Are you a part of the tiny house movement? It’s gaining in popularity as more people decide to ditch traditional housing and all the expenses that come with it.
Tiny houses are inexpensive to build, have low energy and utility costs, and can be made to be portable if you like to travel. There are a lot of upsides to living in tiny houses. You just need to make sure that home security is one of your priorities when moving into one.
Many would-be burglars may think a tiny home is an easy target when you’re not there. Prove them wrong with one of these three tiny house home security solutions.
Biometric Locks
These are state-of-the-art locks and perfect for tiny houses. They offer the ultimate in protection from burglars. With a biometric lock, you can get into your house quickly using only your fingerprint. This eliminates the need to fumble around for keys. If someone is chasing you, you can get into your house in an instant and lock it from the inside while you call the police.
If you’re not home and someone tries to break-in, the fingerprint requirement will likely be enough of a deterrent to burglars that they will decide their time is better spent elsewhere. After all, how much loot are they really going to pull out of a tiny house (and they have no idea how much cash you may or may not have inside)?
A Lock on the Hitch
If you have a portable tiny house, as many travel lovers do, you may be concerned more about the possibility of someone stealing your house than what’s inside it. The good news is that you can take a couple of simple steps to prevent even determined and enterprising thieves from stealing your house by making it less portable.
You can do this by taking any wheels off of the house and installing a lock on the trailer hitch that is attached to the house. No one will be able to easily remove your house from your property after this. While a thief or thieves could still theoretically take your house by lifting it up onto a trailer, they aren’t likely to want to spend the time out in the open that would be required for them to do this.
If you want to start traveling with your house again, just put the wheels back on, unlock the trailer hitch, and you’re good to go. It’s just that simple.
Permanently Mounted Solar Panels
Solar panels are a popular option with tiny house owners for generating power. They result in lower (or no) power bills, and using them means your house retains its portability by not being attached to a grid. However, solar panels are also popular targets for thieves, since they contain valuable metals that can be sold for scrap money.
You can protect the solar panels on your tiny house by permanently mounting them to the roof. Some tiny house owners don’t permanently mount them, so they can change the configuration of their house at will more easily.
Solar panels are a significant investment, though. It is far better to protect them by permanently mounting them to the house. You can always work around this later if you want to make changes to the house.
Conclusion
There are plenty of home security options for tiny houses. They have unique security needs by nature. Just follow one or all of these suggestions, and you can be sure your tiny house and its contents (and occupants!) are always very well protected.
