Your first 30 days in a new home and the smart security setup worth doing early

Between unpacking boxes and finding a good coffee machine for your new place, home security is easy to push to ‘later’. Here’s why you don’t need to.There’s a particular kind of chaos that comes with the first month in a new home.Moving into a new house is the ideal time to get your security sorted. Picture: GettyBoxes everywhere, a growing pile of “where does this even go?” items, and a to-do list that seems to multiply rather than shrink.It’s easy to tell yourself that setting up home security can wait until things settle down.But the first 30 days are actually the ideal window to get it sorted: before the boxes are fully unpacked, while you’re learning the quirks of your new place, and before life gets busy again.“During the move-in process, the home is often less secured, locks might not be changed, and entry points could be exposed or unprotected,” says The Good Guys Home Security Buyer, David Linehan. “Addressing security immediately provides homeowners and renters with confidence and peace of mind, allowing them to settle into their new environment comfortably without lingering worries about safety.”Day one: something simple, before anything elseWhen it comes to a security s...