Summer is here and that means vacation for many of us. Just imagine your fun filled vacation being ruined by an intruder in your home. Thieves look for easy homes to prey upon so let's make sure you leave your home a difficult target by doing all you can to protect your home and property.
Here are the top 15 tips to securing your home:
1. Leave a car parked in your driveway or front of your home. Ask a neighbor to use your driveway and garbage cans while you're away.
2. Arm your security system when you leave.
3. Either stop mail & newspapers while you are gone OR have a neighbor pick them up for you. Have them check your front door area for package deliveries as well.
4. Don't tell people unnecessarily you will be gone except a trusted neighbor. Ask them to keep an eye out for people on your property. Let that neighbor know how to contact you. Consider leaving a key with them.
5. Install some timers on lights. Leave a radio on a talk radio channel.
6. Lock ALL doors, windows, storage sheds & gates. All exterior doors should have deadbolt locks. Lock the door from your garage into your home. All gates should have padlocks. THIEVES LOVE TO ENTER YOUR HOME FROM THE BACK WHERE THEY CAN'T BE SEEN!
7. Move valuables to a safe deposit box.
8. Keep the grass cut while you're away.
9. Don't leave a key hidden under a rock, around the door frame, or anywhere else.
10. Leave a generic outgoing message on your voice mail.
11. Hire a house sitter.
12. Install visible security measures: Security stickers, signs, locks, landscape lighting, etc.
13. Close drapes or remove valuables from rooms with open drapes. You could also close drapes downstairs and leave them open upstairs.
14. Notify police if you will be gone longer than one week.
15. Rethink sending an automated email message to your sender that you will be returning to work on such & such date.
Insurance is only as good as the proof of your claim. A Home Inventory provides that proof. If you don't have a Home Inventory yet, when will you get around to it?
Get prepared by having your personal property properly inventoried. ProActive Home Inventory offers full service in the Dallas metroplex, a webinar to teach you how to preform your own inventory, and a f.ree download about your family's safety as we go into tornado season. Please visit the home page at www.ProActiveHomeInventory.com to request your copy.
Warm Regards,
Kelly Rinke
972.869.9000
kelly@ProActiveHomeInventory.com
www.ProActiveHomeInventory.com
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