Residential

Your home is more than four walls and a collection of belongings. It’s where your family lives, where your memories are made, and where you should feel safe.

AVS Security designs and installs custom residential security systems throughout the Okanagan, combining professional alarm systems, security cameras, fire monitoring, access control and smart-home technology into one easy-to-use solution.

Whether you’re looking to protect a family home, vacation property, acreage or new build, we’ll design a system around your property, your lifestyle and your budget.

Security That Works Around Your Life

Your security system shouldn’t make life more complicated.

With a professionally designed AVS system, you can control and monitor your home from wherever you are. Arm or disarm your system, receive notifications, check cameras, answer your door and stay connected to what’s happening at home from your phone.

When You’re Away

Going away for the weekend? Heading south for the winter? Leaving the house for the day?

Know what’s happening at home even when you’re not there.

Receive alerts, check your cameras, control your security system and see who’s at the door from virtually anywhere. Smart automation can also help make your home appear occupied by controlling lights and other devices while you’re away.

When You’re Home

Security doesn’t have to mean locking everything down.

Stay protected while you’re living normally. Arm perimeter protection while you’re relaxing in the backyard, receive alerts when someone approaches your property, and use video doorbells and smart locks to see and manage visitors without opening the door.

At night, stay mode can protect your home’s perimeter while allowing your family to move freely inside.

Fire Monitoring for Okanagan Homes

An Extra Layer of Protection in Fire-Prone Areas

Living in the Okanagan means enjoying an incredible place to live, but many communities and properties are also exposed to an increased risk of wildfire.

For homes located in wildfire-prone or wildland-urban interface areas, fire detection and monitoring can provide an important additional layer of protection.

AVS can integrate smoke, heat and other environmental sensors into your security system and provide professional fire alarm monitoring. If your system detects a fire-related alarm condition, the event can be communicated through the monitoring system even when you’re away from home.

That matters when you’re at work, travelling, or simply not home to hear an alarm.

A monitored fire system is not a replacement for an evacuation plan or local emergency alerts, and it cannot detect a wildfire burning outside your property unless the appropriate detection equipment has been installed. But for homes in fire-prone areas, early detection of a developing fire inside or around the property can give you valuable additional time to respond.

With wildfire risk becoming an increasingly important consideration for Okanagan homeowners, we believe fire monitoring should be part of the conversation when designing a residential security system.

Security Cameras & Video Monitoring

See what’s happening around your home, day or night.

Our residential video solutions can provide:

• Live video from your phone or computer
• Recorded video for reviewing events
• Motion and activity notifications
• Doorbell and entryway cameras
• Indoor and outdoor cameras
• Night vision
• Remote access
• Integration with your security system

Whether you want to keep an eye on the front door, driveway, backyard, garage or entire property, we’ll help determine the right cameras and coverage for your home.

Smart Home Security

Your security system can do more than protect your home.

AVS can integrate security with smart-home features such as lighting, locks, thermostats and other connected devices. Your system can be controlled through your phone or voice assistants, helping make your home more convenient while adding useful security features.

For example, you can:

Lock the doors remotely.
Make sure the house is secure even after you’ve left.

Turn lights on automatically.
Create the appearance that someone is home while you’re away.

See who’s at the door.
Receive a notification and view your video doorbell before deciding whether to answer.

Create customized security modes.
Different settings for home, sleeping, vacation and away.

A Security System Designed for Your Property

Every home is different.

A downtown Kelowna house has very different requirements from an acreage, vacation home or property bordering forested land.

That’s why AVS doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all security packages.

We’ll look at your property’s layout, entrances, windows, outbuildings, visibility, network infrastructure and specific risks before recommending a solution.

You get the equipment you actually need, professionally installed and configured to work together.

Why Choose AVS?

We’re a family-run, Okanagan-based security company with generations of experience.

We combine local service with extensive technical knowledge to provide security solutions that are professionally designed, properly installed and built to last.

From a straightforward residential alarm to a fully integrated system with cameras, access control, fire monitoring and home automation, we’ll help you find the right solution without pushing technology you don’t need.

Local. Professional. Personal.

That’s the AVS difference.

Protect Your Home With Confidence

Whether you’re building a new home, upgrading an existing security system, protecting a vacation property or looking for additional protection from fire and wildfire-related risks, AVS can help.

Contact AVS today for a free, no-obligation residential security consultation.