I was somewhere in the South-East earlier this week assessing the security of a recently refurbished terraced house (Circa 1930). The main emphasis of the refurbishment was to create a home that did not require any heating and indeed the place is a constant 20°C throughout the year!…

Yesterday I received an email from a concerned website supporter informing me that she was booked on the Eurostar service to Brussels today and in light of the tragic events that have occurred there yesterday did I have any advice I could give her. I replied to her with the following links for help…

I was updating a few links on my website today when I came across an unpublished page summarising a number of home improvement projects where there are opportunities to improve home security at the same time. Goodness knows why I left it unpublished, but having now updated the original I've made…

I know that a few of you reading this item are planning to move this year, but I wonder how many of you will have a good level of home security on your list of ‘new home attributes'? I studied this aspect of security for newly built homes back in 1992, but I reckon my findings are just as…

If there's one thing I like about running my own crime prevention advice website is the freedom it gives me to introduce British companies and products that don't always get the publicity they deserve. That's why I am delighted to announce that CWP OptiGlaze, manufacturers of hard-surface…

Here's something for you to think about with the ‘Spring Forward' clock change this coming Sunday, 27 March, at 01:00 hours. If you're using mechanical timers, or digital ones that do not self-correct for UK clock changes, then next weekend's clock change will mean that, if you haven't…