Keeping Your Home Safe While on Vacation

Keeping Your Home Safe While on Vacation

Whether you’re at the office, on an overnight business trip, or an extended tropical vacation, you want the peace of mind knowing that everything is safe back at home. You may even have a summer home you want to make sure is safe when you’re not there. No matter the situation, there are precautions you can take to keep your home safe while you’re away.

Get neighbour to keep a watch:

If you have a friend living nearby, ask him to keep an eye on your house while you are away. You could even give him the keys to the house and your vehicle. Burglars usually scout the neighbourhood for houses lying locked up. If they see someone opening the house and taking the car out for a spin, they won’t dare break in.

Create Illusion:

An occupied home looks lived in. Lights go on and off, and cars come and go. When you're away, everything stops. To help create the illusion that the residence is still occupied, better idea to buy timers that turn on the interior lights for a few hours every evening. If you can get a neighbor to take out your garbage and put the cans back after the garbage pickup, it's another way to send the message that everything is proceeding normally at your house.

Beware of social medias:

You might be excited about the holiday, but you don’t have to let the world know of it. Your housemaid may be honest, but she might share the information with an associate who is not. More importantly, don't put up departure and arrival details on social media like Facebook. Share your travel plans strictly on a need-to-know basis.

Don’t leave spare keys away:

If you have a spare key hidden somewhere like under a mat, inside mailbox. Its time to remove them. If thief knows you are go way from the home. They may be try to search the spare keys. They may know your hiding spots so keep them safe.

Unplug Electronics:

Disconnect the power to some of your electronics which could slip-in electricity through the supply line in the form of a power surge. It will not only damage the appliances that are connected, but could spark a fire. Unplug all appliances.

Stop Newspaper delivery:

Tell your vendor to stop giving the newspapers during the period you are away. Newspapers piled up at the entrance of the house is a dead giveaway that the owner is not in. You can also ask a neighbour to pick up the mail delivered to your address.

Deposit Valuables in bank locker:

Before you proceed on the holiday, make a short visit to your bank and put all valuables (jewellery, important documents, etc) in the bank locker. You can take them back once you return. If you have a reliable safe at home, put all the valuables in it before you leave.