How a Control4 Smart Home Keeps You Safer
Beyond Convenience, Smart Home Technology Helps Secure Your Hamptons Home
Are smart homes just a convenience or luxury? Undeniably, smart technology adds a hearty dose of both to your Hamptons property. But those are not the sole reasons smart technology is a smart investment for New York homeowners.
A Control4 smart home system puts together all your home's intelligent devices and functions under one powerful system that can orchestrate them for more than just push-button operation. As your local Control4 dealer, we can show you how a Control4 system keeps your Hamptons home safer as well. Keep reading below to learn three of our favorite features.
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CONTROL4 CHIME VIDEO DOORBELL
Control4’s Chime video doorbell goes beyond just seeing who rang the doorbell. First, it has five adjustable monitoring zones, so you only need to get notified when someone is at the door or on the property, not from a passing car on the street. Second, the Chime gives you two-way audio and a video view of a visitor, so you can see and talk to visitors, either from your Control4 Touchscreen in your home or your smartphone with Control4 Intercom Anywhere.
With smart locks on your Control4 system, you can let someone in or instruct a delivery person to leave a package in the garage as you open the intelligently controlled door with the tap of a button. Even better, the Chime can harness the power of Control4 automation to turn on lights when a visitor appears, lock other doors, or sound an alarm if there’s suspicious activity when you’re away.
CONTROL4 MOCKUPANCY
If the Hamptons is your second home, you'll appreciate Control4 Mockupancy. This feature can make your home look occupied when you're away by manipulating lights, audio, TVs, and motorized window treatments with natural automation based on your actual patterns. A potential intruder will think twice about targeting your home as it never appears dark and closed, and your lights will never be left on during the day as a signal that no one is around.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Smart technology can work to minimize dangers during emergencies. For example, when a smoke detector goes off in the middle of the night, your system can quickly respond. Your HVAC system can be shut off immediately to avoid spreading smoke throughout the house. The nearest exit doors can be brightly lit so no time is wasted fumbling for lights when you have been suddenly awakened. Your outside entry and landscape lights can also flash to alert first responders to find your property quickly, as minutes and even seconds count.
When you’re not home, a humidity or water sensor can avert disaster by instantly notifying you of a leak that can become severely damaging if left undetected. And if you have a prized wine cellar, if the temperature and humidity levels go out of range, you can be notified to take action so your considerable wine investment does not go to waste.
Work with a Control4 dealer to make your Hamptons home more secure with smart technology. Get in touch with us to learn more about Control4 smart home solutions; we would love to work with you!
