Did you know there are MANY highly functioning, fairly inexpensive and simple devices that you can acquire to remotely monitor and manage your home away from home? All this, from the convenience of your computer or smartphone, pretty much where-ever you may be on the planet!
Devices offered by Ring, Nest, Roku, Geeni and Yale, among many other brands, provide basic to more sophisticated technology that allows you to:
- Receive real-time alerts when motion is detected at your home
- View real-time video feeds of what is happening at your home
- Review historical footage / recordings which captured activity at your home, which you could send to law enforcement if there was an incident
- Remotely unlock and lock your doors (to allow someone entrance)
- Remotely turn on / off power to specific devices (a dehumidifier, lights to give the impression someone is home, heat wires to prevent ice dams, battery tenders, etc.) either by a predefined schedule or on an ad hoc basis
- Remotely manage the temperature / thermostat in your home
Too often people are unaware of these things (WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY!) or think these types of services are only available from expensive professional security companies and/or one must hire someone to enter the home on a periodic basis to perform these basic activities.
Bottom-line: Know that these simple, yet highly-functioning devices are available at very reasonable prices at your local Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart, and of course online. Best yet, they only take a few minutes to set up.
If you’re not familiar with the above and/or would like assistance on acquiring and setting these sorts of things up, give us a call. We’d be happy to help you increase your peace of mind and convenience with regards to managing and monitoring your home away from home.
Finally, if you’d like another level of peace of mind, consider signing up for our winter watch services. You can learn more at: www.RaymondCapeWinterWatch.com.
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