We’ve all had that sinking feeling. Did you leave the coffee maker on? Or a door unlocked? Full-blown panic usually sets in about half an hour after you’ve headed out of town.
With the arrival of peak vacation season comes the separation anxiety associated with leaving your most valuable asset — your home — alone for a week.
And you have reason to worry.
The list of things that can go awry in an unsupervised property is long, with potentially costly consequences. The most obvious risk: Someone breaks in and steals your stuff. But there are other reasons to lose sleep. A pipe or faucet could leak. A tree could fall. And there’s always that dreaded coffee pot.
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