Home Security

When the mercury drops and the temperature plummets, it’s important to make sure your home is protected from the elements this winter. There are the usual steps to take to winterize your home, especially if you live in a particularly cold part of the country: put up the storm windows, clean out the fireplace, have…

You’re lying in bed, counting sheep or perhaps dreaming that recurring nightmare where you showed up to school but forgot to put on pants, when suddenly your spouse is nudging you awake to a muffled sound and telling you, “I think there’s somebody in the home.” What do you do? Somehow they failed to cover…

Despite all hopes and precautions, the worst happened: your home was burglarized. The thieves took numerous items, expensive and inexpensive, precious and semi-precious and some of them nigh irreplaceable. You’re shocked and appalled to have been targeted in such a way. Soon, however, you start to wonder: is there any way I can get any…

So, you’re moving to a new home. You’re packing up all the valuables and handing them off to burly men to chuck into a moving truck with hopefully more grace than they showed when they nearly dropped your piano off the front porch. Now, you’re going over your checklist of things to handle: register the…

We all know what a burglar looks like, right? They’re suave, sophisticated gentlemen in tailored suits who easily rob Vegas casinos in between martinis. Well, maybe not. No, they’re clearly guys in ski masks ready to smash through your front door and snatch a TV off the wall before the cops show up. At least,…

When homeowners think about the safety of their home, they tend to think of heavier locks, doorbell cameras or home security systems. They’re less inclined to think about what bushes to plant or where to plant a new line of shrubbery along the fence, but decisions such as those can be equally important to ensuring…

When preparing defenses for a stronghold, one of the first things you must accomplish is to know your enemy (burglars, thieves, bad guys, etc.). After all, a greater familiarity with the foe should make it easier to prepare defenses against them. Now, you’re hardly preparing for a siege against your stone-girdled castle. There are no…

Keeping your family safe is one of your biggest priorities.  But you also want to be able to do it without breaking the bank.  It’s hard to put a price tag on protecting your home and the people in it, but it also needs to be done within a budget.  BlueAccess is here to help…

Far too many people tell themselves they need to buy a home security system and then fail to follow through. They tell themselves they’re waiting for a better sale or that they just don’t need one yet and days, weeks, even months or years pass without a system. And all too often, the lax homeowner…

When you have a typical home security system, it may come with a number of flaws – especially because today’s safety and security measures are about more than just break-ins or home invasions: it’s also about burglary hacking. All of these typical risks and home exposures are important to address if you are going to…