The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a huge shift in the way we live and work. For many people, working from home quickly became the new normal, offering the comfort of staying in familiar surroundings while helping to slow the spread of the virus. Entire workforces made the switch almost overnight, and what started as a short-term adjustment has become a long-term change to daily life.
With more of us now spending longer hours at home, our living spaces are working harder than ever before. That means fresh routines, new priorities, and, in some cases, new concerns. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the risks that have come with the rise of home working, and how a few smart changes can help you feel safer, more comfortable, and more secure.
How Remote Working Has Changed Home Security Needs
The rise of remote working has transformed the way we use our homes. Spaces that were once empty during the day are now occupied for hours on end. While this has many benefits, it also means our homes are exposed to new patterns of activity and, in some cases, new risks.
More time at home naturally draws attention to the reliability of your living space. You may find yourself noticing details you once overlooked, from draughts and noise to how secure your front door feels when you’re working just a few steps away. With your home now doubling as your workplace, it’s natural to want extra reassurance that your property is as safe and comfortable as possible.
This shift has led many homeowners to re-evaluate how well their home protects them, not just from the elements but also from potential threats. A strong, dependable front door plays a big part in that, offering confidence that your home is secure no matter how your daily routine has changed.
Opportunistic Crime
Even with more of us working from home, the risk of burglary hasn’t disappeared. According to the Office for National Statistics, there were 181,617 residential burglaries across England and Wales in the year ending June 2024, an average of 498 a day, or one every three minutes.
Burglars are often opportunists, targeting homes where entry looks quick and easy. Police guidance highlights that older doors, weak locks, or simply leaving an entrance unlocked can be enough to invite a break-in. And when you’re busy working, on a call, or even just stepping into the garden, it’s easy to overlook these vulnerabilities.
The good news is that opportunistic crime thrives on convenience, and the more secure and resilient your front door is, the less appealing your property becomes. By upgrading to a strong, modern composite door, you make your home a far harder target and protect what matters most.
Composite Doors as Remote Worker Protection
As our homes become our workplaces, the need for a reliable, secure entrance has never been clearer. Enter composite doors, specifically those designed to meet the high standards of Secured by Design (SBD), the official UK Police initiative that focuses on “designing out crime”.
Endurance composite doors that carry the SBD accreditation are crafted to resist forced entry and tested to PAS 24:2022 standards. Their rigorous evaluation includes everything from crowbar attacks and cylinder drills to chisel efforts and high-impact strikes, ensuring maximum resilience against intrusion attempts.
This isn’t just theoretical protection. Thanks to their advanced design, including laminated safety glass, ABS master locking cylinders, concealed hinges, and a solid 48 mm engineered timber core, homes with SBD-compliant Endurance doors are 75% less likely to experience burglary, while also seeing a 25% reduction in criminal damage.
For someone working from home, a strong front door represents more than just physical protection. It offers the peace of mind that no matter how absorbed you are in your day-to-day, your front line of defence is both reliable and stylish.
Why Endurance Doors Offer Real Peace of Mind with a £2,000 Security Guarantee
In today’s world, your front door should be more than just a stylish feature – it should be a dependable safeguard, and that kind of reassurance is truly priceless. That’s exactly what Endurance delivers. Through their £2,000 Security Guarantee, they go beyond the usual promises to give you genuine confidence that your home is protected, especially when your front door is your first line of defence.
Endurance doors are built with robustness at their core. Their innovative ABS Master Cylinder locking system is designed to resist snapping, drilling, bumping, and picking, using cutting-edge materials and clever engineering to stay locked even during attacks. Best of all, if the extremely unlikely does happen and the lock fails due to a forced entry, Endurance will compensate you with £2,000, provided the door is properly installed, maintained, and registered within 28 days of fitting.
This kind of security assurance isn’t just about financial protection; it’s about emotional reassurance. As more of us work, live, and focus out of our front rooms, it’s comforting to know that our home’s most visible feature is equipped to keep us safe. With a strong composite build and a tangible guarantee to back it, an Endurance door offers homeowners real peace of mind.
