Video Door Entry System Benefits
Our article explains how you and your home could benefit from installing a video door entry system.
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Burglar Alarm, CCTV and Home Security Experts in Edinburgh
Safe Simple Secure is an Edinburgh security company that aims to protect your property using the most technically advanced, reliable and easy to use security equipment. They provide expert security advice for both homes and businesses in Edinburgh and the Lothians. They can supply and install wireless burglar alarms, CCTV systems and door access systems.
Fantastic Benefits of Installing a Video
Door Entry System
It doesn’t seem so long ago that CCTV systems were just for large business
premises and warehouses. Now it has become quite normal to see home CCTV
systems with small cameras watching the front and back of houses.
The technology for door bells and door entry systems has also advanced
greatly in recent years. This has resulted in video door entry systems being
suitable for all homes and flats, not just very expensive properties. This
technology has also become cost effective so that it is a viable option for
everybody.
Video Door Entry System Benefits
1. Personal Security
The main benefit a video door entry system has over an audio door entry
system is that you can view the person at your door.
If you live in a flat and someone buzzes an audio system asking to get in
because they are reading electricity meters you have to let them in on
trust but it could actually be a burglar looking for somewhere to easy to
gain entry. With a video entry system, you can see their uniform and ask
to see their ID badge before letting them in.
Elderly people or people living on their own, even in houses and
bungalows, find they feel more confident answering the door if they can
see who it is first.
2. Cleanliness
In the past, common tenement stairs were often open with no front
door. This meant that litter could blow in or people could hang around in
the close. Having either an audio or video door entry system makes it far
easier to keep your communal areas clean and tidy with no litter or
vandalism.
3. Ease of Use
Again, modern technology means that homeowners can either view the
person at the door via a handset located in their home or on an App on
their phone. The benefits of being able to see the person from your
phone are vast.
An elderly or disabled person can buzz in a family member or carer
without leaving their chair.
Perhaps, more useful for a business, but you can give someone entry
when you aren’t there. In the case of a business, they may give access
to delivery drivers at a non-manned door while they sit at the main
reception.
Some systems have motions sensors so your phone will alert you when
you are out if someone is at your door. This could be potential burglar.
4. Home Security
Just as burglar alarms and security cameras can put off a potential
burglar, so can a video door entry system. Why stand at a door where
you can be seen and identified when you can try a block of flats up the
road that just have and audio door entry system? Also, if the
homeowners have gone to the bother of installing a video door entry
system, then what other security measures have they installed?
Just remember, for any door entry system to work and give you these benefits
you need follow the following basic rules:
- Always ensure you shut the door properly after leaving or entering
the building.
- Do not jam the door open or leave it on the snib unless you are
actually at the door doing something.
- Don’t let someone in just because they say they are going to a
neighbour who hasn’t answered.
Burglars will make the most of your carelessness.
If you would like to know more about the door entry systems that can be
installed by Safe Simple Secure, please do get in touch.
Door Entry System
It doesn’t seem so long ago that CCTV systems were just for large business
premises and warehouses. Now it has become quite normal to see home CCTV
systems with small cameras watching the front and back of houses.
The technology for door bells and door entry systems has also advanced
greatly in recent years. This has resulted in video door entry systems being
suitable for all homes and flats, not just very expensive properties. This
technology has also become cost effective so that it is a viable option for
everybody.
Video Door Entry System Benefits
1. Personal Security
The main benefit a video door entry system has over an audio door entry
system is that you can view the person at your door.
If you live in a flat and someone buzzes an audio system asking to get in
because they are reading electricity meters you have to let them in on
trust but it could actually be a burglar looking for somewhere to easy to
gain entry. With a video entry system, you can see their uniform and ask
to see their ID badge before letting them in.
Elderly people or people living on their own, even in houses and
bungalows, find they feel more confident answering the door if they can
see who it is first.
2. Cleanliness
In the past, common tenement stairs were often open with no front
door. This meant that litter could blow in or people could hang around in
the close. Having either an audio or video door entry system makes it far
easier to keep your communal areas clean and tidy with no litter or
vandalism.
3. Ease of Use
Again, modern technology means that homeowners can either view the
person at the door via a handset located in their home or on an App on
their phone. The benefits of being able to see the person from your
phone are vast.
An elderly or disabled person can buzz in a family member or carer
without leaving their chair.
Perhaps, more useful for a business, but you can give someone entry
when you aren’t there. In the case of a business, they may give access
to delivery drivers at a non-manned door while they sit at the main
reception.
Some systems have motions sensors so your phone will alert you when
you are out if someone is at your door. This could be potential burglar.
4. Home Security
Just as burglar alarms and security cameras can put off a potential
burglar, so can a video door entry system. Why stand at a door where
you can be seen and identified when you can try a block of flats up the
road that just have and audio door entry system? Also, if the
homeowners have gone to the bother of installing a video door entry
system, then what other security measures have they installed?
Just remember, for any door entry system to work and give you these benefits
you need follow the following basic rules:
- Always ensure you shut the door properly after leaving or entering
the building.
- Do not jam the door open or leave it on the snib unless you are
actually at the door doing something.
- Don’t let someone in just because they say they are going to a
neighbour who hasn’t answered.
Burglars will make the most of your carelessness.
If you would like to know more about the door entry systems that can be
installed by Safe Simple Secure, please do get in touch.