Lock Boxes Are Safe

Never in these many years listing and selling homes in Mississauga, Oakville, Brampton or Milton, I have across people fiddling with lock box. They are thief proof (sometime even with the correct combination, it is difficult to open one of those alphabetic lock boxes) I have heard few ladies complaint that they feel insecure with keys in the lock box all the time. They feel that anybody can walk right into a private family moment, awkwardly for all(whatever that means). The answer to that is to remove key from the lock box. Ask your agent for the lock box combination (most agents give this to the sellers anyways, though I not sure what the rule on this is. Remove the key when you know you do not have an appointment and place it when you do.
The purpose of the lock box is to allow agents easy access to the house when the seller is not there. The agent does not reveal the lock box combination to anyone. This protects the agent, the seller and listing agent. A record is maintain in the listing agents brokerage office of all the agents to whom the lock box combinations were revealed.
Most of the houses for sale in Mississauga, Oakville, Milton and Brampton carry a lock box. I have never heard of any reported break ins due to the lock box.