Another couple of break-ins !

Over the last couple of years I must have fitted well into the hundreds of HMO locks , mostly to student flats here in Edinburgh.

One of the break-ins last week was at a flat where I had fitted one of them. The student tenants had lost a fair bit of kit … laptops, cameras and a couple of phones.

Had the thieves got past my HMO lock? …. No … the tenants had made it easy … they hadn’t bothered locking it and all Burglar Bill had to do was give the door a kick and hey presto the Yale lock gave in and they were in the door and out again within minutes.

No matter how well a Yale lock is fitted, the chances are it won’t stand up to much punishment.

If you have a mortice lock … use it!
It takes a couple of seconds to lock it and it will save a lot of heartache.

All HMO properties in Edinburgh MUST now have an approved lock fitted to the flat door. Normally this is a cylinder thumb turn operated mortice lock. I can fit them for less than £100. Happy to give you advice and or a survey. Full details from my website ….. Edinburgh Locksmith – A1-Lockman Security.