Inside information on intrusion detection is monitoring signatures
Is your apartment to be unoccupied for more than a day or two while you travel? That is when it tends to be susceptible to housebreaks. Here is what to do about it.
* The most advisable solution is to have a keeper or sitter at home. A house where someone is staying is almost always safer than an empty apartment. Try to get a relative or a friend to live at your house while you travel.
* Temporarily stop newspaper delivery and mail delivery when the apartment is empty. A full mailbox or newspaper piled up is a sign that your home is empty.
* If you keep a garden or have potted plants that are visible have them kept by someone regularly. Otherwise shift the potted plants where they are not visible from the road. Plants wilting from lack of water tell potential burglars that the home is unoccupied.
* Put lights, tv and radio on timers. Use light timers in more than one room. Use a natural looking sequence for lights. The timer should turn living room lights on at sundown. When it is time for bed turn off the living room lights and the lights in the bedroom should be switched on.
If you turn tv on at 7 most days and it remains on till 11 pm set your timer to that schedule. The lights in the house may be on but the tv being turned off may reveal that no one is really home.
* See if a neighbor can come in to your place often. Doors being opened and closed and windows too are signs that the house is occupied.
* If you rent the apartment tell the owner that you are going on vacation. Your homeowner may want to keep tabs on the apartment.
* If you have installed an alarm system make sure the housesitter recognises how it is to be run.
* Make it a point to see that you leave your contact details with the house sitter. The person checking on the house must be well aware of who to call if there is a problem.
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