You stop checking the locks three times before bed. You stop worrying every time your phone buzzes while you're out of town. You know someone's watching—actually watching—and will call the right people if something happens.
That's what 24/7 professional monitoring does. It's not just cameras sitting there recording footage you'll never look at. It's motion detectors, glass break sensors, door contacts, and video doorbells all talking to a monitoring station that knows your address and can dispatch help in under two minutes.
Your system adapts to how you live. If you've got a dog that sets off motion sensors, we adjust the settings. If you travel for work, you control everything from your phone. If you already have equipment installed, we can often activate and monitor it without replacing a thing. That's the $17/month plan most Four Corners homeowners don't know exists.
Choose the security solution that fits your needs. All plans include 24/7 professional monitoring and local Houston-area support.
We're not some national call center where you're account number 847392. We're local to Harris County. We've installed and monitored systems for over 700 homes and businesses across the Houston area, including right here in Four Corners.
When you call, you talk to people who know your name and remember your system. Hector and Gabriel Cantu run this company the way you'd want someone to protect your family—with care, speed, and zero runaround. That's why we've won the Angie's List Super Service Award and Best of Home Advisor.
We're licensed, insured, and we've been doing this since before "smart home" was even a phrase people used. You're not our growth strategy. You're a neighbor we're trying to keep safe.
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First, you call or fill out a form. We ask about your property—size, layout, whether you've got existing equipment, what you're most worried about. This takes maybe ten minutes. No pressure, no upsell script.
Then we come out to Four Corners and walk your property with you. We're looking at entry points, blind spots, where cameras make sense, where motion detectors won't get tripped by your HVAC or pets. We design the system around your home, not a cookie-cutter package.
Installation happens fast—often same day, almost always within 48 hours. We mount cameras, place sensors, set up your control panel, and connect everything to the monitoring station. Then we walk you through the app, show you how to arm and disarm, and make sure you're comfortable before we leave.
After that, you're live. If a door opens at 2 a.m. and the system's armed, our monitoring team gets an alert and calls you within seconds. If you don't answer or confirm it's you, police are dispatched. That's the whole point—someone's always paying attention so you don't have to.
Every system we install includes 24/7 professional monitoring, mobile app access, and a control panel you can actually understand. From there, it's about what fits your property and your concerns.
Most Four Corners homeowners add door and window sensors on ground-floor entry points, at least one motion detector in main living areas, and a video doorbell. Glass break detectors make sense if you've got large windows facing the street. Cameras go where you've got blind spots or high-value items—garage, backyard, side gates.
Smart home integration is standard now. You can lock doors, turn on lights, adjust thermostats, and check camera feeds from the same app. If you're already using Alexa or Google Home, we tie it all together. If you've got an existing system that's been sitting dormant, we evaluate it first—you might only need monitoring, which saves you thousands.
Here's what matters in Four Corners specifically: property crime is high across Harris County, and response times vary depending on where you are. A monitored system gets you priority dispatch. An unmonitored camera system just gives you footage after the fact. That's the difference.
Most installations happen within 24 to 48 hours of your call. In many cases, we can do same-day installation if you reach out in the morning and we've got availability.
The timeline depends on how complex your system is. A basic setup with door sensors, a motion detector, and a control panel takes about two to three hours. If you're adding multiple cameras, smart locks, and glass break detectors across a larger property, plan on four to five hours.
We don't make you wait two weeks for some corporate scheduling system to open up. You call, we come out, we get it done. That's how local companies operate when they actually care about keeping your family safe.
In most cases, we can monitor your existing system without replacing anything. That's the whole point of our $17/month monitoring plan—it's designed for Four Corners homeowners who already have equipment installed but no active service.
We'll come out and evaluate what you've got. If the panel and sensors are still functional and compatible with modern monitoring stations, we activate it and connect it to our 24/7 team. You're up and running without spending thousands on new equipment.
If your system is outdated or incompatible, we'll tell you straight. But we're not trying to sell you a full replacement if your current setup works. We'd rather earn your trust by saving you money than padding our invoice with unnecessary gear.
Our monitoring station gets an instant alert showing which sensor triggered—front door, back window, motion detector, whatever it was. Within seconds, someone calls the phone number you provided. If you answer and give your passcode, they confirm it's a false alarm and log it. If you don't answer, or if you indicate there's an emergency, they dispatch police to your Four Corners address immediately.
You also get a push notification on your phone the moment the alarm trips, so you're not finding out hours later. You can check your cameras in real time to see what's happening.
This is why professional monitoring matters. An unmonitored system just makes noise. A monitored system gets help on the way while the intruder is still on your property. Average police response time in Harris County varies, but priority alarm calls get moved up the queue.
Yes. Every system we install includes mobile app access, so you can arm, disarm, check status, view cameras, and get alerts from anywhere you've got cell service or WiFi.
Let's say you're on vacation and you get a notification that your back door opened at 3 p.m. You open the app, check the camera, and see it's your neighbor grabbing your mail like you asked. You disarm the system remotely so it doesn't keep alerting. Or you see someone you don't recognize and you call our monitoring team to dispatch police.
You can also control smart locks, so if a contractor needs to get in while you're at work, you unlock the door from your phone and lock it again when they leave. Same with lights—turn them on and off remotely so it looks like someone's home even when you're gone for weeks.
No. We don't lock you into multi-year contracts with early termination penalties. You pay month to month, and if you ever want to cancel, you call us and it's done.
Most national companies require 36-month agreements because they're subsidizing equipment costs and trying to lock in recurring revenue. We don't operate that way. You own your equipment outright, and you pay for monitoring as long as you want the service.
If you're moving out of Four Corners and want to take your system with you, we'll help you reinstall it at the new place. If you're selling your home and the buyer wants to keep the service, we transfer it over. We're not trying to trap you—we're trying to earn your business every single month by actually doing the job right.
A basic alarm is just door sensors and a keypad. It beeps when someone opens a door, and that's it. No cameras, no app, no smart integration, no way to see what's happening or control anything remotely.
A customizable security system is built around how you actually live. You get door and window sensors, motion detectors, glass break detection, cameras with night vision, video doorbells, smart locks, and environmental monitoring for smoke and carbon monoxide. Everything connects to one app, and you control it all from your phone.
Here's why that matters in Four Corners: property crime doesn't always come through the front door. Sometimes it's a back window. Sometimes it's a side gate leading to your garage. A customizable system covers the entry points that matter for your specific property, not just the ones that come in a prepackaged kit. That's the difference between checking a box and actually being protected.
