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Grandpa got a quote to have alarm system installed in house & shed. Reasonable?
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:01 pm
I thought it seemed a bit high to me, but I'm not familiar with having an entire system installed to a 60 year old house. For some reason I thought some companies offer free installation with certain contracts. 
Didn't think it would be $3,000 regardless
Any recommendations for companies in the Hammond area?
Didn't think it would be $3,000 regardless
Any recommendations for companies in the Hammond area?
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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:02 pm to ForeverLSU02
damn son. what does gramps have in that shed?
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:03 pm to ForeverLSU02
That's way too much.
Call ADT and haggle... Get the bare minimum
Call ADT and haggle... Get the bare minimum
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:03 pm to ForeverLSU02
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Any recommendations
get a fake alarm company sign...and a dog
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:04 pm to Topwater Trout
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get a fake alarm company sign...and a dog
This is exactly what my grandparents does.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:04 pm to Modern
*do
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Meh
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to ForeverLSU02
Ours was way cheaper but our house was built with the wiring run already IIRC.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to Topwater Trout
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get a fake alarm company sign...and a dog
Ding ding
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to Topwater Trout
Simplisafe wireless and do it yourself in 10 min. I have been using it for years. Works great and cheep monitoring with iPhone control if wanted.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to ForeverLSU02
would probably be less when the attic isn't 150 degrees
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:12 pm to ForeverLSU02
Vivint (Brinks Home Security) charged me 99$ for a kick arse system .
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:16 pm to ForeverLSU02
quote:
I thought it seemed a bit high to me, but I'm not familiar with having an entire system installed to a 60 year old house. For some reason I thought some companies offer free installation with certain contracts. Didn't think it would be $3,000 regardless Any recommendations for companies in the Hammond area?
That seems high. I have ADT in a relatively high-cost area (just over $400K for my house, which is the 3rd cheapest in a neighborhood that goes up to about $750K) and I spent $1700ish upfront (though they undercharged me by $410 and I can't convince them of this) and I have 24 zones on three levels, four cameras (2 indoor, 2 outdoor) two motion detectors, and a motion activated light. And I can control it all and view my camera feeds from my computers (home or work) and smartphone. And the equipment is warrantied by five years. Monthly rate is $56 and change. Would be $47.50 without the warranty.
Should add that the house was already pre-wired with the Brinks system it came with, but my system is wireless, so they only gave me a token credit when they took out all the old gear. And they installed and set up everything, which is one of the main reasons I chose them over a local company offering a better deal that would have simply mailed me all the equipment.
This post was edited on 7/22/15 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:18 pm to ForeverLSU02
That is insane pricing. Check out Frontpoint security. Rated #1 when I installed it a few years back and extremely easy to setup.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:19 pm to ForeverLSU02
The monthly charge is good. The installation is more than double what it should be.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:21 pm to ForeverLSU02
depends on what he is trying to secure. doors are cheap/easy
if you talk about securing all the windows, installing glass breaks, etc, you're going to pay significantly more
if you talk about securing all the windows, installing glass breaks, etc, you're going to pay significantly more
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:22 pm to ForeverLSU02
That is not reasonable at all. We got ADT to put in a system on my mom's house, my brother's house and 3 sheds on our farm. We got cameras, motion sensor, and the whole 9 yards and I think the installation cost was ~$1500.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:25 pm to ForeverLSU02
Seems expensive, but that's a lot of points. I would think that wireless transmitters wouldn't cost that much.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:49 pm to ForeverLSU02
3,000 seems high. Insurance may drop enough to help with that monthly payment.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:52 pm to ForeverLSU02
Honeywell panel, Tommy's ?
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