When you decide you need a home security system and your budget does not need the pressure of buying and installing an elaborate system, you can still establish a do-it-yourself home security system and not break your bank in half. It begins by making sure your home perimeters are safe and secured. If you have fencing you should be sure they are in excellent repair; if you have hedges surrounding your grounds, you should be sure they are healthy and fully maintained. If your home includes outside hatch doors to your basement, be sure the hatches and doors are in excellent condition and locked down properly, with locks difficult if not impossible for intruders to break. Home surveillance systems do not have to be budget busters, especially if you are willing to install them yourself and you make a realistic assessment of your home’s dimensions, property line dividers, and accessibility. [...] Read more »