Spare Keys - Home Safety Tips

28 July, 2010

Ever have one of those days where nearly everything goes wrong, and then the last thing you need to go wrong at the end of a long day also goes wrong? Had one of those days just last week, and it involved my house key, and it made me think about an important home safety tips.

I had car trouble quite a ways from home, which resulted in my car needing to be towed and me calling a family member for a ride home. It was a long, tiring day and I was in no mood for what happened next. I'd left all my keys with the mechanic, house key included.

I was locked out of my own house, a place I very badly needed to be inside, and was ready to actually break a small window to get inside. As I stood there contemplating my move, I remembered that some months back I'd taken a spare house key to a neighbor I'd known for many years. I chose them, an older couple, because they seemed to always be home, which they were.

It was a valuable home security lesson that day, and one I'll never forget. I knew not to keep a house key under a doormat, but I still wanted one easily accessible. It really paid off for me that day. My house is protected by ADT alarm monitoring, but not hiding a key anywhere on my property is me doing my part to keep my house and family even more secure.