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How To Feel Safe After A Break In

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Hi lovelies,

One of the most traumatic experiences that could be had is the experience of having your home broken into.

It’s a violation of privacy but it also makes it feel like someone has been too close to you; a break in is a rather intimate experience. It can be traumatic to find your things rifled through and your windows smashed, and it can make you feel apprehensive about walking into your home again. Many people use this experience as a catalyst for taking self-defense classes and learning how to use their hands, batons, and other weapons in order to protect themselves effectively in the future.

Should you ever find yourself needing to call in a window replacement service to help you to get your home back to feeling secure again, you need all the help that you can get to make sure that your home is back to its best. A home break in can be traumatic, but with the tips below, you can feel safe after it occurs once again. With the tips below, you can ensure that you keep a safe home at all times.

  1. Get to a safe zone. When you realize that your home has been broken into, you should think about ensuring that you have a safe zone for your family to go. You should always have a place to go just in case you come home and find the house broken into again. 

  2. Call the police. If you get home and you notice that the windows have been broken into, you should always call the police and let them clear out the crime scene. The police are going to be your first port of call should you ever see anything wrong like that - as your home is your castle. 

  3. Make a list. You should have a list of things that have been taken from your home because that list is going to matter to your insurance company. You will also need to hand this list to the police because they will need to know exactly what’s been taken. You can then ensure that you can keep up with any websites that have your things being listed for sale! 

  4. Help. If you have any security cameras or anything that could assist the police in the investigation into who took your things, you should contact them and help them with it. The police will need as much information as possible to catch the people who took from you!

  5. File a claim. Your insurance company will need you to file a claim so that you can get covered on the things that have been stolen. Contacting them should happen ASAP so you’re not waiting too long to get your money. The insurance will also want to know about the police report we mentioned, so hand that over to them, too.

  6. Repairs. Calling in the window services and repairing the glass as well as anything else in the house that has been smashed or damaged. You have to clean up the place and make sure that you are feeling safe in the house once more. This way, you can make a plan to prevent anything further happening and reinforce the things that were broken.

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