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morgin · 02-12-2013, 12:24 PM

Hey all - so last night a neighbor was the victim of a residential break in. Fortunately, he arrived home with the dude still in his place, and was able to force him to drop everything and scare him off and nothing ended up being stolen.

It got me thinking about the best ways to secure a house and inventory your stuff for insurance purposes. Anyone ever dealt with a break in and then their insurance company after the fact? Any tips on what insurance companies like to see? I figured this was as good a reminder as any to start taking some photos of our valuables. I'm assuming serial numbers and such are good to include. I was also thinking of maybe finally going cloud backup for all my important data along with hard copy backup on-site - if someone stole my computer and my external hard drives, I'd be pissed (and out some data!)

Also, anyone use a home alarm with regularity? We're fortunate our place came with one pre-installed (have a large dog too!). I wonder how effective they really are?

Anyone in a newer place wire your home up with exterior security cameras? Any thoughts on whether that's overkill?

02-12-2013, 12:24 PM	#1
morgin Scoring Winger Join Date: Mar 2009 Exp:	Best Practices - Residential Break-Ins, Securing Your Home, and Insurance Hey all - so last night a neighbor was the victim of a residential break in. Fortunately, he arrived home with the dude still in his place, and was able to force him to drop everything and scare him off and nothing ended up being stolen. It got me thinking about the best ways to secure a house and inventory your stuff for insurance purposes. Anyone ever dealt with a break in and then their insurance company after the fact? Any tips on what insurance companies like to see? I figured this was as good a reminder as any to start taking some photos of our valuables. I'm assuming serial numbers and such are good to include. I was also thinking of maybe finally going cloud backup for all my important data along with hard copy backup on-site - if someone stole my computer and my external hard drives, I'd be pissed (and out some data!) Also, anyone use a home alarm with regularity? We're fortunate our place came with one pre-installed (have a large dog too!). I wonder how effective they really are? Anyone in a newer place wire your home up with exterior security cameras? Any thoughts on whether that's overkill?