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Home Monitoring Systems—Good or Bad Christmas Gift?

Home monitoring systems are often touted as being one of the best investments a homeowner can make. Think about it: the devices let you keep track of your home and family while you are away, and with the latest technology integrated in the systems you now have the option of keeping tabs on your home and your children (when you leave them alone or with a babysitter) via your cellphone. Advances in technology allow you view what’s going on at home when you’re gone by providing live streaming video 24/7. Can you imagine… leaving your teens home for a night … Continue reading →

Home Intercoms: A Different Conversation

Communication via intercom seems an almost surreal experience as disembodied voices communicate over different rooms of a house or office. Apart from the obvious security ramifications arising from being able to see or hear what is going on in other areas of your home, the convenience an intercom offers cannot be denied. I live in a three-story house with two offices, one in the basement and one on the top floor. Before we installed an intercom in our home, I had to walk down two flights of stairs to inform my significant other that he had a call and then … Continue reading →

Home Invasion – Make Sure Your Door is Secure

I was unloading groceries yesterday when one of my neighbors, walking a pair of dogs, approached me. “Did you see the police cars yesterday?” “Police cars?” “Yea, here on our street.” “Noooo. What happened?” Two men in a hatchback vehicle backed into the driveway of a house on our street around midday. One approached the front door while the other man went around the side of the house and into the back yard. While the at-home mom who lives there was approaching the front door the man at the back of the house was attempting to open the back door. … Continue reading →