What means PKVW?

What does PKVW means?

Politie Keurmerk Veilig Wonen (PKVW) is a quality mark founded by the police. With a PKVW-certificate your house can be explaind as safe. Wheter your house qualifies or not is dependent of multiple factors, to know:
✔ Approved and certified locks and hinges on all reachable (garage)doors, windows and light domes
✔ Lights at outside doors from the house
✔ View from the hall on the person in front of the frontdoor
✔ Smoke detectors on every floor

How do you get the PKVW-certificate?

Get in touch with a PKVW-safetyexpert close to you. The safetyexpert will check of your house meets the current requirements. Possibly he could directly implement measures. When the house meets all requirements, the expert will provide the PKVW-certificate.

What are the benefits of a PKVW-certificate?

1) Reduced risk of burglary
When you own a PKVW-certificate for your house, it means that your house meets the current requirements set up by the police. You will make it more difficult for burglars and of course this will reduce the risk of a burglary in your house.

2) Discount on the house insurance
The most insurance companies gives a discount on the house insurance when an house is provided with a PKVW-certificate. This is an extra reason to provide your house with the PKVW-certificate. Contact an expert.

What does an PKVW-certificate cost?

There are no costs to get a PKVW-certificate. However, it could be that your house needs some safety changes before it meets the PKVW-requirements. An expert in your region could tell you more about the costs. You can find trusted locksmiths via this link.

Get the PKVW-certificate with locks and hinges from Mauer

To reach the requirements from the PKVW-certificate, all reachable doors must be secured with SKG 2 stars or SKG 3 stars locks and cylinders. The SKG-stars are indicated on both the product as the packaging. See all our SKG approved products on our productpage and ask a dealer in your region for the stock of Mauer products. Would you like to know more about SKG stars? Click on the button down below.