7 ways to protect your home and ensure peace of mind before you go on holidays

Kya de Longchamps on how to secure the manor before that well deserved holiday. 

Potential thieves are experienced at identifying a soft target — an easy few minutes of deftly applied criminal skills for a quick financial reward.

The house with the uncut grass, letters spitting out the letter-box, cars clearly absent for several days — it’s too easy in the excitement to get out the door and onto warm sands, to unwittingly flag that your house is unoccupied and under-secured.