The current rise in home owners having more valuable items in their home, such as tablets, phones and gaming equipment, has led to a rise in the amount of people looking to increase the security of their homes.
Many homes have the old style burglar alarms fitted with sensors in a few lower floor locations that trigger an alarm to go off should an intruder set them off, the issue with this is that does anyone actually even pay attention nowadays if they hear an alarm or do people just ignore it and carry on as normal?
The other issue is that these systems are pretty outdated and therefore are likely to be set off by things such as a cat or dog moving around the house meaning that the alarm spends most of its time switched off!
If this sounds familiar then it may be time to upgrade your security system and get a Smart alarm that can be monitored using your mobile phone for extra piece of mind. The new systems include CCTV triggered by motion and can send images directly to your mobile phone to assess whether you need to request police attendance or whether it’s a false alarm.