Positioning of key safe?

May have one even though we’re fit and healthy . It’s more for if we get locked out . Ours is at the side of the house, so not visible from the road or the drive .
My mums in a flat and hers is by the front door . However the flats have a main entrance which is locked and has entry phones .

I would suggest contacting your local ambulance service and finding out the process to register your keysafe number and it's position with them. It's suprisingly common for people to forget their number at a time of high stress/pain.
I have a key safe, I don't live alone so it's mainly in case I loose my keys and it's on the side of the house at my eye level. Please don't put it too low down. I've spent far too much time kneeling on a wet path in the dark trying to type numbers in to a key safe that's positioned a foot off the ground at a time when every minute counts!

I have a lifeline unit and pendant and the call centre has my keys are number ... it was supplied by the LA. They said it was best to have it where an ambulance person can see it quickly, so it is on the side of the half porch outside my front door.
I guess a thief could get the key if they simply hit it with a mallet, but that is the chance I have to take. On balance I think it is better for help to have good speedy access.

Key safe, not keys are ...

If you have a keysafe it is a good idea to tell your local fire station. They will need the number. It may save them from knocking your front door down if there was an emergency.

I've never understood what's to stop a burglar simply levering off the key box from the wall and taking it away to smash it open in his car or round the corner?

We had one for both our mams. They were visible for carers to get in. No problem.

ixion

I've never understood what's to stop a burglar simply levering off the key box from the wall and taking it away to smash it open in his car or round the corner?

That’s happened twice near me. 🤬

Ask the police for advice, and what type.

I have just got one - and it is going in the garden shed, which has a combination lock on the door.

Its only purpose is because now DH has died, I want a spare key in case I lock myself out.

ixion

I've never understood what's to stop a burglar simply levering off the key box from the wall and taking it away to smash it open in his car or round the corner?

Nothing. That's the dilemma - but on balance I think I am more likely to have another heart attack and need paramedic access than to have a burglar do that. It's a gamble!!

We inherited our keysafe and its hidden secret location from previous property owner. (She was still living here alone at 100 with support from visiting carers) . DH changed the code on the keysafe. Later he changed it again to something I could remember...

DH and I keep spare keys in it just case we get locked out. The code was reset by us and only we know it. local DS has his own set of our keys.

ixion

I've never understood what's to stop a burglar simply levering off the key box from the wall and taking it away to smash it open in his car or round the corner?

A professional burglar can enter any property, no need for keys.

I do not have a key safe, but I use one when I am responsible for opening hired rooms for meetings. What I would ask is that the safe is somewhere that can be lit; trying to open the safe with a torch or phone in one hand and pressing numbers with the other is not easy, particularly when it is raining.