Connswater Homes Repair Manual

Secured By Design

Your home also contains many additional security features; • Front and back doors meet PAS 24 which also applies to surrounds and locks. You will notice deadlocks, viewers and a door chain. • Your letter box has been fitted away from the locks. • Your window frames have been specially developed and meet specific security tests. They have locks and have been glazed in such a way that it would be very difficult for a burglar to remove the glazing to gain entry. • External security lights have been fitted to the front and rear of your home. These lights cannot be switched on and off. They turn on automatically at dusk and off again at dawn. They are fitted with low energy bulbs and cost only a few pounds a year to run. The Association will maintain the bulbs and should you require a replacement, please inform the office. Do not attempt to remove the bulb by yourself. • You will also notice that there is an additional electric spur fitted near your front door. This has been provided for you to fit a burglar alarm if you wish to do so.

Connswater Homes was the first social housing provider in Northern Ireland to be awarded Secured by Design status on its new build homes. The Association is pleased to report that Secured by Design is the official UK Police flagship initiative supporting the principles of “designing out crime” and the Association will continue to strive to ensure that all new schemes, where possible, meet these standards. When carrying out door and window replacement contracts to existing dwellings, these standards will be incorporated into the new fixtures. Building to Secured by Design standards not only improves security to your home, completed after 2000 you will notice that; • Open spaces are overlooked as are all car parking spaces; • Consideration has been given to the height of fences and walls to ensure natural surveillance; • Street lighting has been planned to ensure maximum safety; • Roads within the vicinity include traffic calming measures where appropriate; • Footpaths are as short as possible with a direct open view. but also addresses the environment surrounding it. If your home was

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