Some say a man's home is his castle, but a family in Sydney Hurstville lives like a bunker.
It was just a red-brick mansion, nestled in a quiet street, and at first glance there might not be anything special.
But the family is in fact "heavily guarded," with 24 surveillance cameras, 18 searchlights and 2 reinforced steel doors outside.
In addition to cameras, searchlights and steel doors, the garage was equipped with electronic shutters, windows with curling windows, and security doors on the side of the door to ensure that no one could break into the house.
This can be rated as Australia's "safest" home, the level of security to the National Security Agency!
The owners of the house, Alex and Julie Saikaly, bought the 770-square-meter house in Australia Street 26 years ago.
In 2005, there were only curtain windows and large iron doors outside, there were no other safety measures.
When they bought the house in 1991, the house cost only A $16,000.
But they spent a total of A $60, 000 to install the security measures, more than three times the price at the time. And it took more than a month to install the devices.
The camera covered every corner of the house, even the next-door neighbor's driveway.
Even the two trailers they parked on the street were completely secured, chained together, and then tied to the thick rings embedded in the concrete floor with strong steel chains.
Local residents and passers-by are wondering why so many security measures are needed for the house. But in fact, the reason they are so security-conscious is simple, just because Sydney's crime rate has increased over the past two years.
"the people around here are thieves, and we don't believe them," Ms. Saikaly said in an interview with the media. This is our home, and we don't want to move out. That's why we spent a lot of money installing cameras. "
But Michael Brilley, general manager of Sydney-based security experts, says 24 cameras in a single-story house are a bit of a psychopath.
He said: "the camera covers all external views, so that all the doors and windows are in the scope of protection."
"if it's just a one-story house, then four are all right, one at each corner. If it's a two-storey house, you'll also need to consider the security of the balcony area. "
According to a survey, 40 percent of Australians had experienced illegal entry to their homes, 4 percent had been stolen while they were empty, and 9 percent had been robbed at home.