Top Safety Tips While Away from Your Home on the River Pittsburgh
The holidays are a time for family, friends, and all their loved ones to gather and enjoy a nice meal together at their homes for sale on the River Pittsburgh. Some have already put up Christmas lights and other decorations both inside and outside their homes. However, some families don’t live close to each other and spending time together means booking flights, travelling across the country, packing bags and planning itineraries. If this is the case for your family, make sure to secure your home first before heading out. Check out these holiday safety tips:
Make your home look like it isn’t deserted for the holidays.
One of the reasons burglars and thieves are more confident trespassing and stealing from your home is when they know that there is no one inside. This situation makes their crime a lot easier when there is no threat of getting caught. So what should you do? Unless you can hire a house sitter who is willing to live and spend the holidays at your home, how else can you make sure that your home doesn’t look like it’s deserted for the holidays? Put a timer on your lights - both outdoor Christmas lights and indoor light fixtures. Time these to go on at a certain hour every night and to go off by morning. Another important tip is to put your mail on hold and stopping newspaper delivery until your return. Newspapers piling up on the door-step is a sure sign no one is at home. You could also ask a trusted neighbor to pick up your mail for you.
Invest in a quality home security system.
Another way to deter burglars from entering your home is to prominently place video cameras around your waterfront home for sale in Pittsburgh PA. While not a fail-safe way to ensure the security of your home, these monitors and alarms are a great way to ward off any intruders. You can also use these to remotely monitor your home from anywhere and whenever you need. Most of the home security systems on the market come with a downloadable app which helps you to easily check the status of your home in real-time through your smartphone or tablet. These systems also come with an alarm which you can turn on and off remotely. If you have scheduled for someone, a neighbor or a friend, to check on the house for a day, all you have to do is ask them to inform you if they’re already in the area and you can turn off the alarm so it won’t go off and create a ruckus when your house sitter arrives for the day.
Keep all your travel plans private and offline.
All of the above tips will not work if you have been constantly broadcasting your whereabouts on social media. If you have recently posted a photo of you and your family boarding the plane with the caption “Flying home to Florida for the holidays”, no matter how much you want to share with your Facebook friends list all the awesome things you’re up to this holiday, doing so could help potential burglars know that your waterfront home for sale in 3 Rivers Pittsburgh is vacant for a week or two. You never know who is looking at your social media profiles. It’s always better to be safe than sorry. You can post all photos once you return to your waterfront home in Pittsburgh PA.
Don’t be a victim this holiday season. Enjoy your vacation without having to worry about the safety of your home. For even more tips for the holidays, visit http://www.SoldByConnie.net.
Call me, Connie Wolff at 724-779-1427 for all your real estate needs. As a trusted luxury REALTOR® with proven experience in buying and selling waterfront homes for sale in Pittsburgh PA, I provide all my clients expert solutions, one yard at a time.
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