How to Make Your Home More Secure
With the holiday season quickly approaching, there is a decent chance that your mind is primarily focused on how you plan to decorate your home for the festive weeks that lie ahead. We agree that holiday decorating is much more jolly than most tasks around your home this time of year; however, we can’t stress enough the importance of keeping your place ultimately safe and secure. Not to mention thwarting off the thoughtless porch pirates attempting to swipe packages right in front of your doorstep. This holiday season (and for the remainder of the year), it’s time to take your home’s safety seriously and consider investing in a reliable home security system to give you the ultimate peace of mind. If you’re looking where to start for some security ideas for your modern home, we’ve put together a guide on how to secure your home with some of the latest and greatest home security solutions.
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How to Secure Your Home
When it comes to your home’s safety, there can never be a compromise. With a top-notch home security system, you’ll get exceptional functionality and complete transparency of your home 24/7. According to a study in 2019, almost one in four U.S. adults (24%) say they've had a package stolen during the holiday season. Sometimes petty theft is unavoidable, but that doesn’t mean you should personally have to keep an extra close eye around your home. Today’s home security systems have come a long way in recent years and now include the functionality to integrate with smart home technology such as automated lighting systems, video surveillance, intelligent door locks, and other smart devices to seamlessly work together to enhance your home’s security. And the best part, it doesn’t matter where you currently are ― you’ll be able to view the cameras around your home directly from an app on your smartphone and have total awareness of your property.
Smart Locks
Adding a smart lock to your home adds an even deeper layer of security. We’ve all been guilty of leaving a spare key under the doormat or a flowerpot on the front porch, but those days are long gone ― and for good reason! With smart locks, you’ll instantly eliminate the need to make copies of physical keys, which in turn creates fewer entry methods to your home. Plus, most smart locks allow you to enter your home, or a specific room, without a key by entering a code on a keypad. To top it off, when a smart lock is integrated with a home security system, you’ll have the ability to lock the doors from anywhere via an app, so you know exactly who is coming in and out.
Optimize Your Lighting
Incorporating an intelligent lighting control system with your home security provides several extremely helpful benefits and will make an instant impact. Lighting systems give you the ultimate control to turn lights on and off throughout the day and night to give off the appearance that someone is home and can also automatically turn on your outdoor security lights when someone/something is close by. Adding additional lighting around your home is one of many fantastic home security tips, so here are just a few ways in which optimizing a smart lighting system can greatly help your home feel more secure.
Seamless and Simple Controls
When it comes to controlling your home security lights, both physical smart home remote control lights and smartphone apps make it simple for you to know which lights are operating in your home. Adding even more convenience, you can pre-schedule and time when you want your automated lights to turn on or off, right from the palm of your hand, so you’ll never have to second guess.
Motion Sensors
Some light systems also feature motion sensor technology where you can set the lights to automatically turn on when someone enters a room, walks in front of your home, and turns the lights off when no motion is detected in a specific area.
Video Surveillance
Working hand-in-hand with the rest of your home security tech, adding video surveillance around your home will instantly alert you of unsuspected situations. Movement from an unknown person walking to your door (or on your property) can trigger automatic actions to happen like locking your doors or sending you an SMS message to ensure you are safe. Most video security systems also have a universal app, making it so that you have access and can view your cameras and recordings from virtually anywhere with the ultimate convenience.
Secure Your Home Network
When it comes to your home security system, your smart home defense features will only be as good as their home internet network. In short, having a strong home internet network keeps your home’s day-to-day running smoothly and provides the ultimate efficiency for all of your home network security tech. An efficient home network should both be fast and reliable to provide you and your home with the highest quality of security possible.
Find a Certified Home Security Installer Near You
Working hard behind the scenes so that you don’t have to, home security provides countless benefits and strives to keep you and your home secure at all times. Whether you’re just looking to add a couple of outdoor home security cameras or possibly install motion sensors to your already existing setup, AV Design Consultants is the #1 trusted home security system installation service in the Springdale, AR area. Give us a call today at 479-365-2201 or visit us in person to learn more about our products and services.
No matter the distance, there’s always a trusted home security expert near you when you search for a CEDIA-certified technology integrator. The Custom Electronics Design and Installation (CEDIA) group is the official certifying organization for residential automation and home security integrators.
Our Home Security Experts-Meet the Author
Meet Mitchell Chappie – Lead Security Specialist
- 29 Years of Home Security Experience
- Certified Level 1 & Level 2 in Fire & Electronics
- Factory Trained in Honeywell, 2GIG, Qolsys, Alarm.com, FireLite, and Keri Systems
Mitch has been with AV Design for 10 years. He boasts an impressive 29 years of experience in the home security industry and prides himself on being a jack-of-all-trades ― other than his masterful understanding of security, fire, CCTV, and access control. He is Level 1 & Level 2 Fire and Electronics certified, and has received factory training from Honeywell, 2GIG, Qolsys, Alarm.com, FireLite, and Keri Systems. Mitch prides himself in being a family man and very involved in his community.
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