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When we moved to E17 and had our own front door we felt somewhat paranoid after living 3 stories up for so long.
We went a bit nuts, have Nest inc alarm (imported) and Yale for the big yellow box (and smart alarm).
Ouyr Nest is our every day alarm which runs through HomeKit and auto alarms and the Yale is our "we are away for a couple days" deadbolt like alarm.
Oh neighbours were broken into last year so feel the overkill is maybe valid.
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Given your 'not overlooked' situation that makes sense. Rensburg is so quiet though, maybe I do need to be worrying too?!
I've always gone big on physical security - the front of our place is pretty secure as when we moved into a ground floor flat facing the street in Hackney security obviously crossed our minds - partly because I think traditional alarms are pointless. Our neighbours kept going off recently and I suspect I was the only person who actually took any interest, people just ignore them.
At least with smart ones the person with an interest in checking can, even if they're not there.
Fox
This question isn't aimed at anyone in particular but why is everyone splashing all this cash on smart home security setups? Are you all living in super high crime areas or something?
I've never felt the need in Clapton, and now we've sold our flat I can say that it's gentrification has been somewhat overstated. But the odd crack head ringing our doorbell and asking for money and the mardy druggie house just down the road don't worry me enough to order a Simplisafe or whatever...