Storing important papers

[Anonymous]

Our last 2 banks have not had Safe Deposit Boxes available. We do not have a safe.

Where is the best place to store car and house titles, passports, birth certificates, etc.

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Get a safe

They’re not expensive

[Anonymous]

Ummm a safe? Or the cloud? Adulting is hard for you, so it seems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ummm a safe? Or the cloud? Adulting is hard for you, so it seems.

And for you! You can’t cloud a a passport.

[Anonymous]

Sentry safes and similar are found in most box stores, are "fireproof", and can be bolted to concrete from the inside of the safe with lag bolts.

Get a larger one and put a smaller one inside it, for double protection. Not that expensive. Doubleing up like that will protect the papers and other fragile contents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sentry safes and similar are found in most box stores, are "fireproof", and can be bolted to concrete from the inside of the safe with lag bolts.

Get a larger one and put a smaller one inside it, for double protection. Not that expensive. Doubleing up like that will protect the papers and other fragile contents.

The vast majority of people would be fine securing the safe to wood. Let's be honest.

Nobody wants your birth certificate, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sentry safes and similar are found in most box stores, are "fireproof", and can be bolted to concrete from the inside of the safe with lag bolts.

Get a larger one and put a smaller one inside it, for double protection. Not that expensive. Doubleing up like that will protect the papers and other fragile contents.

The vast majority of people would be fine securing the safe to wood. Let's be honest.

Nobody wants your birth certificate, OP.

Thieves don't know what's in the safe. Most thieves don't have X-Ray vision like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ummm a safe? Or the cloud? Adulting is hard for you, so it seems.

Not op but you're a dumb b. This is a valid issue that is not easy to resolve.


Most safes made for homes are ridiculously easy to break into if that is a concern. You have to get a heavy one so it isn't easy just to pick it up and walk away. If you want to bolt it into concrete for most of us it's going to be in a very inconvenient out of the way location which more than likely means it won't be used as it should.

Op this is a difficult issue to resolve. I have a safety deposit box but after reading how unsecure they are and I believe the banks really don't have any responsibility if they are broken in to.

I will be having workers in my primary suite and bath and have too much unprotected jewelry that I'm worried about.
I don't think there is an easy answer.

I have a heavy safe that cost a bit of money but the lock broke in under a year without a lot of use. It is supposedly fire safe. I will probably purchase another and take the suggestion to put another safe inside. It will have to be bigger and heavier and more difficult to move than I want.

For anyone who knows, how much should a decent safe cost? I need one for documents but also to put some valuables in when I'm away.

[Anonymous]

Never put anything you want to see again in a safe deposit box. Trust me on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ummm a safe? Or the cloud? Adulting is hard for you, so it seems.

Not op but you're a dumb b. This is a valid issue that is not easy to resolve.


Most safes made for homes are ridiculously easy to break into if that is a concern. You have to get a heavy one so it isn't easy just to pick it up and walk away. If you want to bolt it into concrete for most of us it's going to be in a very inconvenient out of the way location which more than likely means it won't be used as it should.

Op this is a difficult issue to resolve. I have a safety deposit box but after reading how unsecure they are and I believe the banks really don't have any responsibility if they are broken in to.

I will be having workers in my primary suite and bath and have too much unprotected jewelry that I'm worried about.
I don't think there is an easy answer.

I have a heavy safe that cost a bit of money but the lock broke in under a year without a lot of use. It is supposedly fire safe. I will probably purchase another and take the suggestion to put another safe inside. It will have to be bigger and heavier and more difficult to move than I want.

For anyone who knows, how much should a decent safe cost? I need one for documents but also to put some valuables in when I'm away.

That's the key and how it should be. Bolting it to your front porch concrete is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never put anything you want to see again in a safe deposit box. Trust me on this.

Considering how bank employees and government agents will rummage through them and sometimes "legally" take the contents, yeah it's not a good idea if you want privacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never put anything you want to see again in a safe deposit box. Trust me on this.

You should give more info. Most people are completely unaware how unsafe their items are in a bank safe deposit box.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ummm a safe? Or the cloud? Adulting is hard for you, so it seems.

Not op but you're a dumb b. This is a valid issue that is not easy to resolve.


Most safes made for homes are ridiculously easy to break into if that is a concern. You have to get a heavy one
For anyone who knows, how much should a decent safe cost? I need one for documents but also to put some valuables in when I'm away.

C-Rated safes will run around $1500-$7000 depending on model and obviously the size.

E-Rated safes are better with 1inch thick walls, and will be a bit more.

[Anonymous]

We have a sentry safe bolted to the floor inside of our closet. The safe alone weighs 92lbs so nobody is carrying out of the house or throwing it out the window since it can survive a 15 foot fall. It's fire and water proof with a combination lock.

[Anonymous]

Fire-proof safes didn’t do much good in the California fires. I have a small sentry safe that is fine but I don’t know if it would truly survive a fire.