Home Security While You Are Away

Written by Ava Xiao

We all want our homes to be safe and we follow many necessary steps to increase the security of our homes. However, before you install any security improvements and security systems, you need to understand what factors cause the most dangers to the security of your home.

When you are away from your home for a long period is the most dangerous time for the security of your house. If you decide to go on a vacation (or a long work trip), you will need to face this fact and to take the adequate security measures to protect your home from a possible break in attempt.

Burglary is the most important thing you should prevent when you are go out for a long trip. The burglar will try to break into the houses that he believes to be less protected then others. when the burglar believes that the house is empty or the owner of the house is gone for a long time, he will think that he has more chance to succeed in the burglary attempt that there will be a lot less obstacles preventing him from breaking in or disturbing him in the process. So the most important thing you should do before you are on a vacation is to make your home like it is occupied.

There are several steps that you can follow to make your house look like it is occupied and to reduce the chances that it will be robbed.

The first step is to make sure that there are no traces outside of the house that scream out that the owner in not at home. For example, you will need to make sure that your mail and newspapers don”t pile up in the mailbox or on your door steps. You will need to talk to your neighbors, friends or relatives and ask them to pick up your mail, newspapers and delivered items on a daily basis. You can also stop by your post office and ask that your mail is placed on hold in the post office.

If your neighbours have a car, you should ask them to park it in your driveway or by your house. The burglar will consider you are at home when seeing the car.

The next step is to make sure that your house looks occupied from the inside. You should talk to your neighbors and ask them to stop by your house in the evening and turn on a few lights and possibly a TV. You can also install a specific security system that will automatically turn your lights and house appliances on and off a specific preset times. You should make sure that you draw the curtains for all of your windows. Alternatively you can hire a house sitter for the time that you are away from home.

Make sure all doors and windows are locked before you leave. and the alarm system is armed
This is another one of those it should be so obvious, and yet people forget it all the time. In fact, it might help to make a check-list of things to do before you walk out the door.