Secure Your New Home: Top 10 Expert Tips You Need Now

Moving into a new home is exciting, but you don’t know who still has keys. Here are our top tips:

1. Change the locks — or at least the cylinders — on day one.
2. Upgrade to 3-star anti-snap euro cylinders.
3. Fit BS3621 locks on timber doors.
4. Check window locks and keep keys out of sight.
5. Add a letterbox guard to stop key-fishing.
6. Check door frames and hinges for weakness.
7. Fit a door chain or limiter.
8. Light up entrances.
9. Don’t hide spare keys outside.
10. Ask a locksmith for a security survey.

Need advice or a lock fitted? Call East London Locksmith on 02071 186187 — 24/7, no call-out fee.