When it comes to protect small valuable items like money, ID and credit cards, raillery and even a spare key it’s wise to think like a burglar.
To ensure that even in a break-ins your items are secure it’s important to avoid the most common mistakes and not to give in to ridicules hiding places that most homeowners use but are obviously not safe.
Drawers
Leaving your valuable items in a drawer is not recommended and it’s recommended to consider other out of sight places. Even the most inexperienced burglars will begin their search in your drawers.
Fridge or Freezer
Contrary to what seen in movies using the refrigerator or freezer as hiding spots may not be as secure as you would think.
Experienced burglars are well aware of these cliched hiding spots, so stashing your valuables items inside a frozen chicken is not a good idea.
Children’s Bedroom
Children’s bedrooms which were considered a secure place to hide your valuables have now become main targets for burglars because nowadays kids have lots of gadget devices in their room like game consoles and laptops. It is highly recommended not to hide your valuable items in your kids room.
Inside Mattresses
Stashing valuable items under or inside your mattress is quite naive. It wouldn’t take a big effort for burglars to find them.
Toilet Tank
This hiding spot was once considered clever but have become useless because of the movie industry which used it in many scenes and urned it quite predictable.
