The rise of burglary tourism
A “new breed of professional thief” is targeting the wealthy suburbs of London and the Home Counties. ‘Burglary tourism’ poses the latest risk to residents in these areas with high profile victims including top chef, Marcus Wareing and his wife, falling foul of crime. Burglary tourism sees gangs of criminals, predominantly from South America, flying […]
Thieves target Formula 1 heiress and steal jewellery worth £50m
Thieves have once again targeted a property on ‘Billionaires’ Row’ in Kensington this time stealing £50 million pounds worth of jewellery from Formula 1 heiress, Tamara Ecclestone https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50806902 The burglary took place just hours after Ecclestone and her husband and their daughter had left the UK for Switzerland for their Christmas holidays. Even with 24-hour […]
£1 million worth of jewellery stolen from north London home
Thieves have stolen over £1million worth of jewellery, cash and designer clothes from a house in Hampstead, one of London’s most expensive places to live, while a mother and her children were inside. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/thieves-steal-1m-of-jewellery-from-north-london-mansion-while-mother-and-children-at-home-a4290291.html Detectives have called the burglary “brazen” as the intruders scaled a wall and ransacked the property close to ‘Billonaires’ Row’ with […]
Bespoke design, as standard
There’s no such thing as an ‘off-the-shelf’ panic room, safe room or nuclear shelter here at The Panic Room Company; bespoke design comes as standard for every single project we undertake. No two houses or commercial premises are ever the same, just as no two clients ever have the same requirements. We’re individuals and, as […]
Panic room provides safe haven in Stellenbosch farm attack
Three robbers have attacked the home of a Stellenbosch protea farmer just hours after a fellow farmer in the same region had also been attacked and shot dead https://www.all4women.co.za/1769567/news/south-african-news/stellenbosch-farmer-recounts-terrifying-farm-attack-i-just-want-to-leave-this-place Mr and Mrs Knight have farmed and lived in Stellenbosch for 25 years and are now contemplating leaving following the violent ambush that happened on Sunday […]
Why add a Panic Room to your home?
Huge thanks tour French agent, Pascal Tenand, and the team at Breizh-info.com, an online magazine based in the west of France, for covering the topic of ‚home jacking‘ and why investing in a panic room is such a good idea https://www.breizh-info.com/2019/04/13/116147/securite-du-domicile-face-a-un-home-jacking-pourquoi-etablir-une-panic-room-chez-soi
New corporate brochure
Over the last few months we’ve been working on updating our corporate brochure and, we’re delighted to announce, it’s finally finished! We received a couple of boxes of the new Panic Room Company brochures which feature two different cover images, one for our residential customers and one for commercial clients, from the printers this morning. […]
The $10m price tag for protecting Mark Zuckerberg
When you’re the billionaire founder and CEO of one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, personal security when you’re at work and at home is a top priority. So much so, it’s rumoured that Mark Zuckerberg may have a secret ‘panic chute’ in a conference room in the middle of the space near […]
Don’t forget the security walls!
One of the most frequent enquiries we receive here at The Panic Room Company is for security doors from both residential and commercial clients and their specific projects. If you’re considering adding a security door or doors in your home, office, hotel, embassy or school, our advice is: don’t forget the security walls too! We’ve […]
Nuclear shelter CGI
As part of the design and specification process of our panic rooms, safe rooms and nuclear shelters, here at The Panic Room Company we will often create a CGI video of an individual project. By generating a CGI, we are able to offer our clients a virtual tour of their bespoke panic room or nuclear […]