In addition to an alarm or surveillance cameras, this simple gesture deceives thieves during your summer vacation or a long absence.
When the time comes to go on vacation, a concern is systematically returned, whether one is owner or tenant: the fear that your accommodation is visited in its absence. This feeling is all the more legitimate since summer periods generally see an increase in burglaries, with main residences left empty for several days, even several weeks. Very often, burglars primarily target the most accessible homes, spot the signs of absence and do not even hesitate to act in broad daylight.
In an attempt to discourage burglars, some equip their accommodation with anti-intrusion devices, set up surveillance cameras or request their neighbors to keep an eye on the comings and goings. Useful measures, but which are not always enough to dissuade the most determined thieves. So how do you strengthen the security of your home during the summer? The company Yale Home, specialist in domestic safety solutions, shares several tips to avoid intrusions. One of them is distinguished by its formidable simplicity: it requires no particular effort on the part of the owners or the tenants.
It is a question of making burglars believe that the accommodation is occupied. How ? By simulating a presence thanks to timers. Concretely, it is enough to program the lighting of a room so that it turns on and automatically goes out at strategic times, thus creating the illusion that the accommodation is always inhabited, even when you are absent. Of course, this is possible if you have lamps compatible with programmable sockets or switches, or a connected home system that you can control on your smartphone at the house, even remotely.
To avoid intrusions in your absence, specialists also recommend using a loved one. It can be a neighbor or a family member to whom you entrust your keys to water your plants, feed the cat or raise the mail. Another reflex to have: do not publish your vacation photos by the beach in real time on social networks. So many gestures to put in place to deceive the intruders …
