New · Texecom Guardian — request a local security guard visit on demand from just £9.50/month (fair usage add-on for SmartCom App customers) — security guard visits from £9.50/moAlarm, CCTV, fire detection and access control packaged for landlords, letting agents and property managers — with one point of contact, portfolio-wide documentation and a service programme that keeps every property compliant year on year.
Overview
Honest, plain-English explanation no jargon, no hard sell. We want you to understand exactly what we're recommending and why.
A landlord security package is a pre-scoped, standardised set of alarm, fire detection, CCTV and access-control specifications designed for the realities of rental property — turnover, tenant changes, licensing, insurance, out-of-hours faults — delivered across an entire portfolio by one installer with one point of contact.
Private landlords with one or several rentals, letting agents managing residential portfolios, HMO operators, student-let providers, holiday-let and Airbnb hosts, and commercial property managers with multi-site tenanted premises.
At the point of buying a new rental, on HMO licence application or renewal, after a tenant change, when insurers or councils flag compliance gaps, or as an annual portfolio review to standardise ageing systems.
Managing one installer per property, remembering which HMO's fire alarm is due for service, chasing certificates for insurance and licensing — this is the friction that costs landlords real money and puts licences at risk. Packaged, portfolio-wide security removes all of it.
What's at stake
Councils demand current fire alarm certificates. Without portfolio-wide records, renewals get delayed or refused.
Every tenant change means keys, codes and locks. Without a plan, it's constant cost and admin.
Tenants call landlords when alarms sound at night. Without a proper aftercare relationship, it's a personal problem.
Portfolios built over years often have a different installer per property — no standardisation, no consolidated records.
Our Process
Four decades of installs has taught us exactly what works. Every customer follows the same well-tested path from first call to long-term aftercare.
We review every property in your portfolio (or a representative sample), catalogue what's installed, flag compliance gaps and produce a portfolio-wide risk view.
Agreed specification per property type (single let, HMO, holiday let, commercial) so every future install follows one blueprint.
Prioritised install schedule that spreads capital cost across quarters and slots around tenant changes.
Central diary of every service due date, with signed certificates delivered as PDFs into your portfolio records.
One engineer knows your portfolio; one out-of-hours number for tenant-caused alarm faults.
Benefits
Every HMO's fire alarm certificate current, filed and easy to hand to the council.
Standardised documentation across every property, insurer-recognised certification.
Annual portfolio service contract at a fixed per-property rate — no surprise callout bills.
Code changes, key reissues and lock resets handled the same day where possible.
One phone number, one engineer, one invoice — replacing the twelve you've built up over time.
Whether you own a single let or manage a portfolio, the same programme applies.
In Depth
Plain-English deep dive into the equipment, methods and decisions that go into a properly engineered install.
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Standard HMO package covers BS 5839-6 Grade A or D fire detection sized to room count, PD 6662 Grade 2 intruder alarm with keyholder monitoring option, CCTV at common entry and bin-store areas, and coded entry to communal doors. Every letting room individually addressable on fire; every tenant issued their own arming code with audit trail.
Standard single-let package covers a Grade 2 intruder alarm, mains-wired interlinked smoke and heat detection to BS 5839-6, a video doorbell and — where the property warrants — CCTV. All designed for straightforward tenant handover with resettable codes and no personal accounts tied to previous occupants.
Student HMOs and holiday lets share a common problem — high tenant turnover and lots of temporary access. Packages centre on keyless smart locks with time-boxed PINs, robust fire detection tuned for cooking activity, and CCTV at communal areas only.
For tenanted commercial units and mixed-use blocks we standardise on landlord-controlled fire and communal-area systems, with each tenant able to add their own intruder and access control inside their demise. Clear demarcation of landlord vs tenant responsibility documented in every install.
Annual (or 6-monthly for commercial fire) service programme with a central schedule, PDF certificates delivered into your portfolio system, and a named engineer holding the site history. Out-of-hours line for genuine alarm faults so tenants aren't calling you at 3am.
Yes — letting agents are a significant part of our work. We integrate with agents' property management workflows and can deal directly with tenants for site access and code changes under an agreed protocol.
Yes — our coverage across Greater Manchester, the High Peak, Cheshire and Lancashire means we can service portfolios spread across the region as one contract.
Fixed per-property annual rate depending on property type and system scope. Multi-property portfolios attract volume pricing — quoted transparently up front.
New properties are surveyed against the agreed package spec, installed to that standard and added to the service diary. No renegotiation, no separate contract.
Yes — portfolio customers get an out-of-hours line for genuine alarm and fire faults, so tenants don't call landlords in the middle of the night.
Free on-site survey. Fixed-price written quote within 24 hours. Same-week installation across the North West. Just one local engineer who's been doing this for 40 years no call centres, no hard sell.
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