What You Should And Shouldn’t Keep In A Home Safe

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What You Should And Shouldnt Keep In A Home Safe
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• More often, the items that we tend to keep in a
  home safe, are the very ones that we shouldnt,
  and these can include valuables that havent been
  inventoried, documents you may never need, or
  rarely have a need for, and large sums of cash.
• Documents related to insurance and heirlooms that
  may not necessarily be of high value, but are
  priceless for sentimental or other important
  reasons should be stored in a safe place, but
  should that place be a home or high security
  safe, or would a safe-deposit box at a bank be
  more appropriate?
• Heres what should and shouldnt be kept in a
  home safe

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• Things you shouldkeep in a home safe
• While this list is not exhaustive, here are some
  of the most common items that you should be
  storing in your home safe
• Social security cards
• Passports
• Insurance policies
• Documents related to power of attorney

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• The general rule of thumb is that if something is
  highly valuable to you, but may not be so
  appealing to a thief, it can be stored in a home
  safe. Other items that are not easy to replace
  and which might be targeted by a thief, can be
  stored at a bank. There are certain documents
  that you may need access to quickly, such as the
  ones mentioned above, and these should always be
  kept in a home safe so that you can reach them at
  any time of the day or night.
• The original copy of your will should be stored
  in a fireproof home safe, and there should be one
  person entrusted with a spare key lest the
  document is needed in the event of your death.

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• Some other items such as old photographs or stamp
  collections for example, should be tightly sealed
  in a waterproof bag and stored in a media or
  fireproof home safe.
• Things you shouldnt keep in a home safe
• Irreplaceable items and precious heirlooms are
  best kept in a bank safety deposit safe, rather
  than your home safe, and if you have large sums
  of cash lying around your home, these would be
  best stored in a bank account where you can at
  least earn interest on them. Other items that
  shouldnt be stored in your home safe are

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• Documents such as birth certificates, car titles
  and the deeds to your home.
• Savings bonds that havent been converted into
  electronic securities.
• Sensitive computer data some home safes are
  susceptible to changes in temperatures or
  magnetic interference which can irreparably
  damage computer discs, USBs and hard drives.
• For more detailed information about what items
  are suitable for storage in a home safe, talk to
  your local trusted safe supplier, which in many
  cases, will be your local, trusted locksmith.

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