Home Automation and Smart Home Security

Home automation, also called domotics, can transform your residence into a state-of-the-art smart home – and also help keep your family safe. Crime Free Living provides home automation system design and installation to residents throughout the Chico, CA area, providing our clients with innovative ways to save time and money, simplify their lives, and protect their home and loved ones.

Home Automation Benefits

    Whether your home is large or small, having a professionally installed home automation system provides numerous benefits, including:

  • Security – Automated lighting, motion sensors and integration with video surveillance make homes safer
  • Savings – Smart thermostats, smart lightbulbs and water usage monitoring save energy and cut utility costs
  • Convenience – There’s no need to rely upon neighbors or house sitters to watch over your house while you’re gone, when convenient control of your home is at your fingertips
  • Comfort – Connected home products enable you to create a comfortable atmosphere 24/7 from your mobile app – adjust temperature and lighting, play music throughout your home, and record your favorite shows

Home Automation Features

Home automation systems from Crime Free Living incorporate features that are most important to your everyday lifestyle, with a focus on simplicity and convenience:

  • Easy Operation – A home automation system can’t provide benefits if it’s difficult to use. Our home automation interfaces are intuitive, easy to learn and easy to operate
  • Interoperability – We ensure that your connected devices communicate seamlessly with each other, adhering to industry standard technology protocols
  • Remote Monitoring – Our home automation systems can be controlled from your iOS or Android laptop or mobile device, so you have complete control of your home’s systems from wherever you are
  • Security – Our professionally installed home automation packages provide the peace of mind that your home’s locks, controls and security cameras are secure from hackers

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Stay Safe and Comfortable

Crime Free Living offers innovative home automation technology that can benefit Chico, CA homeowners in many ways. Integrating home automation into your heating and cooling system can keep you and your family more comfortable, and help to significantly reduce your monthly energy costs. Adding home automation to your security system can help keep your family safe. And having home automation in place enables you to control your home’s systems from anywhere – even if you’re halfway around the world.

Our trained experts can explain all of your home automation options, and help you choose the ones that make sense for your family and your lifestyle.

Reduce Your Energy Costs

Estimates from the US Energy Information Administration’s latest Residential Energy Consumption Survey show that 48% of energy consumption in United States homes is dedicated to heating and cooling – and energy consumption by appliances and electronics continues to rise. Non-weather-related energy use for appliances, electronics, water heating, and lighting now accounts for 52% of total consumption. This figure is up nearly 10% since 1993.

It’s difficult for homeowners to monitor home energy usage on a monthly basis. Energy costs can add up quickly as the month progresses, often due to unsuspected sources. Something as minor as accidentally leaving the air conditioning on a lower setting, or leaving devices charging when you’re gone for the day can add up significantly. Fortunately, home automation technology can help reduce the likelihood of such occurrences.

Being able to control your home’s power usage – even when you’re not there – is the key to achieving significant cost savings. Home automation technology puts this control in your hands, enabling you to adjust your home’s systems, from any connected device, from anywhere you are.

Enjoy Convenient Control

At Crime Free Living, we pride ourselves on delivering convenience to our customers. Our home automation services enable you to control compatible home devices such as thermostats, sound systems, doors, lighting, and more – all at the touch of the button. With our mobile app, you’ll be able to access, monitor, and control all connected home devices, from anywhere you have internet access. Our expert team excels at providing all-in-one control of your home devices, and can provide the ultimate in convenience and ease of use for you and your family.

Affordable Home Security

We often hear from homeowners in the Chico, CA area that they are concerned about the cost of a home automation system. At Crime Free Living, we believe that you shouldn’t have to break the bank to keep your family safe and add convenience to your life. That’s one of the primary reasons why our home automation security and surveillance systems are so popular. We offer reliable home automation and video security for your home, at an affordable price point. Our complete, turn-key home automation security systems can be as large or as small as your home or lifestyle requires.

Unlike many security companies that offer standard, one-size-fits-all packages, we provide customized solutions tailored to your specific needs. Our trained technicians will work with you to design a home automation and security package that meets your requirements – and your budget. Additionally, our team will incorporate scalable design that will allow you to expand your system should you need to do so in the future. The secure home automation solutions that we offer are practical, expandable, and affordable.

Manage Your Energy Costs

Home automation allows you to stay comfortable while saving money, by actively managing your home’s energy consumption. With home automation technology, you can control schedules and settings of your home’s lighting, heating, and cooling systems. You can also manage aspects of your home’s water usage and more, based on your schedule and activities or a change in seasons or weather conditions.

An example of how home automation can save you money is if you were to accidentally leave the lights on at home. You can log into a mobile app to see which lights are on, and can turn the lights off remotely from your laptop or mobile device. Instead of the lights remaining on all day, wasting energy, creating excess heat and costing you money, you can resolve the problem with just a few clicks.

Another area where you can achieve significant cost savings is your home’s heating and cooling system. Let’s say that you prefer your home to be a chilly 65 degrees. Maintaining this temperature throughout the day, especially in the heat of summer, can be very expensive. But there’s no need for your home to be this cool when you are not home. With home automation, you can set your HVAC unit to run on a particular schedule. If you leave for work at 9:00am, you can instruct your cooling system to move to a higher setting at that time. If you typically return at 6:00pm, your HVAC unit can revert back to the lower setting in time to bring your home’s temperature down to 65 degrees ahead of your arrival. When you walk in the door, your home will be at your desired temperature, without the unnecessary expense, and wear and tear on your HVAC system, were it to have run for nine hours continuously.

Protect Your Valuable Assets

Your home likely represents your most expensive investment and asset. In addition to adding convenience and savings on your utility bill, installing a home automation system allows you to protect your home and prevent costly losses due to damage or theft. A professionally installed home automation and security system provides immediate alerts for connected devices, and informs you in real time via a mobile app whenever an event occurs. Whether it’s something as minor as leaving a light on, to something as significant as a water leak or attempted break-in, real-time alerts can save you time and money. When a crisis occurs, every minute is precious. The sooner you are able to respond to an event, the more likely you will be able to secure your valuable assets.

The Ultimate in Convenience

Crime Free Living works with homeowners throughout the Chico, CA area to provide affordable, reliable home automation options to connect, monitor, and adjust their home’s smart devices. Homeowners can manage these devices remotely via a laptop, tablet or smart phone – whether they are at home, at work, or halfway around the world on vacation.

Easy-to-Use Mobile Interface

Crime Free Living offers a convenient mobile interface with our home automation systems that allows you to access your connected devices remotely, from anywhere you have internet access. The mobile app also enables you to set preferences for various types of alerts. For example, while on vacation, you may want to receive only critical alerts, such as if a motion sensor inside your home goes off. You may not be as concerned about minor notifications, such as those concerning the lights in your house. You can also set notifications to correspond with your schedule. You can instruct the system to send alerts to your phone when you are at work and away from your home, but to silence these alerts during the hours when you are at home. Whatever your preferences, our easy-to-use mobile interface will keep you in the loop 24/7 about what’s going on in your home.

Dedicated Support

Crime Free Living provides dedicated customer support to help save you valuable time and money, to make your home more comfortable, and ultimately to make your life easier. We value the relationships we’ve built with our customers throughout the Chico, CA community. One of the things our customers most appreciate about us is that we are upfront, honest, and available. This personal touch is what separates us from other security companies.

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What Our Customers Say

"I had the Alibi system installed several years ago. It has functioned flawlessly. The image quality is exellent both night and day and in all weather conditions. I particularly like the replay (which can be set at various speeds) and zoom functions of the system. Tech support from Crimefreeliving has been excellent. I have received quick responses to questions, and timely home visits — as when I changed IP carriers and my Alibi system needed to be reset. I have recommended Crimefreeliving to several friends."

Rich

"As a small business owner here in Chico we definitely saw the need for video surveillance. After expressing our needs and concerns Tim did an excellent job getting us set up with the set up with the appropriate equipment. He really took the time to address our concerns in a very friendly, professional and knowledgeable manner. I highly recommend Tim for all of your business and residential video surveillance needs."

Ron H., Owner/Auto Doctor

"I have to say I love having my security cameras at my home. Tim Truby did a wonderful job of installing the five cameras. He is very neat and cleaned everything up after the installation. He explained to me how to operate the monitor, my phone and IPad. However, I have had to call Tim because I'm not tech savvy and forget what he has told me. He usually just helps me over the phone and then all is well. I'm 80 years old and enjoy the comfort of knowing I have these security cameras."

Gloria

"Tim Truby designed and installed a 32 camera system for us here at the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District. We had received several other quotes from security system vendors, but Tim’s quote was the least expensive. Tim also installed the system quickly and has always been available when we needed him. We are very happy with our security camera system and we can highly recommend Tim Truby for all of your surveillance system needs."

D. Weseman, Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District

Crime Free Living updated our old video system with a new 16 Channel HD Alibi Video Security System. The old system had been added onto by different installers which resulted in a cabling mess. There were cables that worked and cables that went nowhere. It was a mess. Tim sorted it all out and installed cameras that are very clear. He also installed a monitor for our cashiers to watch hidden areas, a monitor to watch the entry door, and a monitor that allows employees to watch the outside parking and gas pump area. All work was done on time and very professional! Will always recommend Tim and Crime Free Living.

S. AM PM Chico Arco Station

"I had Tim install an Alibi Video Security System at my residence and a couple business locations. The remote view option is invaluable to absentee owners or anyone who travels a lot. The clarity and quality of the cameras have allowed for viewing employee theft. The evidence provided from the HD video cameras was fantastic! Tim was professional and provided extra value from his law enforcement background."

J. Folsom Arco Station

"Tim, I want to thank you again for doing such a fantastic job on installing a wireless IP security camera system at our dream home. The extra time that you took to hide wires, and install a clean, professional system is much appreciated. I still can’t believe the clarity, quality, and ease of use of this new system. I wished that I would have met you before our original inferior system was installed by another company. Now, whether I am at home, or monitoring the system from around the world, I know that my home and family are safe and sound."

John M.

"In April of 2017, my husband and I made a phone call to Crime Free Living that turned out to be a smart and wise decision. Amazingly, in just a few hours, Tim installed four Dome Security Cameras, weatherproof enclosures, and hooked up into our home a 23" Full HD Widescreen Security Monitor. Even more than his professional expertise was the time spent with us in making sure that this system was working correctly and properly installed on our phones so that anywhere in our travels we can monitor our new home in Magalia."

Tieka and Don S.

"I have been using Crime Free Living for the last couple years ar work and at home and I really recommend this product. Tim is a very good service provider. If he can't figure it out, he's got good tech support with the system that he offers."

Gary D.

"I have known Tim for over 10 years. To date, Time with Crime Free Living has installed two separate surveillance systems for my company. With each system, Tim has listened to my needs and custom dsigned surveillance systems for my specific needs and within my budget. The equipment used is always state of the art, the workmanship is top notch, and Tim is the example of trustworthy. I would recommend him for any job."

Steve D., Down Range Indoor Training Center

images Certifications & Training

With 16 years of experience in law enforcement, Tim Truby, CEO, is fully certified in video surveillance and training.

  • Certified Advanced Crime Prevention Specialist
  • Academy Instructor Certification
  • California POST Certification in Specialized Surveillance Equipment
  • California POST Certification in Basic Crime Prevention
    • Advanced Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
    • Certified Alibi Security Dealer
    • Enhanced Risk and Threat Assessment (FEMA)
    • Incident Command System (100 & 200)
    • Certified Cognitech Video Forensic Investigator
    • Neighborhood Watch Toolkit Trainer
    • Computer Crimes/Investigations
    • Domestic Crisis for Crisis Negotiators
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