{"id":168,"date":"2024-03-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:09:07","slug":"tips-for-making-your-california-home-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/tips-for-making-your-california-home-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for making your California home safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a safe home is an important part of homeownership. You not only want to feel safe in your home but to be safe. Safety begins outside and continues inside. At&nbsp;Wine Valley Insurance Services in Napa, CA, we have years of insurance experience. As an independent insurance agency, we have many carriers to offer to our customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Add motion lights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Having well-positioned motion lights on the exterior of your home can provide you with a clear vision of what is happening on the exterior of your home, even on the darkest nights. It can also deter anyone trying to come up to the house unobserved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Add a home security system<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These days, home security systems are easy to install and inexpensive. There isn&#8217;t any excuse not to have one. You can monitor your home with your cellphone while you are away, which is quite convenient.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Clear the walkways<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trips and falls are a huge risk at any home. Clutter, in the way, is one common reason. This is important in all areas of your home, both inside and out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Change the batteries in smoke detectors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fire is a serious risk in California, and you should be prepared by having working smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in your home. If you lose electricity, you need a battery backup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lock your windows<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>People remember to lock their doors, but they all too often forget to lock their windows. Windows have locks for a good reason: They keep intruders out and children from falling out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Contact our office<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For a no-obligation quote, call Wine Valley Insurance Services in Napa, CA. We will help you choose the perfect home insurance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a safe home is an important part of homeownership. You not only want to feel safe in your home but to be safe. Safety begins outside and continues inside. At&nbsp;Wine Valley Insurance Services in Napa, CA, we have years of insurance experience. As an independent insurance agency, we have many carriers to offer to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,6],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-napa-ca","tag-wine-valley-insurance-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvinsure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}