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Secure your home

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to secure your home: 7 steps, about 3.8 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to secure your home but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Walk the house and list the weak points30 min
2. 2Decide monitored or self-monitored20 min
3. 3Get 2 quotes or compare 3 kits45 min
4. 4Check what your insurer requires20 min
5. 5Order or book the install30 min
6. 6Install and test every sensor60 min
7. 7Teach everyone in the house how it works20 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.