Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1993 going on holidays professional services available to watch your shovel the vary the even feed the cat by Gloria Taylor staff writer a Holiday can turn into a time of insecurity for a Home owner who has no Confidence in the person they leave in charge of their relatives and neighbors Are not always the Best bet to watch Over your Condo or apartment while you Are there Are some City businesses that will step in temporarily to turn on the make sure the walk is shovelled and ensure the premises has a lived in one the specializes in providing temporary services for a Toronto based the business was begun 12 years ago by David bal Lett after he experienced a breaking at his own in Rod Klinck operates the Klinck provides a wide Range of services that run the Gamut from dropping in once a Day to water to providing some one to live in during the time the Homeowner is Well keep the Snow vary the lights and go in at different times of the Klinck weve even got some Sitters who go in different he All in the name of confusing some would be burglar who might be searching for a vacant the business has a staff of about 15 House most of them who go out to meet the trav Eller before he or she leaves on hol versatile one of the main messages Klinck is eager to get across is that the company is the insured Sitters will even become companions to the elderly and Dis doing nonmedical Gro Cery shopping and other another Winnipeg Home free management will come in on a temporary basis to take care of a Home while the own ers take a but also provides him it i burglars tend to shy away from Home Security systems by Blair Robinson caution is extremely important in preventing your Home from being be cautious about letting strangers know your daily routine or vacation warn your Chil Dren about keep in mind that most burglars Are they Are often kids or workers around the neighbor if rooms in your House Are clearly visible from the Check to see that valuables Are not on Dis play and tempting to people pass ing burglars read never include your address in a classified always announce social events after they happen not if there is a death in the family and the Home or business of your loved one has no alarm arrange for a House Sitter or guard on the Day of the an estate in escrow is particularly vulnerable to the installation of an alarm system helps prevent additional if you do have an alarm let everyone dont go into detail about How it is designed or How it but let them know that you have a professionally installed system monitored by a 24 hour monitoring station which immediately notifies police and others if an attempt is made to enter your a Home or business known to be electronically protected is much less Likely to suffer an attempted Blair Robinson is with Del technical systems i technical svs Tims Security systems 24 hour monitoring a ctr card Access systems computers sound systems 9851800 49 Speers residential commercial its time to Winnipeg free press treat yourself to convenient seven Day Home delivery and save Over if you Ore o seven Day Home delivery a new game starts every saturday a year round maintenance there Are four main services the company says Denis its founder and owner landscape repair and cleaning and Sitters for people temporarily away from our thrust is not from a Sitters Godard we will do the House but All of a sudden some of our customers realize we do a lot of services and will become year round he says Many of his clients Are seniors or professionals who want to live in their own Home but cant take care of it we can Wash the windows and do All the other work others cant do or dont have time to its kind of like living in a Condo Godard a service will come in just to take care of an absent owners Morton of m l cat sitting will visit at least once a Day to feed the Home owners favorite Kitty or Jody Morom Winnipeg free press Godard says Many of his clients Are precautions to secure premises there Are things you can do to help keep your Home secure then away on a the House Sitters suggest the following g Lack up valuables in a Safe or other secure even if a friends or neighbors will be keeping an Eye on the re ensure All windows Are properly u lock All exterior and Patio Deadbolt locks and bars Are re do not leave any spare keys hanging on Hooks inside the d keep the rear Gates and storage Sheds u do not leave any ladders or tools that could assist in a j lock any vehicles left in the do not leave spare keys in the wheel j do not hide spare keys under Mats or in the j have newspapers and mail redirected or picked la keep the exterior around windows and doors free from All shrubs and owning Home Safe a secure investment by Martin Zeilig free press correspondent storing your valuables in a Home Safe is a smart but Only if the Safe is properly we recommend that homeowners buy sturdy says Ron of the City of Winnipeg police crimes against property but it should be bolted Down so in the event of a breaking a criminal cant just take the Safe out of your Dawson Points out that floor which Are embedded into your base ments Concrete Are the hard est safes for culprits to break Noble Locksmith Sells floor safes that have a fire rating of one or two they will last that length of time in a certain degree of it depends on the intensity of the says Frank such which Are constructed from a lighter Metal with an Interi or Start at besides those floor Senden also car Ries stand solid steel Chest you can buy a cheap Safe from a department but it will not have All the requirements it May offer Protection from but not provide adequate Protection from says no Home Safe is completely burglar buying time a lot of times we Tell people that there Only buying time against someone breaking in to the Safe rather says it will take longer than getting into a shoe Box containing your Valu the better the the More difficult it is for a thief to break into Wall safes Are another Wall safes Are very popular with Senden but they Are not normally fire just burglary they can be concealed behind a picture on the or right inside your bathroom looking for something More i tech Chubb lock and Safe have safes with an electronically controlled entry theres a Keypad where the dial is normally says Maurice Chubbs Winnipeg Branch we find this is convenient for people who Are not used to its useful to homeowners who May not open their safes More than once a they simply punch the entry code into the Kilborne advises anyone Pur chasing a Safe to make sure it has underwriters Laboratory Label on underwriters Laboratory is an Independent firm that conducts tests on various consumer prod the Label is the customers guar Antee that the Safe is fireproof burglar says Kil who also carries specially constructed gun we wont sell any Safe that Doest have that underwriters there Are a lot of products available that dont 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