Centerfire
Plinker
Since Avon charges you, the important thing is that whatever monitoring company you go with calls you in the event of an alarm, before they contact your local LEO dispatch. This helps reduce false alarms.
If you are handy around the house, and you are capable of using a drill, you should be able to purchase a good system like this, with all the wireless add-on's that you need for your doors, windows, smoke detectors, motion detectors, ect., and install it yourself. Kits containing 3 door/window contacts, siren, keypad, motion detector, and a remote control are $250-ish. You can purchase additional add-on's like smoke detectors for additional $.
You would need to be capable of installing a phone line and power from the keypad to a wall outlet, and the rest of the devices are all wireless that you just attach with screws or double sided tape.
You can hire a monitoring company for as little as $8 per month.
Some companies will do a free install for a basic system, but you would need to sign a 3-5 year contract. If you choose to cancel the service after its install, you would have to "purchase / buy out" the contract in an amount equal to the cost of the rest of the time left on the contract to get out from under it.
If you are handy around the house, and you are capable of using a drill, you should be able to purchase a good system like this, with all the wireless add-on's that you need for your doors, windows, smoke detectors, motion detectors, ect., and install it yourself. Kits containing 3 door/window contacts, siren, keypad, motion detector, and a remote control are $250-ish. You can purchase additional add-on's like smoke detectors for additional $.
You would need to be capable of installing a phone line and power from the keypad to a wall outlet, and the rest of the devices are all wireless that you just attach with screws or double sided tape.
You can hire a monitoring company for as little as $8 per month.
Some companies will do a free install for a basic system, but you would need to sign a 3-5 year contract. If you choose to cancel the service after its install, you would have to "purchase / buy out" the contract in an amount equal to the cost of the rest of the time left on the contract to get out from under it.
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