House Security (Alarm) Good Price?

fossman

Just had a quote for a house alarm system and was wondering if anyone knew if it was a good price:

The quote is £285 and includes:
2 room sensors
2 door contacts
Key pad
Box for front of house

Bearing in mind we paid the house builders £85 to put the wiring in for the alarm I thought the quote was abit much.

chuckles1066

fossman wrote:

Just had a quote for a house alarm system and was wondering if anyone knew if it was a good price:

The quote is £285 and includes:
2 room sensors
2 door contacts
Key pad
Box for front of house

Bearing in mind we paid the house builders £85 to put the wiring in for the alarm I thought the quote was abit much.

Is it a wireless system?

fossman

I'd assume its not wireless as we have paid the builders to put in alarm wiring.

david29dpo

rip-off. you could buy all the above for less that £100.

alanobrien

fossman wrote:

Just had a quote for a house alarm system and was wondering if anyone knew if it was a good price:

The quote is £285 and includes:
2 room sensors
2 door contacts
Key pad
Box for front of house

Bearing in mind we paid the house builders £85 to put the wiring in for the alarm I thought the quote was abit much.

Depends on what the quote was for, you didnt mention a control panel ?
Does it include fitting and programming ? Also parts cost depend on quality, twin technology sensors (IR+microwave) for instance can be as miuch as £50 each.

As a guide; Standard sensors £20 each, £30 siren, £6 for the contacts £30 for the keypad = approx £106 for the parts.

Kit price is cheaper see;
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TSPRO1.html

Fitting and programming would be a mornings work so at least £100 on top of the parts cost.

fossman

Sorry, the quote was for a full alarm system fully fitted.

TheImportanceOfBeingIdle

Thats a bit on the steep side.
I used to fit alarms with 3 PIR's, 2 sets of contacts, 1 bell box, 1 dummy box, 1 control panel, 1 keypad and a PA button for £160.

I'd definitely suggest ringing around for some more quotes.

ReadyBet

Having just fitted an alarm to my new house myself. I paid around £100 just for the control panel and keypad. Then about £20 for each Dual tech sensor and ~£3 per door contact. Ended up paying around £250 for the whole alarm system... but it did take me a solid weeks work to fit as I'm not a pro.

So it could be a good quote or it could be a bad quote you need to find out what control panel they are fitting?

I have a Veritas excel panel and it is a very good small house alarm panel.

fossman

I was told by a firm today that the standard price for an alarm is £325 plus VAT but as we have the wiring they knock off £75 and we don't pay VAT as its a new build. We've decided to go for the £285 firm as we know two people who he has fitted an alarm for.