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The benefits of having a safe at home are many! Contrary to popular opinion; home safes are not just for the wealthy. People of all income levels can enjoy enhanced safety for their valuables by securing them inside a sturdy and well placed residential safe. Here in Stockbridge, Georgia, we have homes ranging from small condos and mobile units to large luxury constructions costing well into the millions. Our Stockbridge Locksmith technicians install home safes in all price ranges, and for just about every purpose imaginable. These safes secure items of value from burglars, intruders, children, and even the weather!
Many times we answer questions about home safes. Folks want to know about special care or maintenance requirements. Often, cost is a big factor as safes are often viewed as too expensive and impractical for the “regular” person to bother with. Other questions involve insurance costs, heavy safe weight, delivery options and service agreements. Here’s what we recommend. Call our shop or that of your local, full service locksmith professionals. Ask questions freely. In fact, many locksmith technicians offer free price quotes, free consultations and same day service. Also, do your research by viewing online pages relating to home safes and their benefits. You can visit a safe store and view them in person. It’s always wise to prepare a list of questions that you may have about home safes. If you don’t get the answers you wish, try asking them online, in forums or on sites like Quora. Our best recommendation is to simply read this post and then call our in-house locksmiths for the sales or information assistance you may need.
Having a home safe will not make you a target. Bragging to others what’s in your home safe will! Be wise about the whole thing. Use the safe to secure your valuables and learn to be discreet. You don’t have to be secretive but do exercise discretion when telling others about it. Put your safe in a strategic place in your home. It is not an item to show off; it is an appliance to be used and not necessarily hidden. Be careful just who knows your combination. Children should not have access to it, nor should neighbors and guests. Don’t invite problems and you can minimize the ones that do occasionally arise.
What can I put in my safe?
Our answer may surprise you; anything you want! You can put cash in your safe. Also, you can store documents and papers like passports, car titles, insurance policies, registrations, payment books, bonds, appraisals, credit reports, deeds of purchase, mortgage documents, rare or valued letters, certificates, pieces of art, legal papers, flash drives, coins, passwords, security codes, keys, gift cards, credit cards, IOU’s, rare coins, theater tickets, gold bars, silver coins, stock certificates and lots more! Basically, anything of value can be added to your safe; providing it fits!
This part may be a bit controversial but your home safe can also double as a gun safe or weapons cabinet. Firearms, ammunition, knives and other forms of defense can all be stored, protected and accessed by and from your safe. Again, make sure that children, strangers and the curious do not have access to your safe or its contents. If you are going to use your home safe for guns, be sure and consult your local residential locksmith for ideas on placement, access codes and other vital details.
Better than an ATM is your home safe. There’s no fee to remove cash and you don’t have to fight traffic to get to it! Some people get nervous having cash lying around but is it really? If your money is in your home safe, it is out of sight and should be safe from theft as long as you don’t advertise its contents. You can use an injection of cash for charity giving, impulse buying, tips, funeral expenses, donations, sudden medical or veterinary needs, all-cash business or home purchases, real estate deals, car repairs, home improvement and lots more. Cash is still king and if used discreetly and wisely, it can really come in handy!
This is a valid question. Why invest in a home safe when a simple file cabinet can be used to store any and all of the above? It all comes down to the level of protection that you want. File cabinets were never meant to be complete security strongholds. The locks on them are almost always of the cam variety. These give bare minimum protection as they are easy to break, pick or pry apart. File cabinets are great for filing or for giving the illusion of protection. Any truly valuable items should be locked inside a real safe.
For those that acquire or invest in jewelry, it is always wise to store them in a secure, home safe. Whether worn occasionally or simply kept as valued treasures, the gems, stones and precious metals you own are better protected from intruders, thieves, nosy neighbors, guests, family members and visitors when stored inside your safe.
Safes for your home can be purchased in many places. Safe stores will be more expensive as they are retail and therefore middle men are involved. These stores tend to outsource delivery, maintenance, set-up and repairs so if you go through them, you will always pay extra for those services. Retail stores sell safes but offer even less, as they too are dealers, but now the staff is usually limited to part-time or minimum wage employees who know very little about the safe models, their construction, or benefits. You can buy safes used or at auction but realize that you may incur fees to repair them and to reset the combination. We recommend simply calling a full service locksmith and having everything handled by licensed, full time professionals!