Did you change the locks when you bought the house from another owner? (sales, contractor)

[SYPPKathy]

We have always changed the locks on our houses....I guess it just made us sleep better at night.

[nj185]

Never on purpose. Had to change our front door set 'cause it wore out, but the deadbolt is the same. Seldom locked, but then we have always had a dog.

[ULLArchitect]

Definitely change the locks. As with an earlier post, I too change my locks every 2-3 years. My father is a 35 yr veteran cop in a city with 2,000,000 people, the stories he comes home with, indeed change the locks. Sellers are often to blame for break-ins, it is the realtors I heard were the suspects most of the time.

[stan4]

We had a transferred home warranty and the home warranty people sent someone to rekey the locks.

[Dollydo]

Yes, always.

[magemom]

Lots of houses. Never changed the locks. Rarely use them anyway. I have a really big dog... You know I never would have even thought to change the locks!

[Oreo's Mom]

Absolutely we changed the locks the day after we moved in. Unfortunately the company we hired did not have a company van advertising they were a locksmith service since I wanted to make sure it was known on the neighborhood that the locks were being changed in case a neighbor still had a spare key, but it helps us sleep better at night...

[forestgump99]

I just get in my rocking chair centered toward the door every night and wait with my Magnum 44.

[caligirlz]

Originally Posted by forestgump99

I just get in my rocking chair centered toward the door every night and wait with my Magnum 44.

100+

[Velvet Jones]

I must be really paranoid, as I changed the locks on a brand new house. As others have stated, who knows who had keys. There were contractors in and out all of the time.