According to the FBI, more burglaries occur in July and August than in any other months of the year, the height of the vacation season. Start thinking ahead now to help safe guard your home while you are away.
1. If you have a newspaper delivered it is best if you can keep the delivery in service but have a dependable person pick up the paper each day so it looks like you are home. This is true with your mail service as well.
2. If you don't have a dependable friend, neighbor or family member who lives close that can help, consider stopping services while you are away.
3. Make sure your lawn is taken care of as well - watered and mowed/maintained. An unkempt yard is a a big sign no one is home.
4. Install timers in your outlets in your home for lamps to be plugged into. Set the timers to turn on and off at typical times you'd normally turn on lights. (Note daylight savings time changes at the early and late part of the year.)
5. Consider installing motion detector lights outside of your property. If that is not an option, perhaps solar powered lights that automatically come on when the suns goes down.
6. Alert trusted service professionals, such a swimming pool cleaners, that you will not be home during their regularly scheduled maintenance, or reschedule their services for when you return.
7. Before leaving, make sure all shrubs, trees are pruned so they do not hide windows that a burglar could use as cover if breaking in.
8. Lock all windows and doors securely- consider using a stick/rod inside window and patio door frames to keep them from being opened too much.
9. If expense is not a problem, consider installing a security system within your home.
10. Hire a personal assistant to watch over or stay at your property while you are gone. Nothing is better for security than actually having a trusted individual staying at your home, so it truly looks inhabited.
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