"AES" wrote in message
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Since this is already OT and a similar incident is on my mind (and desk)
as I read it, I'll respond: Instead of a plane we have a Lake Tahoe
townhouse (about same price) which we haven't been able to go up to this
winter (medical hassles). The thermostat in our unit has a little
plastic dot glued on the thermostat so it _can't_ be moved below 55 deg,
but the starter gadget on the gas furnace failed; water line froze and
broke (outside and underneath fortunately); water ran downhill under
the snow and ice for over a month, unnoticed by neighbors or development
manager, until the meter reading people finally noticed: well over a
MILLION GALLONS lost.

Why don't you just turn the water off to the condo when you're not there?