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How to protect your home from burglars when it’s on the market

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Home security should be a priority, especially if it is up for sale because of the constant advertising. A few tips can help you to protect your home from intruders and will prove to be a great investment. A house on sale is a prime target for theft, burglary, and mischief from intruders. After the house sale, the seller still maintains the responsibility to ensure the home remains safe. Insurance claims fraud and other theft scams are threats that home sellers face. Below are some home safety tips that can help enhance home security when on sale. Since most homeowners leave the house on sale vacant, below are a few general home security tips to remember.

Basic home security measures

  • Regular checks on security systems and monitoring to ensure they are ok
  • Unplug electrical appliances after use
  • Ensure all taps and pipes are not leaking to avoid water damage
  • Get rid of all perishable foods to deter pests that can damage valuable in your house
  • Arm security alarms while away
  • Invest in a safe for valuables and ensure that it is locked all the time.

Following the above tips and ensuring proper home maintenance and landscaping can help enhance the security of your home. For homes on sale, the following measures can help enhance their security.

Ways to protect your home from burglars when it’s on the market

 1. Monitor and keep up to date Home security systems 

Vacant homes will be an easy target for burglars. But ensuring that you have home security monitoring round the clock from professional home security companies can help enhance your home safety. Do not forget to make timely monthly payments for the home security systems. A display of a home security company sign alongside the sale sign can send a security warning to potential burglars to keep off.

 2. Install high tech security cameras around your home

Installing wireless cameras can be an effective way to avoid theft of small valuables by thieves masquerading as potential home buyers. Ensuring that the cameras are working and reviewing the recordings can help you in the future to keep tabs in case of missing valuables. Thieves target small and high-value items in your house that you may not recognize immediately when they vanish from the house. Having high-quality surveillance cameras around your home can help protect it from theft.

 3. Store valuables in a safe

Hiding your valuables helps keep them safe. A simple way to do that is using a safe. If you are planning an open house sale or potential house buyers are coming to view the house, ensure that expensive jewelry, prescription drugs, and electronics are safely put in the safe. Schedule house viewing, and avoid strangers who show up to view the house without notice. Remember to note the contact information of the potential house buyer, their driver’s license, and other relevant personal information. Before you let anyone in the house for viewing, ensure you have someone to accompany you for security reasons.

 4. Ensure timely home insurance payments 

Insurance companies can defraud you in case of an unfortunate incident at your home. Paying your monthly insurance installments on time is one way to ensure their validity. Home insurance will ensure that in case of a break-in, burst pipe, or other damage, there is no financial loss since the insurance company will compensate you. Remember any injuries to potential homebuyers are your liability. Installing anti-slip rugs in your home, and a sign showing slippery floors for visitors to be more careful are some tips to keep all visitors to your home safe.

5. Store sensitive documents safely to avoid identity theft

Identity theft can also cause a lot of financial loss and is also a risk to your reputation. That is why you should keep such documents safely. Ensure your bank information and cards are also safely hidden as such information can lead to online fraud. Do not expose any family members’ photos during ads and social media advertising of the home on sale to avoid privacy breaches. Be keen when a potential home buyer is viewing the house, and trust your guts to avoid risks associated with a house sale.

During the home sale process, the risk of losing home valuables is higher. Considering the above tips can help enhance the security of your home when it is in the market. Do not forget to secure your pets, and any dangerous weapons, and items such as knives as they can cause serious bodily harm in case of an attack. Securely hide key fobs, remote controls, and more importantly, upgrade your home security systems.

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