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Tips and facts about ge home security systems without monitoringIs your apartment to be left empty for some days or weeks while you take a vacation? That is when your home tends to be susceptible to burglars breaking and entering it. Here are several specific things and ideas to deal with it. * The best defense for your home is to arrange for a house sitter. Having someone in is normally safer than a home that is not occupied. Make arrangements for a relative or a friend to hang out at your home for the time you are away. * Halt the mail delivery and newspaper delivery when you leave the home unoccupied. Unread newspapers and an overflowing mailbox tells unlawful elements that the home is empty. * If you have potted plants passersby can see get someone to come in and water them. Alternatively remove the potted plants away from sight. Wilted plants inform housebreakers that no one is home now. * Use timers on the lights, radio and tv. Use timers on lights in several rooms. Use a natural looking sequence for the lights. Turn on the living room lights at sunset. At bedtime the living room lights should be turned off and turn on the bedroom lights. If you ordinarily switch on tv at 8 pm everyday and it stays switched on till its time for you to turn in set your timer to that schedule. The lights may be on but the absence of the tv might be sufficient evidence that the home is empty. * Arrange for a neighbor to come in and check out your home now and then. Curtains and windows being opened are indications that the house is inhabited. * If you live in a rented home it may be a good idea to notify the owner that the house will be empty. The landlord may want to check on the home regularly. * If you have installed a home security system ensure that the person who is house sitting is familiar with how it is to be worked. * Make it a point to see that the neighbor can reach you easily. The person watching over the house should be aware of exactly who to call should a problem crop up.
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