Home safe home 

There are few things more devastating than coming back refreshed from your holiday, only to find that your house has been burgled. So, with the holiday season once more upon us, here are a few tips about what to do and what NOT to do before setting out on your journey.

• Fit deadlocks on your doors and locks, bolts or security stays on your windows
• Remember to lock your garage before going away and also lock any doors from the garage to the house
• Stop newspaper deliveries and ask a neighbour to collect your mail
• Don't leave a spare key in a convenient place such as under a door mat. That's the first place a burglar will look!
• Make the house look lived in - keep blinds and curtains open; ask a friend or neighbour to come in to change the curtains around and to hang their washing on your line
• Arrange for friend or neighbour to park their car in your driveway from time to time
• Turn the volume down on your telephone so that it can't be heard from the street that way a thief won't be able to hear it ringing away unanswered
• Ask a friend or neighbour to turn on an inside light or have it connected to a timer
• Don't leave notes for friend, relatives or tradesmen around the house. Remember, thieves can read too!
• Another precaution that you might care to take is to have an alarm fitted.

You should also let relatives and friends know where you are going and how long you will be absent. Leave them a contact address, a telephone number and a key.

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At TOWER, we offer a discount of 10% on Contents Insurance premiums for customers who have installed a security alarm.

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