If you’re going away on holiday for a week or two, you may well be a little anxious about leaving your home empty for that time, and it may well be that like so many people, you decide to leave a light or two on. The problem, of course, is that these then act as beacons at 3 am to anyone meaning no good. A fully automated home security system solves this dilemma by providing a more realistic range of behaviours, such as lights going on briefly in the morning, off during the day, on again in a different arrangement in the evening, and off again at night.

This problem becomes even more serious of course if the property you’re leaving empty is going to be like that for several weeks or even months, and is on a different continent. For those people, like yourself, who own property abroad, or are planning to, leaving those properties to fend for themselves can be a worry. Leaving the odd light on is certainly not a solution.

The Hawkeye™ remote home security system provides an automated security solution that goes well beyond the automatic switching on of lights during the mornings and evenings. Entirely computer controlled, and fully customizable, it provides the automation of up to 15 electric devices or systems, such as lights, blinds, gates and even the radio. Imagine knowing that, at your property in Spain, the lights went on in the morning, the blinds open, and the radio switches on.

A little later, the lights switch off, the gate opens and perhaps the television comes on for a while. Later in the evening various downstairs lights come on, the blinds and gates close, and towards the night the lights switch off downstairs, a couple go on briefly upstairs, and the television and radio both fall silent. To anyone observing the property, whether casually or with interest, identifying it as empty would be impossible, and to all intents and purposes, the property was fully occupied.

An automated home security system such as this provides incredible peace of mind, but the Hawkeye™ automated security system goes even further. Should you decide to change the routine, alter the equipment used or override the setup, you can do so extremely easily at any time. Either using the secure internet web page, or the voice activated phone system – or even using your mobile, - you can quickly and easily send either a specific instruction for a device to switch on or off, or create a complete new routine. In this way you can ensure that the routines are not too predictable, and also that you do not waste too much energy with devices being used a great deal that needn’t be.

Additionally, being able to automate the house remotely in this way means that you can make sure that, should someone be coming to stay, or if you yourself are due to be flying out there, you can make sure that the air conditioning or heating is on the appropriate setting, to make sure that the place is comfortable and welcoming upon arrival.

Although an ideal and very convenient solution for those who own properties frequently left vacant, the Hawkeye™ remote home security system also works extremely well as a security system for your main residence. If you do a great deal of travelling, or work away from home, then being able to keep an eye on your property from wherever you happen to be provides great peace of mind,. This is doubly so if you happen to have children. A unique feature of the automated home security system is that it can notify you of any recognised triggers. A latchkey trigger means that, once your child arrives home from school or college, you are immediately informed.

Perhaps the only thing remotely equivalent to such an automated remote home security system is to employ someone to monitor the property for you. The trouble with this of course is that, in the first instance you have to find someone who is willing, able and trustworthy enough to be able to do the job for you for several weeks or months of the year, and secondly, be prepared to pay for this service.

Although they say that no news is good news, in the case of home security, if you’re relying on another person, this might not always be the case. It may very well be that no news means no awareness of a problem. The Hawkeye™ automated home security system not only makes sure that you are confident that no news really does mean good news, but that should there be a problem, you’ll be alerted immediately. Not only that, but should you wish to be reassured still further, all you have to do is to log on to your web page and watch the live video footage.

Being able to press a button on your keyboard and watch a light switch on in real time in your property in Spain cannot be compared to any other solution as far as being in complete control of the security of your assets. There’s no doubt that a Hawkeye™ automated remote home security system provides reassurance and control in equal measure, and unlike your helpful neighbour, doesn’t sleep, doesn’t rest and always a single click away from you.