Vacation or Second Home Security System Monitoring

24.3.10

Vacation or Second Home Security System Monitoring

Vacation or second homes are an easy target for burglars who don't want an audience when they break in. In fact, this type of crime has become somewhat of specialty for certain criminals. Some have been known to rent a home and use it as a base as they watch and survey homes in a given area. Here are some basic tips to help keep your second safe and possibly lower your property insurance premiums:

• Tell your property manager or a trusted neighbor when you will be away and when you will return. Give them emergency telephone numbers so they can reach you quickly.

• Hire or ask your neighbor to shovel the driveway and walkway after it snows or to mow the lawn after the grass grows. Consider forming a Neighborhood Watch group.

• Stop newspaper, mail and other delivery services.

• Install motion sensor exterior lighting, put interior lighting on a timer. Likewise put a radio or TV on a timer. Tune the radio or TV to a news or talk show station.

• Before you leave, check that all doors and windows are locked and secured and close window coverings. Do not leave valuables near windows or where they will be easily visible from the outside.

• Join or start a neighborhood watch group.

• Install an alarm system with to a monitoring service. You may qualify for a homeowner's insurance discount. Some companies like InterstateAlarmMonitoring.com (1-877-717-7477) will customize your files so that you will be contacted directly on your cell phone if there is an incident at the home. This could include an alert for frozen pipes or flooded basements.

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