Outdoor Key Safes

Yes, a properly installed key safe should be robust enough to deter burglars, being both tamper resistant and difficult to remove from a solid wall. As with all safes, a wall mounted key safe should be attached to a solid concrete or brick wall, using the fixing bolts provided and installed in a location not easily noticed. Key safes are typically opened with a mechanical wheel lock or button combination lock and their construction makes it difficult for them to be pried open. Placing the key safe in a confined space, or out of plain sight, but near publicly visible areas, should help to ensure they're left alone.

Key safes provide the perfect and more secure alternative to the common placement of spare keys under door mats or placed under plant pots. Ideal for households that have children that don't want to carry a key, or for use when properties require caretaking when the owners are on holiday or more recently for holiday lets such as Airbnb, where the codes can be sent to the holiday makers as part of a welcome pack. Other popular outdoor key safes include the shackle or padlock style which is perfect for environments such as new homes under construction or homes under auction, where access to the property can be secured from an external fencing, with the key inside the safe used to enter the property itself.

As with many insurance related questions, having a definitive answer is difficult due to the magnitude of policy variants. While a key safe is almost certainly more secure than the alternative of just hiding a key, we recommend always contacting your insurance provider first, in order to ensure that your policy won't be in jeopardy should you need to make a claim or to see if a specific outdoor key lock is required.