New Homes - Prewired Homes

Pre-wired homes are newly built homes or those that have been built in the last 6 years. While they were being built provisions were made for an alarm system to be installed if required - electrical wires running to windows, doors, etc. If you are unsure if your home is pre-wired check with your builder provisions.

The advantages of a monitored NewHome system

• 24 hour peace of mind
• Tailored to suit your needs - all houses are different sizes and everyone has different security requirements. We will tailor your system to meet these needs.
• Can include fire and personal protection
• User friendly - easy to use keypad
• Memo pad facility - it is possible to leave short voice messges for other house occupants
• Finance available
• System warranty
• eircom PhoneWatch benefits programme

To avail of this offer, call 1850 500 900 and quote your AXA Policy Number

Wirefree Homes : How does it work? | The Role of my Keyholders | Garda Response

How does it work?

Our NewHome package is designed especially for pre-wired homes. It is simple to use and easy to install offering you complete peace of mind with our 24 hour monitoring service. A NewHome system can cover up to 40 ID sensors (windows or points) within your premises and will allow you identify which sensor has been activated.

1. External Bell Housing
2. Key Pad
3. Inertia Sensor - detects vibration
4. Contact Sensor - detects opening/closing
5. The Motion Detector Sensor - detects motion
6. Panic Button - 24 hour Garda emergency

NewHome Optional Extras

1. Wired External Bell with Strobe

In the event of living in a remote area, an external sounding bell may be required to illustrate that an alarm has been raised. In urban areas, the majority of customers opt not to have a ringing bell because of the high nuisance factor which may be associated when activated.

Reasons in favour of an external ringing bell

• emergency service will be able to identify the source of the activation.
• it is an additional warning device therefore an added disincentive to potential intruders.
• should keyholders be uncontactable passers by will be alerted to your alarm activation.
• in the unlikely event of a phone line failure the emergency services may not be notified but passers by will be alerted to your alarm activation.

Reasons against an external ringing bell

• can be considered a nuisance and a source of great friction between neighbours if they are consistently activated.
• potential intruders may deliberately set off the external bell, wait for the premises to be checked out and then proceed to break in.
• can be ignored by neighbours.

2. Additional Panic Button

3. Smoke Detector Sensor (if prewired)

4. Additional Keypad

5. Cellular Motoring

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Your keyholders play a significant and vital role in the response afforded by An Garda Siochana should your alarm be activated. It is also important that you give us the details of as many keyholders as possible to ensure the highest level of response should your alarm be activated.

When choosing your keyholders please ensure that:

• They are only 30 minutes from the premises where the alarm system is installed.
• They have a set of keys and can operate your system.
• They know your verification word and your control panel code.
• They have a telephone.

Please note only one number per person is accepted but you can include your own mobile number or work number as a keyholder

Any person with access to your system should be aware of the verification code. This code will identify you or your keyholders as the genuine user of the system. The code will be requested when the Monitoring Control Centre phone your home following an alarm activation or a cancelled alarm. If the user of the system does not know this word, this will result in contacting the keyholders and An Garda Siochana.

Your verification code is the code you supply us with and should not be confused with your alarm system password. If you forget your verification code, we need to know immediately.

If you wish to change your keyholders either temporarily or permanently we need to be informed 24 hours prior to when you wish the change to be implemented.

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Gardai response

Every year over 120,000 alarm activations are notified to An Garda Siochana by monitoring centres in Ireland. On average over 95% of these calls are false alarms, resulting in a substantial waste of Garda time and resources. In order to minimise the reporting of false alarms, An Garda Siochana have a policy governing monitored alarm systems.

The policy aims to keep the number of false alarms passed to An Gardai Siochana to a minimum and by doing so achieving the highest standard of response to genuine alarm activations.

To avail of this offer, call 1850 500 900 and quote your AXA Policy Number - back to top

Terms & conditions apply.
Only one offer per person. Offer ends 29th February 2012.
Not available in conjunction with any other Eircom Phonewatch offer.
Discount does not apply to the monthly monitoring charge
This offer is available to AXA Insurance Republic of Ireland customers only