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Show me information about alarm system free cincinnatiIs your apartment to be left empty for some days or weeks while you holiday? That is when it is open to being burglarized. Here are several specific things to do. * The most effective solution is to arrange for a house sitter. A house where someone is staying is very likely safer than a house that is empty. Try getting a friend or relative to stay at your house when you are away. * Discontinue the mail and newspaper delivery when you leave the home unoccupied. Untouched mail and newspaper calls attention to the fact that no one is home. * If you maintain potted plants that are visible from the road have them maintained by someone. Otherwise shift the potted plants where they are not visible from the road. Untended plants tell potential burglars that the home or apartment is unoccupied. * Put lights and tv on timers. Put lights in several rooms on timers. Set the timers to make the light sequence look natural. The lights in the living room should switch on at sunset. When you go to bed the lights in your living room should be switched off and the lightsin the bedroom should switch on. If you turn tv on at 7 most days and have it on till bedtime the timer should do the same thing. Even with lights switched on the absence of the tv's light shining through can give away that the home is unoccupied. * See if a neighbor will visit your apartment now and then. Windows being opened and closed etc are indications that the apartment or home is occupied. * If you rent an apartment it is usually a good idea to tell the owner that you will be away. The houseowner may want to check on it. * If you have installed a burglar alarm make sure the the person who is doing the house sitting recognises how it is to be worked. * See to it that you leave your contact details with the house sitter. The person responsbile for checking into the house should be aware of who they should call should any issues come up.
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