Owning your own home

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mustardbeak in reply to @chrisbmx116

Alarm system - Bit nervous about having a house thats so accessible from the street and has old single glazed sash windows you could prob blow open - suggestions? I'm kinda lost. Looked at the Yale options and they look ok? Would need something pet friendly. Would love it to be voice controlled.

I got a quote for a wireless, wifi enabled, app controlled system earlier this year with sensors on doors and windows to get rid of PIR's due to my cat, which was £695 +VAT including installation (1 bed flat so more for a house, but the sensors themselves are the cheap bit).

I ended up just replacing a couple PIR's as the company that quoted were honest enough to say that my current set up was a good spec and it wasn't worth the cost to replace given it was only 4 years old.

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chrisbmx116 in reply to @mustardbeak

Cheers for the reply and info... I'm swinging towards the Yale wireless system now, its DIY instal and the older non Alexa model can be had for £210... its a few window bits and bobs and sensors.. need to read up if its pet friendly... also cute drawn to just using a Canary cam or whatever they are, kind of opposite solutions.

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Dramatic_Hammer in reply to @chrisbmx116

I have a couple of canarys - they're handy for pet watching but I doubt they'll deter a break in.

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