the property.
If you have security alarms, impress on your tenants how important it is that they activate them every time they leave their home. After all, the property will be full of their belongings so it’s in their interest to use any installed alarms.
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