Open windows in Bungalow

I live in a house but have a downstairs bedroom. Windows open all day but I close them if I go out

We lived on ground floor flat in a housing association road type of thing. One day I left all windows open and caught a train to next town ...husband used to have a bit of cash at this time because cash was used more often in his trade. Honestly, when I came, nothing has been taken

I have 2 windows at the rear of my house that would be ideal for a burglar to use ...I've had something like this fitted to both.

Perhaps not to everyone's taste but I feel far more secure.

Buy a ventilator. It really works. The other thing is to add this kind of metal thing that opens them a bit but doesn't allow full opening

One hot day, years ago, I popped to the shops, a ten minutes walk from home. I left one small top bedroom windows open. The house faced open countryside. I was only gone thirty minutes. On my return there was a van outside my house and three men, with a ladder against the house wall, under the open window. When I asked what they were doing there I was told they were starting a window cleaning round and did I want my windows cleaned. I sent them on their way. I felt uneasy but couldn't prove that they were attempting to get into the house.
A couple of days later I heard that a house down the hill from me had been broken into. The owner was away for the day and her large collection of silver was stolen.
Then it hit me. I'd had a narrow escape. Those men probably were responsible for the burglary.
So, it's definitely not just a bungalow problem.

We lived in a ground floor flat whilst between houses. There were no top windows, only the tall windows opened, so we had to close them at night. It was horrible having to sleep in an airless space and must be dreadful right now.

You think pyracanthus are vicious? Try Berberis! Windows used to have a little one at the top which you could leave open but sadly it all seems one large one these days. I live in a bungalow and I leave my window open on the catch at night and closed during the day. Maybe an air conditioner if you get a very quiet one.

petra

Pyracantha under all windows is what you need. An intruder would have to have a Teflon suit on to attempt getting through those vicious buggers. I

Apologies for appearing flippant on a serious thread but...
I scan read roo quickly. I genuinely read that as
'Psychopaths under all windows is what you need'

Georgesgran

Oh yes!!! The owner appeared 30 seconds after HIS dog!!

Noooo.... 😱😂😱😂😱😂😱😂

petra

Crossstitchfan
Have you ever trimmed a pyracantha hedge? I would pit these hedges against any burglar alarm or large vicious dog.
Some police recommend them when they go out to people who want security advice.

Sorry. I don’t even know what that type of hedge is, but assumed it was much like any other. My mistake.

Cardashian123

In this heatwave all you want to do is open all the windows. Of course if I did go out I would shut them. I’m on a busy suburban road and live on my own. I have high hedging all around but still worry about my open windows when I’m in the living room during the day or bedroom overnight. Am I being paranoid or am I watching too many true crime programmes where elderly ladies are attacked in their own homes 😳?

You can have window limiters fitted quite cheaply which enable you to open the window enough for fresh air but anyone outside can't force it open to get in. We sleep on ground floor with windows open all night all year round.

I’ve opened all downstairs windows - I’ll have to go back down and close them 😩

Crossstitchfan
Have you ever trimmed a pyracantha hedge? I would pit these hedges against any burglar alarm or large vicious dog.
Some police recommend them when they go out to people who want security advice.

I'm not sure what type of window you have, but you can get locks or stays that only allow for a partial opening.

You should feel secure in your own home, but never too afraid to open the windows!

Was he tall dark and handsome and did she marry him? Oh what a great story that would be! (Sorry, I shouldn’t be flippant about something that must have been very scary.)

Oh yes!!! The owner appeared 30 seconds after HIS dog!!

You could buy child locks so that the window cannot be opened too wide. There are all sorts of different ones, I’m sure something will suit.

Danial

It's completely natural for a person to worry about the security of their home, especially when living alone. However, as long as you're at home and the open windows are in areas you can monitor—like the living room or bedroom—and there is high hedging around the property, the risk remains relatively low. Just make sure to secure the doors and close the windows when going out or before going to sleep.

Surely high hedging around a property is a help to a burglar not a hindrance as they can be hidden behind it. Then, neighbours can’t see them.

When DD2 had a ground floor flat, she’d left the French doors open and was very surprised to find a fully grown German Shepherd (dog) watching her take a bath!

I genuinely don't know what I would have done in her position 😳
Did its owner come looking for it Georgesgran? 🫣

We live in a house and had the upstairs windows and bedroom doors open during the evening recently.
I got up to take some cough medicine at 1am, put the bedroom light on and something, with quite a large body and a tail, shot out of a spare bedroom, along the landing and into the bathroom.
I hadn't put my glasses on so didn't see it very clearly!

I think it was a neighbour's cat that had come in via our conservatory roof.
Needless to say I inspect the bedrooms, make some noise and pull the windows to when I go to bed now!

Georgesgran I don’t know which was funnier, the actual situation or your dog in brackets 😆

We fitted wooden Venetian blinds with a catch at the bottom to hold them down. Not fail safe against a determined intruder but goodness they would make a noise. We also now have a DiY camera with an alarm at the back. It would make a row while filming an intruder. I’m not the most relaxed of people but do feel safe to have windows open.

😂

I think I’d like a bungalow too - I’d toyed with buying DD2’s, but she’s not moving now.

For lots of people MOnica single story living is their only option.

When DD2 had a ground floor flat, she’d left the French doors open and was very surprised to find a fully grown German Shepherd (dog) watching her take a bath!

We live in a bungalow, the top windows are permanently open in all rooms and the bottom ones locked.

However if I lived alone I would have the top windows open in my bedroom only, with restrictors fitted to prevent them being opened further.

Oreo

M0nica

This is why I would never buy a bungalow.

Really? I’d love one.
Remember that houses are broken into and burgled all the time, a tall house doesn’t stop them.

Exactly, I wouldn't have a problem with it either. There are lots of security measures you can take and plenty of advice on how to implement them.