No need to invest a fortune in an alarm system with a remote monitoring service to protect your home in your absence: a few clever and inexpensive accessories are enough to keep burglars away.
When we leave our home, to go to work or go on vacation, we can be overcome by a very legitimate anxiety: the fear of being robbed. In fact, it sometimes only takes a few minutes for stalkers to break into an empty apartment or house in order to steal the valuable objects found there. In the absence of a constant presence, the safest solution to avoid this type of mishap is to install an alarm system associated with remote monitoring. But it requires a significant investment (several hundred euros for the equipment and installation then a few tens of euros per month for the subscription to the service).
However, there are much more economical tips which, if they do not prevent intrusions, are generally enough to keep burglars away. All you need to do is buy a few small accessories sold at ridiculous prices in DIY stores, supermarkets and online stores (Amazon, Cdiscount, AliExpress, etc.).
The first solution consists of affixing a sticker clearly visible on a wall or on the front door indicating that the accommodation is under surveillance. You can find this type of sticker for a handful of euros (from 2 to 8 depending on the model). They of course only have a purely dissuasive role to the extent that they do not correspond to any alarm or remote monitoring system, but their simple display can be enough to keep away lurkers who, when in doubt, will prefer to look elsewhere.
Second solution, install a fake surveillance camera, always clearly visible. There are many models starting from 5 euros on online stores, some equipped with diodes which simulate an activity. They do not stand up to careful examination, but can be misleading from a distance, especially when associated with a sticker.
Third practical accessory, which has other uses: the bulb or the connected socket. Once connected to the home’s Wi-Fi network, it allows you to turn on a light on demand, remotely, or automatically, in random mode or according to a time schedule. And the simple fact of activating this lighting intermittently is enough to simulate a presence in the home. And you don’t need to break the bank to get one: you can find them for less than 10 euros, especially in Action stores.
Finally, nothing prevents you from installing on the exterior wall of a house or on the balcony of a building a projector equipped with a motion detector, capable of turning on as soon as a person enters its field of vision. monitoring. It costs between 10 and 20 euros (9 euros at Lidl) for a mini LED model with a solar sensor and a battery. Like other solutions, they obviously do not offer active protection. But the simple fact that a light turns on as you approach can dissuade a burglar from going further, especially if there are neighbors!