Houses that looks more like prisons than homes.
By manong05
@manong05 (5027)
Philippines
October 16, 2009 10:59pm CST
Some houses, because of too much security concious owner, are enclosed with steel grills, barbed wires, alarm systems and cameras. Don't you think that this is a little too much? I think some people are over doing it that in cases of calamities, whether fires or floods, people are trapped in and die.
Would you enclose your house with barbed wires?
How do you secure you house?
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3 responses
@moneymakingtoday (4061)
• Philippines
8 Nov 09
I see houses of these kinds of security systems in large subdivisions and those of the affluent. They have their own reasons to do this the main one of which is obviously to protect themselves and what they have. I remember the point raised by our former bank manager in reply to the security agency's proposal to increase the number of guards in the bank. He said that the more guards the bank will install, the stronger the offensive action from criminal elements it requires. He proposed, instead, for an extensive training and seminar for the same number of guards and maybe came out effective ... we were spared from robbers during that time. It would be different now with the present rise in criminality; the criminal elements have their "upgrading" courses, too. hahahaha. I go with the minimal security measures for our house ... gate with visible lower part for us to see whatever/whoever blocks it, 8 dogs on 24-hour duty and, my friend .... the sturdy malunggay fence enclosing the house. hahahaha. cheers! (now, I am copying it).
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
8 Nov 09
Yes, criminals are updating their modus operandi too and in many cases better than most of the trained security people. The recent heist in Makati area shows this high tech approach. Now I know which house to look for, slightly elevated gate with lots of malunggays around. Hahaha. A little more clue and I can get the whole picture. Did you say that the gate was green? lol
@moneymakingtoday (4061)
• Philippines
8 Nov 09
I just cut down the "live" fence around the house. Now, that renders you clueless with what I will have in lieu of the malunggays. hahahaha (would it be malunggays on 24-hour duty or 8 dogs rooted on the ground as fence?) hahaha
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I don't think that conspicuous security is such a good idea--it tell people that you have things inside that are valuable enough that you're worried they may be stolen!
I don't have much. But I have two watchdogs that will bite if they see me attacked. I keep my door hinges unoiled so we can hear if they open. I lock my doors and windows and don't have anything valuable in my yard or in sight if someone peers in my windows. I live very modestly in a house below my means and in a decent neighborhood. If I began putting up bars on my windows, etc., it would not only be an insult to my neighbors it would alert thieves that I have something to steal!
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
8 Nov 09
Yes, it never occured to me that window bars are actually catching thieves' attention and can be counter productive in the long run. They probably think that there must be something extremely valuable that you are keeping inside the house. Good point. The idea of the unoiled hinges produces squeaks that can be an alarm sound that can replace sophisticated alarms system in terms or effectivity.
enjoy!
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@Mayuko (1268)
• United States
4 Jan 12
Ideally, I would have cameras at the front, side and back doors of my house, but I'd like them to be hidden, so people don't know it's there. And I want security alarms, for safety purposes.
Steel grills and barbed wires is very unappealing to me. I couldn't imagine a house would look very nice with those things enclosing it.
