Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa June 2013 | Page 36
STRATEGIES
BY ANGELIQUE REDMOND
Secure your Home
Stop intruders in their tracks
T
he reality of life in South Africa is often
a slightly bleak one; the newspaper
headlines are littered with stories
of crime and murder. Crime statistics are
up, the crime rate is not dropping and as the
unemployment rates rise, so it would seem do
the crime rates. The end result of this cycle has
made household security an absolute must. In
the past burglar bars and alarms systems would
have made your house a less attractive buy for
a property seeker, but in today’s climate, the
more secure your home, the more attractive
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