Protect yourself, your family, friends, and guests with these tips for how to set up a security system for your new custom home.
The holiday season is approaching, and what better way to reward yourself by moving into a new custom home? But no matter how proud you are of the latest and greatest features you fill your home with, you always want to be sure you keep it as safe as possible. Protect yourself, your family, friends, and guests with these tips for how to set up a security system for your new custom home.
Establish Your Security System
Once you have purchased your home and begin moving in, one of the first tasks you should accomplish is to install new locks and establish your new custom home’s first security system.
How should it be wired? What does the floor plan for the new home look like? If you want security cameras both inside and outside, there will need to be space to connect them, especially when you are deciding where the computer that controls the cameras will reside. Just in case you would prefer not to deal with tangles of confusing wires, you could also choose wireless security systems as well.
Consider Keyless Locks
An emerging trend in home security is to stay away from key-based lock systems entirely. Whether it’s a smartphone app that lets you monitor your home while you are away or security panels that require key codes for entry not unlike the passcode on your smartphone. These systems can also be controlled via wifi connections whether you are at home or not.
Install Alarms and Detectors
How secure is your home? You could always go next level and install alarms that will alert you when an intruder attempts to force entry, mainly through the windows. Fire and smoke detectors are also important elements of a security system for your new custom home. In case a fire should start, or a dangerous buildup of carbon monoxide begins in your garage, you will know in time to evacuate.
Find a Good Neighborhood
What development is your new custom home in? Where is it located? One of the best ways to ensure your family’s safety is to move to a good neighborhood. That’s part of the American Dream, after all, even if it seems so far away now. Use sources from the Internet and statistical reports on crime levels collected by local law enforcement to help you determine where your lot should go.
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