10 Vacation Home Security Tips

If you are away from your home for an extended period of time, remember these simple security tips before you leave.

• Be careful who you tell when you plan to be away from your home. Ask a trusted neighbor to watch your home.
• Maintain your lawn before you leave or have someone mow your lawn while you are gone.
• Do not let deliveries accumulate. Have a neighbor pick up mail, newspapers and packages daily. If that is not possible, then stop deliveries so they do not pile up.
• Ask a neighbor to use your garbage cans. An empty garbage can is a tip-off that you are away.
• Leave your car in the driveway. This gives the appearance of an occupied house, and prevents burglars from backing up a van for loading.
• Don’t leave keys under your doormat, flower pot or window ledge-intruders check these first.
• Use timers for lights, televisions and sound systems to turn them on and off at different times to give your home a lived-in look while you are away.

Don’t make yourself a target for looming burglars and vandalized while you’re away on vacation. Follow these simple home security tips and make sure you find your home the way you left it! Get free quotes from home security companies today!