How to Close Your Vacation Home
After a vacation home is properly closed for the fall season, a security monitoring system should be installed. First and foremost, the perimeter of the property has to be clearly visible via outdoor cameras that can capture wide views during the evening and night hours. Such video surveillance is designed to deter burglaries and detect any wildlife that may try to enter the home. Motion sensors are not highly recommended for closed vacation properties because of the possibility of frequent false alarms.
Since the owners are far away, they may not be able to promptly manage all of the alarms that are set off by relatively harmless wild animals or just technical glitches. Remote alarm monitoring is highly recommended for the surveillance of unoccupied vacation properties. Owners may receive live video feeds via the Internet or review recorded footage. These days, automatic security alerts and updates may be sent directly to smartphones or tablets.
In addition to installing an advanced video surveillance system in a vacation home, physical measures of security should also be set up. For instance, temporary metallic bars and other barriers can be installed over windows and doors in order to significantly cut down the risk of burglaries. If such hardware is not available, then window treatments and other installations can cover windows and doors. It is important that the interior of a closed vacation home not be visible to anyone from the outside. Curtains, blinds and shutters are effective at keeping strangers out from peeking inside living rooms and other areas that may have expensive possessions like furniture and electronics. The exterior lighting on a vacation property should be turned off partially to discourage people from walking around. Potential burglars will hesitate to inspect a property that is not illuminated well in the evening and late night.
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