make sure someone can take your bins out for you and bring them back in. AND colelct any junk mail or letters. If ya can get someone to pop round every so often. The timers i was gonna say that thats an excelent idea and se an answering machine or forward ya calls. Cancell any milk deliveries too. you can also egt someone to hang out a load of washing and bring them int he next day and then do it again another time.