Kirstie- C.P.T.E.D-Residence

Residential Home- 660 Columbia Street, Kamloops BC

This home is located on one of the main streets in South Kamloops. 660 Columbia Street. I noticed that this house was very badly lighted, and had tall bushes that covered the entire frontage of the house, and along the sides. There was only a narrow gateway that allowed you only to see the narrow walkway leading up to the front door.

  

Description:

This is the side view of the front of the house, from the left side. Once again, the other lighting was on the edge of the house beside the neighbors. The entrance as you can see is the dark shadow in the middle of the bushes. None of the lighting from the street lamp is shining onto it.

Solution:   

They could put in a light by the gate. So that when someone is coming to the  house, or leaving there is a lighted walkway, and a clear lighted path to the doorway.

Description:

This is the side view of the front of the house, from the left side. Once again, the other lighting was on the edge of the house beside the neighbors. The entrance as you can see is the dark shadow in the middle of the bushes. None of the lighting from the street lamp is shining onto it.

Solution:   

They could put in a light by the gate. So that when someone is coming to the  house, or leaving there is a lighted walkway, and a clear lighted path to the doorway.

 

Description:

This picture is the view of the house from in front of the small gate. As you can see, it is quite narrow with no lighting. There is not a lot of room for anyone on the street to see into the house, or even notice there is a gate if they were just walking down the street because, the bushes are so far out and the gate is hidden behind. Also, when you look over the gate, it is so dark you cannot even see the grass, or the front door, so a criminal could easily watch, or peek over the house with intentions of robbing or worse. 

Solution:   

They again could widen the gate and make it much more noticeable for those walking by. Also, provide extra lighting, such as a lanterns, string lights, or sensor lights. By trimming the bushes back, it would provide a much more noticeable entrance and be more noticeable to a house being located behind the bushes. 

 

Description:

This is the side view of the front of the house,from across the street. This is the entire width of the house. As seen in the picture, you can kind of see the street light in the far right, but the house is left in darkness. The bushes cover the entire body of the house. except for the roof. The front entrance is barely visible. It is a prime location for a criminal to enter and rob or attack the house without any passerby even noticing. 

Solution:   

A solution could be, cutting down the bushes to a lower level, and lighting up the entire area of the house, so that the windows, and front entrance can be seen. They are still able to keep their bushes and provide privacy, but with a more safer way.






Daylight pictures to come.