If you own a vacation home, you know that even your "happy place" may come with a worry or two.
After all, you've worked hard for your piece of paradise. Whether it's a quiet cabin on the lake, a cottage on the beach, or a condo in a mountain town, securing your vacation home is necessary—especially when you're not there.
If you’re looking for an affordable way to stay connected to and protect your vacation home all year round, equip your home-away-from-home with our smart vacation home security technology.
Here's why you should book a consultation with an Alarm.com service provider in your area to begin securing your vacation home before you pack up to head home, or next time you visit.
1. Around-the-clock protection
It's essential to have a second pair of eyes on your second home. You might currently pay a local resident to do regular check-ins or hire a management company. These partners offer some peace of mind, but they can only react to problems after the fact. By the time they discover a break-in or a burst pipe, the damage will be long done.
By contrast, smart vacation home security can give you round-the-clock protection with proactive safeguards. A network of discreet sensors throughout the property can detect activity, enabling Alarm.com to alert you to potential trouble so that you can act before any damage stacks up.
Additionally, all Alarm.com-powered systems come with 24/7 professional security monitoring. If an intruder breaks in, your system can quickly alert a monitoring station, where a security professional can assess the situation and dispatch local law enforcement.
2. Visibility from anywhere
Knowing that your vacation home is protected is great—but sometimes there's no substitute for checking in yourself. Alarm.com makes this easy with its intuitive smart home security app.
A quick glance at your app can show you that your vacation home's doors and windows are secure, that the heating is working, and the security system is still armed. If the security system isn't armed and it should be, you can easily arm it from your phone.
If your system includes security cameras or a video doorbell, you can take check-ins even further. Vacation home security cameras let you open a live video stream from your property to check what's happening—or to enjoy the view from the front porch. You can even save previously recorded video clips – maybe you’d like to save clips of visitors at the front door to know who came to the house that day.
If you are making off-season repairs and renovations, keep an eye on the progress from afar with your security cameras. With a video doorbell paired with a smart lock, you can give contractors access to your vacation home, and check in on activity whenever it’s convenient for you.
3. Personalized user codes
The convenience of smart locks makes smart home security a must-have. An Alarm.com-powered smart lock lets you get rid of your property's keys and assign four-digit user codes instead. When your guests arrive (or your property manager, or cleaner), their access code will let them in
User codes are easy to assign, and to delete. You can create codes that expire at a certain time on a certain day, or you can simply delete codes manually. Trusted visitors can have their own permanent codes. And with access alerts, you can know who's coming and going.
4. Video analytics alerts
To avoid unnecessary and unwanted alerts from your security system while you’re away from your property, use Video Analytics. Alarm.com video cameras with Video Analytics provide you with filtered, custom video alerts so that you can focus on the activity that really matters.
Alarm.com outdoor security cameras are smart enough to tell the difference between people, animals, and vehicles, making sure that you are not needlessly receiving notifications that are not relevant to you.
Leverage video analytics to get cute animal clips on your lawn or set your system to not send notifications for animals if you do not want to be disturbed. You can also create rules to stop notifications when there are trusted devices near your property, so you won’t be swamped with clips and notifications of friends or family members’ activities. Get notified—or not!
5. Perimeter GuardTM for proactive defense
If you want to enjoy peace of mind knowing that your security system is proactively deterring intruders when you’re not there, Alarm.com’s Perimeter Guard feature is a must-have.
Perimeter Guard deters potential intruders with loud whistles, beeps, and a flashing red LED, ensuring that any person with malicious intent knows they’re on camera. Leverage Perimeter Guard to prevent break-ins and stay aware of suspicious activity when you can’t be present at your vacation home.
Worried about animals in the garden? Perimeter Guard can even deter animals from getting into mischief with its attention-grabbing audio and a blinking LED light.
Trust Alarm.com when you can’t be there, but you can relax, get back there soon knowing everything is safe.
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