Thank you everyone for your information. I am considering a family dog as an early warning device sometime in the future.

Aiming of the motion lights will be addressed once I get them up and running (after we close).

I am not planning on fencing the property right now and I will be looking at getting better doors as finances allow.

First priorities will be new deadbolts with 2 keyed sides as you can't break a window to open them.

reinforcing the existing doorframes with longer screws (I am not about to tear up the wall to reinforce them more than that.)

getting a good lock system on the one outbuilding so that my tools are secured against theft and being used to break into my own home.

planting non friendly spiky shrubs along the front of the building so that the windows are not entry points and making sure windows can be locked securely.

Getting my steel locking gun cabinet (no it is technically not a safe but you aren't going to break into it easily) installed in the home


Edited by REDDOG79 (10/27/08 10:38 PM)