U.S. Inspect Blog

Summertime often means vacation time! But while you are away, is your house safe and secure from burglary? According to the Insurance Information Institute, there are more than 2.15 million burglaries each year, over 65 percent of which are residential break-ins, with the majority occurring in the peak vacation months of July and August.

So how can you make sure your home is protected while you are off enjoying your summertime plans? Here are a few household burglary prevention tips that can help:

Here’s something I haven’t discussed with my readers yet – meeting the neighbors. Our new townhouse is smack dab in the middle of a row of six townhouses. Naturally, we have six new neighbors.

The final step in setting up the drip irrigation for the season is to attach it to the water supply system. In my case that is the municipal water system. In the first photo below I have assembled the materials and tools needed to make the final connections. There is a pressure reducer, a two way flow splitter, some pipe fittings and screw clamps. This is a single station with two lines. 

Homeownership, for many, is a big part of what we like to call, “The American Dream.” In the 1950s that dream consisted of a house, a dog, 2.5 kids and apple pie--I’m not sure a contemporary definition of the phrase would change all that much. Homeownership is still at the center of the American way and has become for many the highest expression of our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. And for that reason, you might say that working in real estate is very...well, Patriotic :)