Keeping Your Home Safe While You're on Vacation
If you're planning a vacation, keeping your home safe while you're away may be the last thing on your mind. But that lack of focus can make for a sour experience when you arrive home.
The best way to protect your home is to think like a burglar. Burglars are always on the prowl for easy targets-and nothing is easier than an unoccupied home.
General Security
1. Do you have a home security system? If you do, do you have an exterior horn that blasts when the system is triggered? Get one.
2. Are your plants and shrubs grown up and obscuring the windows or doors? Trim them down below the windows and away from doors.
3. Install high-quality deadbolts on every exterior door.
4. Buy programmable timers and plug-in lights, TV and radios to mimic your normal routine.
5. Never store ladders and tools out in the open. Place them inside a locked shed or in the garage.
6. Install blinds on your windows and doors so you can prevent criminals from peering inside your house.
7. Get the lawn mowed regularly. An overgrown lawn is one of the first signs a burglar sees-it suggets that no one is home.
8. Install motion-sensor-triggered lights at door openings. Lights scare burglars.
9. Read your insurance policy, and make sure your coverage is up to date.
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About the Author
RUSSELL D. LONGCORE is the owner of an insurance claims and claims consulting practice in Atlanta and is the author of Insurance Claims Secrets Revealed. He has handled claims as simple as a home water leak, and as complicated as multi-million dollar commercial property and liability losses. Check out his website.
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