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Is your home going to be empty for several days while you holiday? That is when your home tends to be most susceptible to looters breaking in. Here are several things you can do about it.
* The best way out is to arrange for a house sitter. Having someone stay at home is always safer than an uninhabited home. See if you can get a trusted friend or relative to stay at your house while you go on vacation.
* Temporarily halt mail delivery and newspaper delivery while you are on vacation. Unread newspapers and an overflowing mailbox tells everyone that the house is unoccupied.
* If you have potted plants that are visible get someone to water them. Or move the potted plants out of sight. Wilted plants convey to would be burglars that the house is uninhabited.
* Use timers to operate lights and tv. Timers should be hooked to lights in multiple rooms. Use a natural looking sequence for lights. The timer should turn living room lights on at sundown. At your regular sleeptime the living room lights should be turned off and the bedroom lights should switch on.
If you usually turn the tv on at 8 pm and have it on till midnight or so the timer should stick to those times too. The living room light may be on but the lack of the tv's bluish glow can give away that this is an empty house.
* Request a neighbor to come in and check out your place often. Doors and windows being opened signals that the house is occupied.
* If you live in a rented apartment it may be useful to tell the landlord that the home will be unoccupied. Your homeowner may want to keep tabs on the apartment.
* If you have a security system installed see that the homesitter is familiar with how to use it.
* Make certain that you leave your contact details with the neighbor. The person checking up on the apartment must be aware of who is to be informed should there be a problem.
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