Security for the house you actually live in.
Brownstones with landmarked frames, co-ops with boards, condos with a super who needs a certificate of insurance. We've installed in all of them, and we know what each one will and won't allow.
We look at your place the way someone trying to get in would.
Outside in. Here is what we check at every home, and roughly what each part costs installed.
Stoop and front door
A video intercom so you can see and buzz someone in from anywhere. A smart lock with codes for the cleaner and the dog walker that expire when you say. A doorbell camera that records the person who took the package.
From $1,400 installed
Parlor-floor windows
Contact sensors on every sash that opens, glass-break sensors for the big panes. Surface-mounted and paintable, so nothing is drilled into a landmarked frame.
From $650 for a floor
Rear yard and garden level
This is how most break-ins in the city actually happen. One camera on the rear facade covers the yard and the garden-level door, sees in the dark, and doesn't light up the neighbours. A sensor on the garden gate.
From $900 installed
Inside
Motion sensors that ignore the cat. A keypad by the door you use most. Smoke and carbon monoxide on the same panel, so one app tells you everything.
From $1,100 installed
Your phone
One app. Arm, disarm, watch, unlock, set the lights. It works with Apple Home, Google Home or Alexa if you already use one, and it works without them if you don't.
Included
Co-op or condo? We do the paperwork.
The alteration request, the certificate of insurance, the meeting with the super. We've done a couple of hundred of them, and most come back approved in under two weeks because they were right the first time.
Request a site assessmentWhat a home usually costs
Installed, including parts and labour. The written quote after the assessment is the price you pay.
| Job | From | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Video doorbell and smart lock | $1,400 | $1,400 to 2,600 |
| Alarm with sensors, two floors | $2,200 | $2,200 to 4,800 |
| Four cameras with a recorder | $2,800 | $2,800 to 6,500 |
| Whole house, cameras, alarm, locks, intercom | $7,500 | $7,500 to 16,000 |
A recent home
Co-op apartment, Upper West Side, Manhattan
- Video intercom tied into the building's entry
- Smart lock on the apartment door
- Four cameras, alarm with nine sensors
- Board alteration approved in nine days
The board approval came back in nine days because the paperwork was already right. That has never happened in this building.
Request a site assessment
We walk the property with you, outside in, and send a written quote within two business days. About an hour, and free.
Rather talk? (718) 555-0199