Kimmagegirl
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Our house alarm is causing us a few problems lately, ringing for no reason etc. We have been thinking of switching off the alarm full time. Our house has plenty of mortice locks, window locks etc so is reasonably secure. Alarm boxes on the front and back.
I understand when we got our home insurance we were given some sort of discount for having a house alarm. Has anyone any idea how much this discount amounts to? From memory it is in or around 10% of the premium or about €40 pa. Our house alarm is about 20 years old and is only serviced when it gives us problems. This is proving quite costly as would an annual maintenance contract.
To get an new system installed would also be quite costly.
It seems that from a cost point of view and from a hassle point of view it would be easier not to have an alarm on our house. One less problem to deal with. I am also not really sure what protection a bell ringing actually gives because nobody did anything or checked our house when the alarm was ringing due to a fault.
Any thoughts?
I understand when we got our home insurance we were given some sort of discount for having a house alarm. Has anyone any idea how much this discount amounts to? From memory it is in or around 10% of the premium or about €40 pa. Our house alarm is about 20 years old and is only serviced when it gives us problems. This is proving quite costly as would an annual maintenance contract.
To get an new system installed would also be quite costly.
It seems that from a cost point of view and from a hassle point of view it would be easier not to have an alarm on our house. One less problem to deal with. I am also not really sure what protection a bell ringing actually gives because nobody did anything or checked our house when the alarm was ringing due to a fault.
Any thoughts?