Going Away? Tips To Keep Your Home Safe While You're On Vacation

Friday, March 1, 2019

ta eg sl M,,Mome own Going Away?Tips To Keep Your HomeSafe While You're On Vacation (NAPS)—Peaceofmindis important to just aboutall homeowners, including when they're away on a hard-earned vacation. When warm weather arrives, however, crimerates increase, accordingto a study published by the National Centerfor Biotechnology Information. Fortunately, you may be able to reduce any vacation timestress by takingfive steps to improve security—protect your windows, monitor your doors, secure your AC, make your housea dif- ficult target and stay in the loop about what's happeningat home. Howto makeit look like someone Having a security and monitoring system with ADTprovides the Carrescia family of Greenwich, Conn. nobody home” like an overstuffed with peace of mind whentheyare at mailbox anda pile of newspapers on or away from home. is home, even when you're away + Stop your mail. Nothing says “there’s the front porch. Youcan fill out a simple form with the United States Postal Service asking it to hold your mail. Or, perhapsbetter yet, have a trusted neighborstop bytopick it up. + Leave dog toys in the front yard. Even if you don't own a dog, you can give a burglar pause by making him or her think that you do. + Maintain a well-kept yard. Remove tree branches that give easy access to top floor windowsand cut back tall shrubsthat makeit easy for burglars to hide behind. + Add outdoor motionsensor lights to scare away those trying to walk into youryard and peek inside. With smart or set routines through your home automation service, such as ADT. Integrate your wireless doorbell with yourlights for further security benefits. Have the doorbell trigger an inside light to give the illusion that someoneis home, since burglars prefer dark areasforstealth. While you're away, home security can act as your house-sitting service and providereal protection. Choose a secu- rity companythat has 24/7 monitored protection, such as ADT,which has over 19,000 employees whoare always ready to help in case of an emergency. If you do choose to hire a house sitter when lightingtechnology, you can program you're away, provide him orher with a yourlights to come on even when you aren't home.Thisfeature has an advantage over automated timers because you can turnthelights in your home unique pin code to disarm your secu- with your Internet-connected device, mind onvacation. on or off asyouplease from anywhere rity system. Notonly will you be alerted whenthesystem is disarmed, you can deactivate this code once you return. With these steps, you'll have peace of

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