There are many more things to consider when you own your own detatched home then when you live in a Condo or appartment, which we did for 4 years. We have never had to worry about security before, but on moving day we got quiet a wake up call.
Within two hours of moving in, we had a large man trying to sell us ADT security. The first looked more like the type that would rob you rather then protect you, and he had nothing but bad things to say about his ADT... yeah thanks, but we think we will skip ADT after that. The next guy was from reliant. He just walked right into my garage, handed me a flyer, and then started telling me how easy it would be to break my windows... Ummm... "where is phone, I might need to call for help" I was thinking...
We did a search on the Internet, and found Alarm Force. Calling and setting up an appointment was easy. Problem was when the day for set up came, the tech called in sick. It was Christmas eve, so I understand, but not impressed. It took another two weeks to get another tech to come out and setup the system. He was very nice, didn't push us into buying stuff we didn't need, and showed us how everything works + we didn't have to pay for any of the equipment, just the $35 per month for monitoring.
It has been 3 months, and the equipment still works as well as the day we got it, and everything is running smoothly... except another guy from Reliant came to my house... again this new guy just walked into my garage and even though he could tell we had an alarm system installed, he tried to make a quick sales pitch...I had my finger on the new emergency button and was ready to push. I will stick with Alarm Force thank you very much!
- Approximate cost of services:
- $35.00