Casa Santo Estevo

Rotor
What you are saying is very different to our experience. But good luck with your views about owning a shotgun. Shooting someone in so called self defence is no answer.

Rotor

I`m not suggesting you shoot anyone,but in a genuine self defense situation I would not hesitate, Just loosing off a shot out the window will deter all but the most deranged intruder!!plus word soon gets round that you have a firearm ,this of course lowers the odds on someone trying to rob you ,and to save you asking ,yes I have a license and passed the psychological tests required by the Guardia Civil

Rgds

Rotor

Fred James

All you can do is ask the company what coverage they can give. I doubt that, at 12km, you are going to get anything useful.

Back to the Rotweiller option! House sitters are the best bet if you are away for long periods.

Mitzyboy

Linda, Alarms in Spain do a wireless system which is very reliable, for around €500 fitted

linda Coyle

Thank you Mitzy. You and Fred have answered what I was asking, it's just handy to have a rough idea of costs when there are so many things to think about

battlezone123

To be honest if someone wants to enter your home, alarmed or not, they will find a way. It is the fire detector being monitored is my main interest. That is my biggest worry living inland. We have many fire extinguishers doted around house (OH brother owns a fire alarm company) and we take them back once a year to get them serviced. But when we are not here, which is normally in the summer when the kids are off school, that is when it is most dangerous concerning fire.

Casa Santo Estevo

So from your clarification that you just want a smoke alarm are you taking about those ones that are not connected to a control office? If so then maybe, given your concerns about wild fires then they will prove useless, as if you are not in the house you will not hear them and if you are in the house and there is a fire then you will know about it before the alarm sounds.
Taking back fire extinguishers to the U.K. makes no monitory sense. We are changed just 40 Euros to have ours checked/recharged per year. That is for 6.

Mitzyboy

Correct, but apart from the fire alarm my most important thing is to know if someone is trying to get into the house when I am asleep in bed!

battlezone123

It does make monetary sense. I only take them back when I am going to the UK anyway and it does not cost me anything to have them checked/recharged. Brother owns a fire alarm company.

poshnbucks

Try here they are a big company and I know people way out of town who use them and they will normally have a deal or discount on. You can only but try.
I would not recommend a brit fitted system. No need for further discussion in that regard. But this company has the latest wireless systems so you don't end up with wires and holes everywhere. Good luck. Some form of system is required here in Spain, Albeit the crime rate is lower, It buys peace of mind.


http://www.securitasdirect.es/

Cut and paste the web address into Google translate it will convert the page into English for you.Link below.

http://www.google.com/translate_t?langpair=en%7Ces

jurdyr

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jurdy

Mitzyboy

Only thing with Securitas is the sign up for the alarm notification is about €25 a month. With the one I have, it notifies me and a few other recipients that the alarm is going off. Also, Securitas dont like fitting outside boxes which I particularly wanted

bil

Well, outside boxes are very vulnerable. You drill the hole, you insert the nozzle of a can of builder's foam and squirt. 5 mins later, you can break in with impunity.

Outside boxes are a deterrent tho. When we had ours fitted, we had a fake one on the back of the house so as to alert intruders from the rear.

I will reiterate tho, I would need a damn pressing reason to get one, and I would move heaven and earth to avoid having to have one.

Mitzyboy

Well that depends where you put them Bil. Ours is well out of reach of anyone, breaking in will still trigger internal alarms, and of course numerous people are immediately alerted. You can only do your best

Bil ... you might need a good reason to have one, but not having one only needs one time and theres no going back

poshnbucks

Jurdy You are a wag you make me die. I am sure you do the English/Spanish translation in Google. Still your English is better than my German.