{"id":1674,"date":"2017-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/luxury-owners-go-to-extreme-for-safety\/"},"modified":"2017-03-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:00:00","slug":"luxury-owners-go-to-extreme-for-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/luxury-owners-go-to-extreme-for-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury Owners Go to Extreme for Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.226377952756\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  \n  <div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"48.791338582677\"><!--paging_filter--><p>From high-resolution security cameras to concrete walls and even safe rooms, some luxury homeowners are taking the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/protect-your-home-with-professional-home-security-system-installation\/\">home security<\/a> to a new level.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<blockquote readability=\"1.078431372549\">\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <span class=\"l\">The Room That Has Luxury Owners Bragging<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The Wall Street Journal says high-end homeowners are adopting \u201cJames Bond-esque\u201d security measures to combat potential burglars, kidnappers, and even terror attacks. They\u2019re willing to spend millions on such measures too. Some middle-class homes are taking a smaller scale approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Security firm Gaffco Ballistics says its sales are rapidly growing, increasing by 60 percent in 2015 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a higher level of perceived threat out there, and it\u2019s growing every year,\u201d says Tom Gaffney, chief executive of the company. Gaffco Ballistics sells bullet-resistant doors, safe rooms, and ventilation systems to guard against the effects of nuclear, chemical, or biological attacks.<\/p>\n\n<p>High security is becoming a selling point in the luxury market. Sotheby\u2019s International Realty is launching an international marketing campaign for the Hollywood Hills home of Jed Lieber, a musician and studio owner. The campaign is emphasizing the 12,000-square-foot home\u2019s lavish security features. The home, known as \u201cthe Fortress,\u201d includes a safe room in the master bedroom suite that is built into one of the dressing areas and concealed by a bulletproof plate that slides down from the ceiling.<\/p>\n\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/apartment\"   title=\"Real estate\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Real estate<\/a> agents say that luxury buyers are coming to expect a smart home with security systems. Video surveillance is particularly in demand, Tim McKinney, director of custom home services for ADT Security Services in North America, told The Wall Street Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Source: \u201cSpending Millions to Keep a Home Safe,\u201d The Wall Street Journal (March 6, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n  \n    \n<\/pre>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/4IT3BOrqqNE\/luxury-owners-go-extreme-for-safety\"> link <\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From high-resolution security cameras to concrete walls and even safe rooms, some luxury homeowners are taking &hellip; <a title=\"Luxury Owners Go to Extreme for Safety\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/luxury-owners-go-to-extreme-for-safety\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Luxury Owners Go to Extreme for Safety<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[695,4751,518,1403,205,561,12908,543,627,127,1004,1007,41,818],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-agent","tag-amazing","tag-america","tag-buy","tag-estate-agent","tag-estate-agents","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homeowners","tag-homes","tag-marketing","tag-owners","tag-property","tag-real"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4IT3BOrqqNE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":771,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/luxury-owners-rethink-how-they-use-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":1674,"position":0},"title":"Luxury Owners Rethink How They Use Space","author":"Amazing Property","date":"February 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Some luxury owners are scaling back the number of bedrooms in a home to leave more space for hobby rooms and other amenities that can raise the property\u2019s value, The Wall Street Journal reports. 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