Knowledgebase on free florida home security
Is your house to be left unoccupied for even a few days while you take a vacation? That is when it tends to be open to looters. Here are several specific things to do.
* The most effective solution is to have someone stay at your apartment. A house where someone is staying is usually safer than an empty apartment. Try to get a trustworthy friend to remain at your home while you are go away.
* Temporarily discontinue mail and newspaper delivery when you go away. Unread newspaper and mail calls attention to the fact that your home is empty.
* If you have a garden or potted plants get someone to maintain them. Or move the potted plants where they cant be seen. Wilted and dying plants convey that the home is unoccupied.
* Put the lights and tv on timers. Lights in multiple rooms should be on timers. Use a natural looking sequence for lights. At sundown the living room lights should switch on. At your regular sleeptime living room should turn dark and the bedroom lights should be turned on.
If you generally switch on tv at 7 pm and it is always on till you go to bed set the timer accordingly. Though the lights are on the absence of the tv can be a sign that the house is empty.
* Ask a neighbor to drop in to your house regularly. Windows being opened and curtains being worked denote that the home is inhabited.
* If you rent a home perhaps you can tell your landlord that you are going on vacation. Your landlord may want to keep tabs on the apartment.
* If you have a home security system installed see that the apartment sitter is familiar with how it is to be used.
* Make certain that the house sitter can reach you easily. The person checking on the house should know exactly who to call should any problems come up.
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