How to Choose a Sensaphone® Remote Monitoring System to Protect your Vacation House
A vacation home or condo can be a wonderful retreat from the daily grind, but also a worry and hassle when you’re not there to watch over it. So many things can go wrong! A Sensaphone remote monitoring system that provides round-the-clock monitoring of your vacant home is an increasingly popular solution for many absentee homeowners. These sophisticated devices can be customized to monitor a long list of conditions, including these:
Five Biggest Concerns of most Vacation Homeowners
- Fire
- Floods
- Theft
- Freezing temperatures
- Power outages
Today’s Sensaphone do-it-yourself remote monitoring systems have all of the functionality of a professionally installed system at a much more affordable price. Setup takes the average homeowner one to two days, but eliminates the costly installation charges and monthly service fees associated with a professional security service.
Sensaphone monitors your vacation home 24/7 and alerts you immediately if there's a problem.
Sensaphone Capabilities
Equipped with an autodialer and backup battery, Sensaphone remote monitoring systems perform these important functions to safeguard your property:
- Monitoring temperature and other conditions in your home — Accurately and continuously measures temperature and other variables like intrusions, smoke and humidity inside your home
- Status reports – Provides real-time voice status reports that you can access anytime by phone or Internet, allowing you to check things like temperature with a simple phone call
- Alarming – Sends out timely alarm notification alerts to your landline or cell phone when there is a problem, such as plummeting temperatures or power outages
- Remote temperature adjustment – Allows you to call in by phone and adjust your thermostat up or down
Selection Process
There are a variety of Sensaphone remote monitoring systems available with a range of capabilities and optional accessories. Regardless of whether you own a vacation condo or single-family vacation house, the selection process for choosing a remote monitoring system is based on these key factors:
- The communications capabilities at your home
- The form of alarm delivery you prefer (phone call, text or email)
- Your notification contact list (how many people, phone numbers or computers to be contacted)
- The number of conditions you want to monitor
- The number conditions you want to control
- Your budget
This article is written to help homeowners select the best Sensaphone autodialer system for their property. To learn more about the Sensaphone selection process, go to Choosing a Remote Monitoring System.