Smart Home Features

Home Values Related to Smart Home Features

More homebuyers are looking to purchase a home with Smart Home features. Where smart home features were once considered a fringe benefit, more buyers are demanding them, and agents are taking notice.

A recent survey by Coldwell Banker Real Estate showed that nearly two-thirds of its agents have found that homebuyers are more interested in homes with smart features and technology than they were just two to five years ago. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Annapolis, Maryland, believes this trend will continue gaining popularity and will eventually become the new norm.

They equate it to stainless-steel appliances and granite countertops. Ten years ago it was great if you had them but it wasn’t expected. But now you have to have them — it’s expected. And if homeowners don’t have those features, they’re installing them to sell their homes at a better price.

Industry Insiders many homebuyers will consider smart home features standard within the next three to seven years.

But for many homeowners, it’s one thing to say buyers want “smart features” and another to figure out which ones are really worth it. With that in mind, let’s took a look at what was hot at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show, then cross-reference specific smart home products with findings about what homebuyers prefer and came up with a list of the trendiest items.

These features can basically be broken down into three different categories. They’re either for practical and functional use, for lifestyle and entertainment, or for safety and security.

Homeowners should enlist at least three smart home technologies. Ideally they should perform a diverse series of functions before they can reasonably market their properties as “smart homes.”

Popular Smart Home Functions

Here are ten of the most popular smart home features according to CBS All Access

• Smart Thermostat
• Remote Lighting Capabilities
• Whole House Sound Systems
• Smart Refrigerators
• Wireless Whole House Alarms
• Personal Health Alert Monitors (Worn around your neck)
• Video Doorbell
• Wireless Cameras (Indoor & Outdoor)
• Remotely Controlled Door Locks Garage Door Openers
• Garage Door Openers

Rendin Alarm Services

If you’re interested in Smart Home Technology, Doorbell Cameras or any form of security systems for your home or office,  contact Rendin Alarm today! As we emerge from the pandemic, you can feel safe about going out, Fell safe about your home while you are out! Let’s stop package thieves together! Rendin Alarm – ALWAYS keeping you, Your Family and your Businesses safe!

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Vacation Security

Want Vacation Security? Relax. Rendin Alarm has got you covered!

What is Vacation Security? The feeling when you know that your home and valuables are protected while you are away on vacation. With Smart Home and Remote Monitoring capabilities, Rendin Alarm of Morton, PA will provide you with that security. In addition, we have compiled a list of items, which you can enlist to discourage burglars from entering your spaces. Read on:

1. Don’t give out keys with your address on them: A set of keys with an address gives burglars everything they need to get into your home.
2. Tell the police you’re going out of town: The police won’t offer private security monitoring services, but they may keep an extra eye on your house if they know you’re out of town.
3. But don’t tell social media: Avoid announcing your upcoming vacation and don’t share travel photos while you’re out.
4. Use outdoor lighting: Good exterior lighting at your doors and windows can illuminate burglars and encourage them to move on.
5. Ask neighbors for help: Ask a neighbor to check in on your home while you’re traveling. They can turn lights on and off, check your mail, open or close blinds, turn on your TV and even park in your driveway so it looks like someone is home.
6. Keep pets at home and use a pet sitter: Rather than leaving your home empty, keep your pets at home, especially dogs, where they’ll bark and cause trouble for burglars.
7. Keep up with your lawn: Mow just before you go or hire a lawn service to take care of your grass while you’re gone. Tall grass is a sure sign that no one is home to take care of it.
8. Get a cab to the airport: If you can, leave your vehicles in the driveway so it appears that you’re still at home.
9. Turn lights on and off: Use a light switch timer or home automation to have lights turn on and off automatically on a schedule.
10. Put your mail and paper on pause: Burglars look for mail and newspapers piled up to tell them the family isn’t home.
11. Never leave a spare key outside: If a burglar thinks you’re on vacation, they’ll probably look for your spare key first so they can get in without having to break anything and attract attention.
12. Keep your doors and windows locked: When the weather heats up, many home owners open windows. That may be fine when you’re home, but it’s important that you still remember to close them when you go to bed or leave your home.
13. Keep your valuables hidden: If a burglar is able to gain access to your home, they’ll quickly look for easy to pocket valuables. Hide jewelry, firearms, and other valuables in inconspicuous spots.
14. Invest in home security: A home security system can stop a burglar in his or her tracks, protecting your home and family. It can encourage them to find an easier target elsewhere, scare them off with an audible alarm, and call the authorities for help right away.
15. Invest in home automation features: Even if you don’t have a home security system, home automation can keep your house safer. You can control lights, TVs, radios, and more to make it look like you’re home. You may even be able to control your thermostat, view live videos, get alerts, and answer your doorbell with a video chat.

Rendin Alarm Services

If you’re interested in SmartHome Technology, Doorbell Cameras or any form of security systems for your home or office, contact Rendin Alarm today! As we emerge from the pandemic, you can feel safe about going out, Fell safe about your home while you are out! Let’s stop package thieves together! Rendin Alarm – ALWAYS keeping you, Your Family and your Businesses safe!

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Homeowners Insurance Discount

5 Ways A Security System Can Earn a t Homeowners Insurance Discount

You can earn a Homeowners Insurance Discount with Rendin Alarm’s help. Even when homeowners think they live in a safe neighborhood, they could be at risk for a burglary. If they find their possessions missing or damaged after a burglary, homeowners could file a claim with their insurance company. However, after experiencing a home theft several times, homeowners could see their insurance premiums rise.

By installing a home security system with burglar alarms, homeowners can deter thieves from breaking into their homes. 90 percent of convicted burglars said they would avoid homes with alarm systems.

With the frequency of home theft, homeowners should consider whether a security system is worth it, not only to protect their belongings, but also save on insurance.

Here are five ways to reduce insurance costs with a security system:

1. Boost home safety
Insurers may provide a discount on insurance premiums if homeowners have a security system, which can help increase home safety. The decrease in incidents that could result in damaged properties could show insurance companies that homeowners are less of a risk and could qualify them for discounts.

2. Save up to 20 percent on insurance premiums
Homeowners could see their insurance premiums drop up to about 15 to 20 percent if they install a comprehensive home security system, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Not only can they reduce their insurance costs, they can also save money on buying these security systems if they ask about discounts.

3. Lower risk of cost hikes
To avoid higher insurance costs, homeowners should make sure that they carefully read their policies. Home insurance companies may decide to  Home insurance in case a burglary occurs, according to The Simple Dollar.

4. Reduce theft claim quota
Security systems can also help save neighbors money by limiting the total theft claim quota. The Simple Dollar recommended homeowners ensure their neighborhood has not reached their theft claim quota, or the number of thefts within a certain area.

5. Install system with other safety features
Additionally, homeowners can also look for other safety features to lower their insurance premiums. These include smoke alarms and deadbolts, according to III. The combination of a security system and other ways to protect their home could save them the stress of worrying about safety and money.

Rendin Alarm Services

If you’re interested in SmartHome Technology, Doorbell Cameras or any form of security systems for your home or office, contact Rendin Alarm today! As we emerge from the pandemic, you can feel safe about going out, Fell safe about your home while you are out! Let’s stop package thieves together! Rendin Alarm – ALWAYS keeping you, Your Family and your Businesses safe!

Please call us at (610) 544-5755 for details! To learn more, visit our Services Page.  Please Follow us on FaceBook.

Stop Package Thieves

You can help stop package thieves with Rendin Alarm’s Help!

During this pandemic, people are ordering goods online more than ever. This creates opportunities for more doorstep package thefts. Rendin Alarm wants to share a few ways you can help stop package thieves by using our services.

Step#1: Verify Your Delivery

You’ll know your package is here when the delivery driver rings your doorbell camera, triggering an alert on your smartphone. Open your Alarm.com app for a live video view of the driver, then tap the microphone button to say hello.

Step #2: Direct Your Delivery

Once you’ve spoken to the driver to verify them, ask them to leave the package inside and close the door afterwards. Now, unlock the door from the same screen in used with your doorbell camera app. This action can disarm your security system too.

Step #3: Secure Your Door

Once the delivery driver closes your door with your package safely inside, use your SmartPhone app to lock up again. As a final touch, re-arm your security system to ensure that your home is protected for the rest of the day.

Smart Home Technology

There’s a lot more to smart home technology than stopping package thieves. Find out what Rendin Alarm in Morton, PA can do to help your secure and automate your home.

If you’re interested in SmartHome Technology, Doorbell Cameras or any form of security systems for your home or office, contact Rendin Alarm today! As we emerge from the pandemic, you can feel safe about going out, Fell safe about your home while you are out! Let’s stop package thieves together! Rendin Alarm – ALWAYS keeping you, Your Family and your Businesses safe!

Please call us at (610) 544-5755 for details! To learn more, visit our Services Page.  Please Follow us on FaceBook.

Smarter Video Alerts

Smarter Video Alerts are possible with Rendin Alarm’s service. Smart video monitoring is a modern security essential. With video alerts, live camera feeds and 24-hour recording options, video makes it easy to stay in the know about important activity at your home or business.With our newly launched video analytics service, it can be even more valuable.

Video analytics is a highly intelligent security feature that monitors your property’s video streams to distinguish important events from routine activity. It uses this real-time insight to filter and categorize your video alerts, giving your video monitoring a new level of control, customization and value.

Video analytics uses cutting-edge artificial intelligence, developed by our computer vision research team for home and business security. It can tell whether a moving object in your driveway is a person, an animal or a vehicle. It can ignore a person who quickly visits your front door and then leaves (the mailman), but alert you if a visitor lingers too long in the same place. It makes these distinctions in real time before alerting you—or not—according to your preferences.

Video analytics also lets you create virtual “zones” and multi-directional “tripwires” for your cameras, enabling it to further categorize activity based on the layout of your home or business and the areas you need to protect. You can know when:

Vehicles come and go: Know when a vehicle stops outside your home, but not every time a vehicle drives past.

Visitors linger: Get a video alert if someone lingers by your front door, but not when the mail is delivered. Additional Features are:

• Pet protection: Know which neighbor’s dog has been visiting your lawn. Know immediately if your own pet bends the rules and naps on the couch when you’re at work.
• Automated deterrence: Set your lights and other home automation scenes to turn on when a person enters your backyard, but not when an animal enters.
• Vendor validation: Business managers can confirm that a delivery truck pulled into the loading dock, but won’t be notified each time a customer exits the building.

Video analytics is the latest in a line of proactive, intelligent safeguards developed to keep your home or business safer, including Crash and Smash protection,  Unexpected Activity Alerts and Geo-Services triggers.

If you’re interested in activating video analytics, contact Rendin Alarm today! Please call us at (610) 544-5755 for details! To learn more, visit our Services Page.  Please Follow us on FaceBook.

It’s Time to Rethink Security

The Pandemic Dictates that It’s Time to Rethink Security.

Changing times dictate that it’s time to rethink security. When we used to think of security we thought about keeping burglars out. Now there is so much to think about. We are wading through the uncharted waters of a pandemic. Our health security is at risk. At Rendin Alarm of Morton, PA, we are pivoting and adapting to those needs.

Limiting Access

Card reader access can help you limit how many employees or visitors can occupy a confined space. Entrance cameras can alert you when people approach your business and allow you to “buzz them in”. In-house video can allow you to monitor your employees actions, ensuring best practices are in place.

Lawful occupancies may be reduced in an effort to enlist social distancing in the future. Smart monitoring systems can give you the ability to monitor your commercial space remotely. Are my employees wearing gloves and face masks? Is everyone at a safe distance? Are folks using hand sanitizer? Furthermore, is the HVAC system running at optimum environment? We have to consider things that never occurred to us before!

Your Safety is critical to us!

At Rendin Alarm, your safety has always been our top priority and it always will be. Call us today and we will discuss your concerns. Let us offer solutions to your problems and assess your needs. And when it is time to put the safeguards in place, we will enlist best safety practices. Our installers will be fever-free, have hand sanitizers and will be wearing masks while on your property.

Rendin Alarm is part of this amazing Community. We are so proud of all our neighbors, who are flattening the curve and sheltering at home. So let’s emerge safer, stronger and wiser and ensure a safe and healthy environment moving forward!

Three Months FREE Monitoring!

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Alarm Systems

How Can Alarm Systems Help During a Pandemic?

Suddenly thinking about Alarm Systems? We have gotten a lot of calls from customers who are afraid of looting and rioting during this Covid-19 Breakout. To that end, we at Rendin Alarm Company in Morton Pa say “Don’t Panic”! We are so proud of our Community and Country! Folks are sheltering in place and adhering to best practices when out and about!

We don’t have any specific numbers, but you have to think home burglaries are probably down. Everyone is at home! And now that nobody is on the street, someone running down the street with a stolen flat screen would stick out like a sore thumb!

All things considered, though, it DOES make you want to assess your home’s security, regardless of this pandemic. A security system for your home or office is your best defense against intruders. Furthermore, smart home technology is the best way to monitor your home and its systems.

Pandemic Solutions

How can smart home technology help during a Pandemic? Here a a few ways:

• Communicating with delivery drivers through a camera doorbell such as “Ring”.
• Unlocking doors and opening garage doors remotely to minimize surface contact after being out.
• Monitoring contractors through CCTV should you need to have emergency work done and choose to be outside to avoid contact.
• Know if someone is approaching your property so you can communicate at a safe distance.

These examples are all good habits, which we can enlist when the “Stay at Home” restrictions are lifted. You can bet people will think differently about how they interact with others.

We here at Rendin Alarm are here for you if you need us. Our Technicians are all enlisting best practices when visiting your home or office should that need arise. And we hope you all are safe and healthy. Please don’t hesitate to call us if your Family or Employees’ safety is at risk!

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Smart Home Security

Smart Home Security Begins with Rendin Alarm Company

Smart Home Security is becoming easier to obtain with the help of Rendin Alarm Company in Morton, PA. Enjoy peace of mind knowing that you can view your property, assets and Family anytime from anywhere your Smart Phone can get a signal!

Planning a vacation? No worries, get notified when someone approaches your property and/or enters it. Furthermore, you can run all of your home’s door locks, lighting, garage door, HVAC systems and cameras should you choose those options.

System features and Options

Lighting Control – Manage lights with automatic schedules and turn all lights on during a security breech.
Window Sensors – Be notified if a window is opened or left open.
Water Sensors – Be notified if a leak is detected.
Video CamerasKeep an eye on what matters to you.
Temperature Sensors – Adjust your homes HVAC systems remotely.
Motion Sensors – Be alerted when there is movement in or around your home.
Smoke & CO Detectors – Be notified in the case of smoke, fire or carbon monoxide. Protect your pets from CO poisoning.

These are just a few ways your home can be accessed with help from Rendin Alarm. Call us today for how a Smart Home Security System could be fitted to your home!

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Security for Wireless Alarm Systems

Today’s technology gives us so many options for home security outside of the old lock and key. Nowadays, we set up a completely wireless home security system with alarms, surveillance and the ability to alert authorities in the event of an intrusion. Despite that wireless security systems are so beneficial for home security, one has to wonder: since it’s wireless, is my technology at risk of being invaded? The short answer is yes. However, in order to keep your home safe and secure using all the benefits of wireless security systems, there are steps you can take to prevent being hacked.

What is a wireless home security system?

A wireless home security system is a method of home monitoring that doesn’t require wired installation. It consists of a fully wireless system that employs sensors throughout your home that communicate wirelessly. The main hub of its control exists within a central control panel that transmits with the outside world.

There is a multitude of benefits to adopting a wireless security system for your home. There is the convenience and 24/7 home monitoring with remote access to your data. Furthermore installation is easier to implement and doesn’t require damaging your home for wire placement. This allows you to take your security system with you should you move, where traditionally, it’d be a huge pain to uninstall and re-install a wireless system.

Are wireless security systems safe?

While both wireless and wired security systems offer their own unique benefits, they also provide a remedy where the other one lacks. Ultimately, it boils down to what your unique home security needs are. One potential con with wireless security systems is that because they operate on a wireless connection consisting of radio waves, can be susceptible to being hacked.

How to prevent your wireless security system from being hacked

• Have a Safe, Effective Password: Just like you’d guard anything online with a password, you should also protect your Wi-Fi network. Take it a step further by making sure all of your home security system codes differ from one another and are impossible to guess. Trust your passwords and codes only with those you trust most, and change them regularly. If you’re going to keep records, make sure they’re where not just anyone can attain them.
• Have an Effective Encryption: Encryption, in regards to wireless networks, is a cybersecurity measure using coding signals that only certain authorized devices can read. Your WiFi router and all the devices on your network should have encryption enabled to protect your data.
• Take Safety Measures for All Your Devices: Wireless security systems feature a network of different sensors on doors and window. More comprehensive security systems will include video surveillance cameras and automation locks. Because all wireless home security technology operates the same way, make sure these precautions are taken for those devices as well.

Basics of Home Security

While it’s true that wireless home security systems can help protect your home, the traditional methods of home security will always withstand the test of time. Be mindful of closing and locking your windows and doors and take precaution regarding who has access to your home. Don’t announce on social media or to large groups of people when you’re leaving town and when you do, make sure you secure and conceal all your valuables. Form relationships with your neighbors so you can rely on each other to take action if one of you spots something suspicious. At the end of the day, wireless home security systems are ultra-safe, effective and convenient. Just like with everything, a little extra care and precaution can help protect you from any negative scenarios.
Source: The safety Team

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Remote Security Systems

Protect what matters most, from anywhere, with Remote Security Systems

People have professionally installed and monitored remote security systems for a reason. They help protect your family and home through quick response of emergency personnel in the event of a real break-in or fire. But having a security system and managing it are two different things. Our Remote Access gives you mobile control and management of your security system and smart home devices.

Now when you get that frantic call from your teen daughter that she accidentally triggered the system, you can disarm it from wherever you are. Or, if your son locks himself out again, you can unlock the door remotely. Check in on your pets or elderly family members with live look-in video. Receive alerts when events happen, such as extreme temperate changes, water leaks, motion detection or doors opening.

Our smart ecosystem is continually growing, allowing you to connect your home security system with other connected brands you love – and control them from within Total Connect.

It all begins when you add Remote Security Systems Services to your security system. Contact Us and we will help you with your system.

Remote Security Systems help you:

• Remotely control your smart home, including:
  • Arm or disarm your security system
  • Unlock or lock doors
  • Turn lights off or on
  • Adjust thermostat temperature
  • Open or close garage door
• See activity at the front door with smart video doorbell
• View live video and recorded clips from Total Connect cameras
• Location based arming reminders
• Connect with smart home brands like Amazon Alexa
• Keep your information secure with fingerprint login or face ID recognition
• Create and control automated scenes for convenience and energy savings
• Receive push notifications, email and video alerts on event activity

Contact Us to learn more and enable professional monitoring.

Three Months FREE Monitoring

Right now, Rendin Alarm Company if offering Three Months FREE Monitoring when you purchase and have us install a qualifying alarm system. Please call us at (610) 544-5755 for details! To learn more, visit our Services Page.  Please Follow us on FaceBook.