The New Year's holidays outside the home should give rise to the idea of organizing the safety of your home. After all, this period is distinguished by a special activation of those who like to appropriate someone else's property. Thieves are on alert in the summer, as there is a vacation period and in winter, during the holidays. If there is no desire to become a client of the thieves' gang, then it is better to take care of precautions in advance.
Before committing an atrocity, the thief will arrange a certain amount of surveillance. If chewing gum is suddenly stuck on the door or a match is inserted into the slot, this may signal that the violator of the law has "laid eyes" on this apartment.
Do not shout at every step that the apartment will be empty on New Years.
The thief is usually a person with keen attention and is able to easily obtain the necessary information. Often, the owners expose themselves by disclosing information about their departure, for example, on social networks.
It is important to imitate the presence of the owners in the house.
It is worth giving a spare set of keys to a good friend or close relative, let this person periodically enter the apartment, take care of the flowers. For persuasiveness, he can turn on the TV or music and, of course, the light. By the way, this approach allows you to change the readings on the electricity meter. For a thief, a frozen meter for several days is a direct inducement to action.
Now you can purchase a special device that will allow you to create the appearance of the presence of the owners of the house. The timer is especially popular. This mechanism is able to turn on the light in the house for a certain period. Some timers turn on the lights at different times.
As a more complicated option, you can consider installing a sensor that reacts to approaching the door. When the sensor is triggered, a tape recorder can be turned on, on which a dog barking or a radio broadcast will be played.
Be sure to ask someone to take out the press and leaflets from the mailbox.
For the safety of valuable things, it is better to hide them in different places, however, the cache should not be obvious. Thieves know bed linen, books, drain barrels and other everyday places by heart. Anything that is of particular value should be hidden away with relatives or close friends.
It would be quite good to turn to security companies that ensure the safety of apartments. In this case, even if the thief turns out to be very nimble and runs away, the company will have to compensate for all the damage caused.
If it is not possible to install an alarm, then you can scare the violator of the law with cunning. To do this, you need to stick a sticker on the door telling that the apartment is under reliable protection. Usually thieves do not take risks and try to bypass such apartments and houses.
The danger can also lie in wait from the communal systems.
In the event of a pipe breakthrough, all neighbors, both below and above, will remain without water. After "dehydration" throughout the riser, you can safely fear becoming enemy number 1 for your neighbors. To prevent the cataclysm from happening, it is worth turning off the water in the apartment during the absence. It is imperative that after closing the valve, it is necessary to open the taps for a while in order to drain the residual water.
- If the refrigerator has nothing to cool, then it is better to turn it off too, let this "workaholic" rest a little. The same should be done with all electrical appliances in the house.
- Before going on vacation, you should make a recording on your answering machine, and even better organize call forwarding.The vents, windows, balcony door - everything must be closed.
- It is imperative to put things in order in the apartment and get rid of garbage. Tune the radio to a channel where they talk more, and not sing songs, and it is better to make the receiver louder.
Perhaps the planned trip will be a great excuse to get to know your neighbors. It is not uncommon for older couples to even look after someone else's home with joy. Of course, as a gratitude for such a service, it is worth giving them a small but pleasant present.
