Ensure your house is safe this holiday
If you have survived the recession, still have one or two rands in the bank and were not one of the fortunate few who have just had a holiday, the chances are you are now planning a Christmas break away from home.
This will probably entail locking up and leaving your home - but beware, December and early January are the time burglaries and break-ins proliferate.
"Ask any police station how they feel about the festive season and you are likely to get a rather sour response," says Lanice Steward, MD of Anne Porter Knight Frank. "At this time of the year burglars seem to appear from nowhere."
Steward advises holidaymakers to start checking on the security of their homes at least a week before they leave.
Make sure:
Steward warns: "Insurance companies will either not pay or reduce their payment if they find that the alarm was not activated at the time of the intrusion."
Weekend Property supplement (Saturday Argus)
Posted at 10:32AM Nov 16, 2009 by Editor in Residential |