Cost-Effective Security Upgrades for Your Surrey Apartment

If you live in an apartment in Surrey, it does not have to be expensive to upgrade the security for your individual apartment. Security for the building or complex aside, we are going to give you some tips on how to improve the security for your personal apartment. Be aware of your rights as an owner or renter as some of the suggestions here may require permission from the building or homeowner’s association or landlord.

Locks

Get better locks. Install deadbolts if you do not already have them. Or rekey your locks if you have had the same ones for a long time.

Sliding Doors and Windows

Safeguard sliding doors and windows. This will depend on how your sliding doors and windows work, but it is easy, for example, to lay a broom handle in the track of sliding door to prevent someone from opening it.

Video

Install a doorbell that has a video component. There are plenty of these available that are easy for the layperson to install. Video can be live-fed to your smartphone or laptop. Sometimes there is audio, too, so you can talk to someone at the door without opening it. The crime rate in Surrey is decreasing, but it is still high enough to take every precaution. Video is an excellent precautionary measure.

Neighbours

Make an effort to get to know your neighbours. Neighbours are useful to keep their eyes on your apartment if you are away, and you can go to them for help if you are frightened. Buildings can have their own “block-watch” on a floor.

This may sound silly but be sure to lock all your doors and windows when you are sleeping, going out, or going away. While the weather in Surrey in mild, and many of us enjoy an open window at night, criminals enjoy them, too. An enormous number of break-ins occur through unlocked doors and windows. This is true everywhere.

We hope that this article gives you some insight into cost-efficient security solutions for apartments. For security systems on the Lower Mainland, please call us at (604) 583-2542. 

Alpha Integrated has over 30 years of experience in the security business. We offer a wide-range of state-of-the-art products, a knowledgeable and friendly staff, competitive pricing, and a business model with integrity that stands behind and services the products we carry and install. Our clients include commercial, multi-residential, residential, marine, and other venues. Please feel free to call us on the Lower Mainland at (604) 583-2542.