20 Cheap Home Security Fixes for Anyone Living Alone (No Gun, No Monthly Fee)

Most break-ins aren't planned by a criminal mastermind — they're someone looking for an easy few minutes. Here are 20 cheap fixes, almost all under $20, that make your house cost too much time and too much noise to bother with. No gun, no monthly monitoring fee, and the one fix at #1 that almost nobody does even though it's the cheapest item on the whole list. In this video: 0:00 Two houses, one break-in 0:27 What you'll learn today 1:10 Where this kind of practical know-how comes from 1:42 Why burglars actually avoid a house (time and noise) 2:32 Items 20–15: mail, lamps, radio, boots, dog signs 3:52 The industry point most people never hear 4:25 Items 14–8: bells, alarms, sliding door dowels, security film 6:06 Items 7–4: motion lights, floodlights, driveway alarms, doorbells 7:13 Items 3–1: garage doors, hinge screws, the strike plate fix 8:54 What this can and can't do 9:28 Do dummy cameras and dog signs actually work? 10:16 Why nobody sells you the cheap fixes Full countdown list: 20. Bring in mail and packages daily 19. Never confirm you live alone 18. Lamp timer 17. Radio/TV near the entry 16. Boots and coat by the door 15. Dog sign + water bowl 14. Bells on doors/gates 13. Door-stop wedge alarm 12. Magnetic door/window alarms 11. Dowel in sliding door track 10. Anti-lift screws on sliders 9. Pin locks on windows 8. Security film on glass 7. Solar motion lights 6. Floodlight over the main door 5. Driveway motion chime 4. Door viewer / video doorbell 3. Lock the garage-to-house door 2. Longer hinge screws 1. Reinforced strike plate Tell me in the comments which of these 20 you're doing first, and if there's an old trick your family used that I left off — I read every comment. 🔔 Subscribe for more frugal home hacks and practical, old-fashioned know-how that actually works: https://www.youtube.com/@Mihai-Popescu-DIY #homesecurity #diyhacks #livingalone #frugalliving #homesafety