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/moIndependent, written security risk assessments for homes, HMOs, offices and commercial premises across Manchester, Stockport, Glossop and the North West — with prioritised recommendations you can act on in any order.
Overview
Honest, plain-English explanation no jargon, no hard sell. We want you to understand exactly what we're recommending and why.
A security risk assessment is a structured on-site review of your property's physical, electronic and procedural vulnerabilities — perimeter, entry points, sight-lines, existing alarm and CCTV, lighting, key control and staff or resident behaviour. You receive a written report ranking every risk and recommending proportionate mitigations.
Homeowners after a break-in or before insurance renewal, landlords and letting agents managing HMOs and rental portfolios, business owners preparing for insurance surveys or ISO/PCI audits, and property managers responsible for multi-site portfolios.
After a break-in in your street or premises, before an insurance renewal or survey, on change of business use or occupancy, before a HMO licence application, or as a routine annual review for higher-value or higher-risk properties.
Buying alarms and cameras without understanding the actual risk pattern almost always results in the wrong kit in the wrong place. An independent assessment ensures you spend once, correctly — and that any system you already own is being used to its full capability.
What's at stake
Camera pointed at the driveway when the actual entry route is the alley — one of the most common findings we see.
Commercial insurers increasingly demand independent risk documentation ahead of policy renewal. A written report satisfies most surveyors.
Council HMO inspections look at fire, but also at physical security and key control — a proper assessment surfaces gaps before the inspection does.
Rushed post-burglary purchases often duplicate what didn't work. An assessment reframes the whole property, not just the failed door.
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.
10-minute call to understand the property, any recent incidents, insurance requirements and what you're most worried about.
1–2 hour walk of the property covering perimeter, boundaries, entry points, sight-lines, existing alarm and CCTV coverage, lighting, locks, key control and procedural practices.
Prioritised risk register, photo-annotated recommendations, indicative costings and — where relevant — mapping to insurer or licensing requirements.
If you'd like us to implement any recommendations, we quote fixed-price. If you'd rather use another installer, the report is yours to use freely.
Benefits
The fee is for the assessment, not the install — recommendations are unbiased.
Reports formatted to satisfy the typical UK commercial insurer or surveyor.
Every recommendation is ranked High / Medium / Low so you can budget over months, not overnight.
We audit what you already own and recommend how to make it work harder before recommending new spend.
We've walked thousands of properties across the North West — we spot what generic checklists miss.
One transparent price for the visit and report, no scope creep.
In Depth
Plain-English deep dive into the equipment, methods and decisions that go into a properly engineered install.
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Perimeter and boundaries (fences, walls, hedges, gates), entry points (doors, windows, roof access, garages, outbuildings), sight-lines from the street and from neighbours, external lighting and dead zones, existing alarm coverage and grading, CCTV coverage and evidential quality, lock standards and key control, and procedural practices (keyholding, alarm codes, contractor access, deliveries).
For homes and HMOs we align findings with your buildings and contents insurer requirements plus (for HMOs) local council licensing standards. Common recommendations include upgrading front and rear door cylinders, repositioning existing CCTV, adding perimeter lighting and formalising key control.
For commercial premises we align findings with your insurer's survey framework, plus (where relevant) PCI-DSS physical requirements, ISO 27001 Annex A controls and any sector-specific standards (care, education, hospitality). Common recommendations include zoning the alarm, upgrading CCTV to evidential quality, formalising visitor management and access-control audit trails.
For letting agents, property managers and multi-site commercial operators we can assess a representative sample of properties and produce a portfolio-level risk view — useful for insurer conversations and capital planning across estates.
The assessment fee is separate from any installation work. Reports are yours to use with any installer — including ones who might quote against us. Our long-term customer base is built on being straight about what a property does and doesn't need.
Residential assessments start from £150. HMO and small commercial from £250. Larger commercial or multi-site is quoted per project. Fee is agreed in advance.
Typically 1–2 hours on-site for a residential or small commercial property, longer for larger sites.
No. The report is yours — use any installer, or none. Independence is the whole point.
In our experience yes — reports follow the framework UK commercial insurers use themselves. If your insurer has a specific template, share it and we'll structure the report to match.
We flag obvious fire risks (missing detection, blocked escapes) and cross-refer to BS 5839, but a full fire risk assessment is a separate specialist discipline we don't undertake.
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.
Alarm, CCTV and fire systems installed and documented to the standards UK insurers actually recognise — NSI NACOSS Gold / SSAIB equivalent quality, full commissioning certificates, and paperwork your insurer, broker and surveyor will accept without question.
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