I'd really appreciate some advice on this: I need to get a burglar alarm
> for my daughter's small mid-terrace house in the Nottingham area. >
> I'd rather get it done sooner rather than later, but I have no idea how much
> a standard system should cost fitted by a security company or which makes
> are worth avoiding or buying. I'm happy to install it myself - with an
> electrician friend - so I'm very flexible about how it gets done. >
> I thought I'd give the wireless systems a miss, as I hear they can be prone
> to false triggers from all the various RF signals floating about nowadays -
> but if there are any wireless alarms that don't upset the neighbours, I'd
> be very pleased to hear about them too.
Well under £500 for a wired system - more like £250, bearing in mind there's no need to alarm the upper floor at all unless there's a flat roof nearby. Just fo the perimeter and a couple of the downstairs rooms, that's sufficient. Make sure it's NACOSS.