(content by Wilbur S)
Vacationing With Peace of Mind
In order to rest easy while you’re away on vacation, you need to make sure that you safeguard your home before you leave. It is very important that you tend to the security of your home before you leave on a major vacation or trip. This cannot be emphasized enough, because there are few things more valuable than a safe home.
It is very important that you take care of all the necessary details before you embark upon your adventure so that your home will stay safe and sound while you are away. Here are four things that you can do to safeguard your home while you’re on vacation.
Put Up a Camera
For under a couple of hundred dollars, you can put up a security camera outside your home that you can monitor from your smartphone. One of the most famous brands for this is called Ring and it looks just like a doorbell. You can install it on your front door, on your back door, or on your garage door side panel facing your car. You can install this camera literally anywhere you want, even hidden behind your sliding ladder in your home library.
It is most discreet if placed right near the front door, where it will look just like a doorbell. The camera monitors the exterior of your home so that you can detect if any intruders come up to the house. If you leave lights off in your house for an extended amount of time, you run the risk that burglars may try to break into the home. This camera makes it so that you can receive notifications about any stirrings around the house while you are away, even while you’re sleeping.
Ask the Neighbors to Watch the House
You should have a good relationship with your neighbors, meaning that they should be looking out for you and you should be looking out for them. You should ask them if they can keep an eye on the house while you are away. This means that they will see if there is any suspicious activity around the front or back door.
They may keep an eye out to see if the motion-detecting light comes on for any reason around either of the doors. You can ask that if you receive any packages while you are gone on vacation, that they politely gather them for you and give them to you when you arrive back at home. This will prevent any of your packages from being stolen and it will also prevent people from lurking around the house who may be interested in stealing the packages. Overall, this is a good idea because it makes it so that people know your neighbors are watching out for your well-being.
Turn On Your Motion Sensing Lights
You should turn on the lights around your home that are activated by motion. If somebody should be lurking around your home during the nighttime, these motion-activated lights will turn on and illuminate them so that the neighbors can see. You may want to install them or activate them at the front door, as well as at the back door.
This will make it so that intruders who would otherwise attempt to enter would flee once the lights came on. This is a very useful tool because there are very few burglars who will not mind being exposed in plain view while breaking into the home. This is a serious deterrent for burglars.
Find a Sitter for Your Pets
Having a sitter come over to take care of your pets gives people the impression that the house is occupied. This deters people from wanting to break in or from stealing packages. If you have a sitter come to your home rather than putting your animals in boarding, it creates more activity around the home and therefore it makes the home safer.
Burglars are less likely to try to break into a home that is frequented on a daily basis. If someone is coming in and out of the house to take care of the pets, rather than you sending them off to boarding, that makes it clear that there is someone watching out for the house. This lets potential burglars know that they should stay away from the residence by all means
