Home security systems designed around your house.
Door and window contacts, motion detection, glass break, and monitored smoke and CO. We walk the house, place sensors where entries actually happen, and test everything before we leave.
What a system includes
- Control panel and keypad placed where it is convenient to use and awkward to smash.
- Entry contacts on the doors and windows that are genuinely reachable from outside.
- Motion detection covering the interior paths an intruder has to cross.
- Glass break sensing for ground-floor glass and sliding doors.
- Monitored smoke and CO reporting to a central station rather than just making noise.
- Cellular communicator so the system reports even if the internet is down.
- App access arm, disarm, and get notified from Alarm.com or Total Connect.
How we place sensors.
Not every window needs a contact.
A second-floor window with no roof access below it is not a realistic entry point. Contacts go where someone could actually get in — ground floor, anything reachable from a porch roof or a fence line, and the doors people forget about, like the one from the garage.
Motion goes where an intruder has to walk.
Interior detection is the backup for a perimeter that gets bypassed. Sensors go on the paths between entry points and the things worth taking — usually a hallway or a stairwell — rather than in every room. Pets change this design considerably, and we ask about them first.
The panel does not live by the front door.
A panel visible through the front glass, on the wall someone reaches first, is a panel that gets destroyed before the entry delay expires. We place it out of immediate reach and rely on the keypad and app for daily use.
The part self-install kits skip.
Standalone smoke detectors — including the ones in most self-install kits — make noise in an empty house. Ours report to a central station. If a fire starts while you are at work or asleep, an operator dispatches the fire department whether or not anyone hears anything.
Questions homeowners ask about this.
Will motion sensors go off because of my dog?
Not if the system is designed for it. Pet-immune sensors and careful placement handle most households, and we ask about pets before we place anything.
The size and habits of the animal matter — a cat that climbs to shelf height is a harder problem than a large dog that stays on the floor. Tell us honestly and we will design around it.
What happens during a power outage?
The panel runs on a backup battery and continues to report over cellular. Outages are exactly when a system needs to keep working, and it is designed for it.
Can I arm the system while I am home?
Yes — a stay mode arms the perimeter while leaving interior motion off, so you can move around the house at night with the doors and windows protected.
Do I need a landline?
No, and you should not use one. Systems we install report over cellular and IP. A single copper line to the street was the weak point in every system installed before roughly 2010.
Can you add to the system later?
Yes. Adding sensors, cameras, or smart home devices later is straightforward, which is part of why we size the panel with some headroom rather than exactly to the initial device count.
Get a home quote
We walk the house, look at how you actually live in it, and give you a straight price.
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We call within one business day
To find a time that works around your operations, not ours.
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A technician walks the property with you
Bring whatever documentation you have, or none at all. We document what is installed, what is missing, and what is coming due.
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You receive a written plan and price
One plan for the whole property, phased across budget years if that is what the building needs.
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Nothing else happens unless you say so
We do not chase. If the timing is wrong, tell us when to check back.