You can protect your home from burglary, home invasion, property theft, vandalism, and natural disasters like fire and flooding by installing a complete home security system. When you sign for home security services from Vivint Smart Home, you get free professional installation, and 24/7/365 monitoring. In addition to quality service, the products typically included in Vivint Smart Home security systems include:

• Flood/Freeze Sensors — Protect homes from water damage and pipe-freezing low temperatures by sending mobile notifications when temperatures drop, or moisture levels rise beyond set parameters in or around your home.
• Outdoor Camera — Wireless, HD security camera with infrared night vision that gives you on-demand access to a live video feed and sends notifications to your phone when someone approaches your door.
• Motion Detector — Infrared motion sensor with 90-degree look-down to ensure nothing passes by undetected.
• Smoke Detector — Uses photoelectric sensing to detect heat increases.
• Door & Window Sensor — Sounds an alarm whenever protected doors and windows are opened and can also be used to protect medicine cabinets, gun cabinets, or the door to a child's bedroom.

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The total cost of a home security system can be measured in three phases: purchase price, installation costs, and operating costs over time. Purchase price varies by provider, equipment package, and payment options. Vivint Smart Home, for example, offers a consumer financing option that gives customers the ability to customize a state-of-the-art smart home security package for little to no upfront cost. Learn more about consumer financing here.

Some of the lower-quality home security systems come with only basic door & window sensors that customers can easily install themselves. More high-end equipment packages, like the ones Vivint Smart Home provides, come with a touch-screen control panel and the option to add outdoor home security cameras, all of which require professional installation. Professional installation services may cost up to $250, although special offers that waive installation fees are common. Learn more about professional installation services here.

The home security market offers many plug-and-play equipment packages that center around an audible alarm to scare of intruders who trigger a door/window sensor. They do not offer professional monitoring, so there’s no monthly service contract involved. Monitored home security systems cost between $20 and $60 per month. Although criminology research suggests most intruders flee at the first sound of an alarm, complete home security offers much more than just crime prevention. Protection from natural disasters, home appliance malfunctions, and medical emergencies should also be considered. In addition to providing more comprehensive protection, complete home security systems that are backed by professional monitoring services may also qualify customers for discounted homeowner’s insurance premiums of up to 20 percent. Learn more about professional home security monitoring here.

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If you’ve purchased a home security systems that comes with only basic door & window sensors you can easily install those by following the included instructions. More high-end equipment packages, like the ones Vivint Smart Home provides, come with a touch-screen control panel and the option to add outdoor home security cameras, all of which require professional installation. Professional installation services may cost up to $250, although special offers that waive installation fees are common. Learn more about professional installation services here.