Hide-a-key vs Realtor lockbox?

[Gas Man]

If the garage is attached... put a key code opener outside and hide a key for the house inside the garage. Plenty of good places in a garage.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

If the garage is attached... put a key code opener outside and hide a key for the house inside the garage. Plenty of good places in a garage.

Except that if you leave your garage open these days, with or without a door into your house, you're nuts.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Except that if you leave your garage open these days, with or without a door into your house, you're nuts.

yeah, I leave no keys in the garage anymore

[Papa_Complex]

I hope that you didn't learn that one the hard way.

[Destitute]

I thought everyone left a spare key under their doormat.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Except that if you leave your garage open these days, with or without a door into your house, you're nuts.

Still not a big deal if its hidden well. Think of all the places in a garage you could hide a key though... still way better than the cheasy hidden rock thing.

But I rarely even leave my garage door open.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Still not a big deal if its hidden well. Think of all the places in a garage you could hide a key though... still way better than the cheasy hidden rock thing.

But I rarely even leave my garage door open.

Your closing sentence is pretty much my point. Why don't you leave your garage open? Do you have valuables in there? Do you have a door that connects it to the inside of the house?

A garage is a place where a criminal can work in peace, without being visible to the rest of the neighbourhood. They can turn the place upside-down and you wouldn't have a clue, until you got home and found the mess.

[Gas Man]

I am a security nazi PERIOD. Of coarse I have valuables, 2+ bikes, tons of tools, riding gear, parts, ect...

I my garage is connected to my house. However, unlike most, I dead bolt lock that door ALL THE TIME. Further, both the large vechicle door, the side door, and the inside door to the house are all connected to the house alarm. So not only do you have monitoring, an interior siren, and an outside alarm. Plus, with castle law here in Michigan. I will shoot!!

[Papa_Complex]

You might want to connect the garage doors to the alarm also. A garage allows uninterrupted work for hours at a time and a saw eliminates the alarm/deadbolt.

[Gas Man]

No that's what I said... they are all hooked to the alarm