Holiday Security Tips
Is your home one of the few in the street with an alarm, dog, well-secured doors and windows or where the occupants come and go at irregular times? If so, then give yourself a big tick for offering the least opportunity/risk to aspiring thieves.
But with the festive Christmas season approaching, making your home less attractive to opportunistic thieves is harder when you go on holiday. The very noisy canine has taken his scary attention-attracting bark to the boarding kennels and the occupants are not coming and going… they’re gone.
When protecting your home and valuables during this period of time, it is important to take into consideration the way thieves think. Does your home look neglected, abandoned, unused? If so, make it look occupied.
- Leave a light on inside if you intend returning home after dark. The light should be visible from the street and give the impressions that the house is occupied. Consider using an automatic lighting timer.
- Never leave notes. Thieves can read too.
- Keep blinds and curtains partly open to give the house a ‘lived in’ appearance, if you are going away for some length of time.
- Cancel all regular deliveries, e.g. milk, newspapers so the stockpile doesn’t give the game away.
- Ask a friend or neighbour to keep an eye on your home and collect any other deliveries that may be made during your absence.
- Ask the Post Office to hold your mail.
Sometimes we can get it wrong!
Our goal is to constantly work towards getting it right to ensure that you receive hassle-free management of your investment property.
However, on the rare occasion we can get it wrong.
If you feel as though you are not receiving the attention and level of professionalism you deserve, we encourage you to be upfront and let us know your concerns.
We want to be known as a company that is full of solutions rather than full of excuses.
If we get it wrong, let us know immediately!
General Tenant Obligations
- The tenant must keep the premises and inclusions clean, having regard to their condition at the start of the tenancy
- The tenant must not maliciously damage, or allow someone else to maliciously damage, the premises or inclusions
- At the end of the tenancy, the tenant must leave the premises and inclusions, as far as possible, in the same condition they were in at the start of the tenancy, fair wear and tear excepted.
Our office is aware of the above obligations. That is why we complete thorough entry and exit condition reports and carry out regular routine inspections. At the start of a tenancy we ensure that the tenant pays their rent and bond in full; that the tenant receives a copy of their tenancy agreement, bond lodgement forms, information statements and body corporate by laws (if applicable). We know the law and are confident in applying the law on your behalf.
We go the extra mile for you…
From the desk of the Asset Manager
Christmas Countdown Less then 20 sleeps!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Christmas full of joy, laughter, family and friends.
