For property owner, safety and security should be a priority, after all, you wouldn’t like to arrive on the premises to find that it has suffered damage or someone has breached into it. The same attitude should be adopted if you are the owner of a void or vacant property.
In this blog we look at what could happen if you don’t secure your void property. From attracting unwelcome guests to creating problems in the neighbourhood, we want to help you avoid such effects.
Unwanted Visitors
There is nothing more easy or appealing to intruders than an empty property with no security. It makes for an incredibly easy task to break into the premises if there is nothing, or no one to prevent this from happening.
There may be nothing of value within a void property, however this makes it all the more attractive to squatters, vandals and intruders. Access through doors, roofs and windows is a great place to secure to prevent such access to your void property.
Effects on the neighbourhood
With an unsecured void property, it can be left open to neglect as well as intruders. Over time the property can easily begin to stand out for the wrong reasons within a neighbourhood. Unsightly graffiti and vandalism, can encourage anti-social behaviour at the property, something you want to avoid.
Without fully securing the property it may become a focal point for negative activity, which will cause issues in the local community as how to manage the problem. Having security installed from the outset can help prevent this from becoming an issue.
Incurring costs
Whether it is vandalism or general damage at the property, it will result in a huge cost to repair the effects. Removing squatters or intruders from the property can also result in a large cost to remove them properly and professionally without conflict or further damage being brought to your property.
Luckily all of these can be prevented by simply having adequate security in place, whether it is a physical barrier such as a steel security screen on the window frames or a steel security door with a controlled access panel, it can make a huge difference in securing your property.
Controlling access points is only the start in fully securing your asset, and we can also help you see exactly what is going on at the property 24/7 with our top of the range CCTV systems, monitored by our agents in our Alarm Response Centre (ARC).
With a full monitoring service, complete with reports and instant response if under threat, our experienced team can give you peace of mind knowing that it will be constantly monitored for threats. Arrests have been made following the deployment of our equipment in the past, avoiding damage to the property and leaving our customers happy.
As the longest standing provider of vacant property security in the industry, SPS are ready to help you secure your asset. Get in touch with our team today to see how we can assist you by emailing us on sales@spsdoorguard.comor call us on 08457 62 65 42.
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