Your Home Needs to be Protected While You Travel!
When you can’t be at your home, making sure everything is ok, isn’t it important to you to make sure your home and possessions are safe and secure? The following are some helpful hints to make everything work out just fine!
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When you leave, it’s a good idea to put your lights and maybe even a TV on a timer. It will still look like you are home, even when you are not. The time should come on shortly after/before dark and turn off after sunrise int he morning.
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Leave your radio on an all-talk station. A possible prowler might be confused as to whether that is the residents speaking or a radio.
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Install motion sensors outside that will turn on spotlights when tripped. Prowlers do not know if someone inside is turing them on, or if they tripped a sensor. Either way, most of the time they wouldn’t want to take that chance.
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Stop your newspaper and mail delivery. If you don’t want to do that, you can always ask a friend or neighbor to collect them on a daily basis, so it doesn’t look like no one is home.
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Another suggestion is to ask a neighbor to park in your driveway occationally. They could also water your plants!
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Arrange ahead of time to have your yard man come and mow while you are gone.
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Make a mental note to keep your blinds and curtains in their every-day positions. Nothing tips off a would-be prowler than a house closed up tight as a drum!
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Another good idea is to turn down your phone ringer and answering machine, so no one on the outside can hear that it’s not being answered. Also, please do not mention on your answering machine that you will be out of town for a specici period of time!
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Although this may seem very obvious to you, please make sure you check to see all that all doors and windows are securely locked.
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Last, but not least, if you travel frequently, you may want to consider installing a home security system! Depending on your lifestyle and family needs, you may just want sesnors on the bottom floor windows and doors, or you may want a full fledged system for the whole house! I have a great company that I work with! If you want to call me, I’ll give you the copntact name and number. They offer special discount to friends, family and clients of Generations Realty Group!
I’d love to hear from you with any ideas you may have! Also, if you have any real estate needs, please give me a call! I have agents throughout the United State and Canada, if you don’t live here, in Geaorgia!
Blessings to you and your family!
–Darcy
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Darcy Perry
YOUR Real Estate Specialist!
Keller Williams Realty Across Atlanta ~ Generations Realty Group
76 Highland Pavilion Ct. ~ Suite 125 ~ Hiram, GA 30141
Office: 770-874-5333 Direct: 770-874-5356
E-fax: 404-601-1849 Cell: 404-441-9986
Website: www.GenerationsRealtyGroup.com
