Verisure
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Verisure
Are you looking to increase security at your home? Would you like to ensure your family is safer and protected? An alarm system – even the most basic one – is better than none. With sensors at key entrance points, homeowners can be alerted to would-be intruders and can take action to protect themselves and their family. With CCTV cameras now found on nearly every street in the United Kingdom, crime is still something that needs to be addressed and not taken lightly. A monitored alarm system is the best bet, as these companies can send out guarded units to protect homeowners and families. Which company do you choose? One such company is called Verisure. Are they reputable? Are they reliable? To know that, you need to read customer reviews from actual customers who use this company’s services.
About Verisure
Verisure was founded in 1988. It operates as part of the Verisure Group, which has a presence in 16 countries, employs 18,000 staff and serves 3.2 million customers. As a monitored alarm systems company, its systems incorporate 2 types of detectors and allow customers to even manage their own security system in their home or business from any location through their smartphone app called My Verisure. They have 32 branches across the United Kingdom from Bristol, Edinburgh, and Leeds to Newhaven, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. Verisure’ products send alarm system signals from their wireless devices to the Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC). If an alarm goes off, the company will contact the homeowner or key holder and if necessary will dispatch a guard response unit. Verisure offers customers 24-hour protection.
Products and Services of Verisure
Verisure Alarm Systems offers a 45-second response time once an alarm is triggered for their Alarm Receiving Centre to contact the homeowner or key holder. All devices feature an SOS button for emergencies. All devices also carry a lifelong warranty and customers can make use of 24-hour technical support. They offer alarm products for flats, for villas, for apartments, garages, detached houses, and even sheds. For businesses, customers can choose from alarms for commerce, for offices, warehouses, shops, and for premises. Devices available from Verisure are Alarm Control Panels, PIR motion sensors, Smart Key Readers, door and window alarm sensors, remote control alarm systems, perimeter security systems, and panic button alarms. Verisure’ Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) is ARC Gold-approved by the National Security Inspectorate (NSI), which is the United Kingdom’s leading certification body for security and fire protection sectors.
Compliments, Complaints and Tips about Verisure
Have you bought and used a Verisure Smart Alarm system in your home or business? Did you need to visit one of their branches and if so were their staff friendly and helpful? Did they install your alarm system quickly and neatly? Is their customer support centre quick to respond? Are their alarm devices of a high-quality? Would you recommend Verisure to friends and family? We would love to read your experiences and feedback (positive or negative). Please consider writing an honest customer review so that other would-be customers would know all about this company to make better-informed decisions on whether to use Verisure.
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NE12 8BU Newcastle upon Tyne
Quorum Business Park, The Neon Building - Q10 Benton Ln
United Kingdom
customersupport@verisure.co.uk
02038853296
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Home Alarm
They fitted the door sensor on the wrong patio door, such that when we were broken into the alarm did not trigger. When we cancelled our contract and gave 3 months notice, they did not arrange for someone to remove the alarm system, when we chased it up they claimed we had not given them any notice to cancel the contract and made up that they had sent us e-mails to discuss our cancellation and they had no records of their claimed e-mails or calls to prove they had done so.
Verisure alarm system
A recent bad Customer "Service" experience has triggered a thorough research on the nitty-gritty of the Verisure alarm system.
Here's the findings, for the benefit of current and potential customers:
1) Verisure will tell you they're "NSI certified" - where "NSI" stands for National Security Inspectorate.
Which is true ... in part. Which part? Not the most important one...
Here's the whole truth: Verisure's Alarm Receiving Centre is indeed certified by NSI. This means a Verisure person will indeed pick up you call in, say, 40 or 60 seconds.
What happens from there? If the alarm is real, Verisure will contact their sub-contractor who does the patrolling and "intervention".
In my case (W7 postcode) this sub-contractor has a MINIMUM response time of 30 minutes. Add "Sunday", "football match" or "heavy rain" into the mix - and you'll potentially have an agent calling at your burgled home in 45-60 minutes. Useful, huh?
Moreover, these sub-contractors cannot touch the burglar, even if he/she is caught in the act of leaving your property loaded. I suppose that, based on the seniority of the burglar, the reaction of your "fierce" Verisure agent could range from "How are you, sir, enjoying your stroll this evening?" to "Bad boy! You'll go to bed without dinner tonight!"
2) Police will never intervene in case of a Verisure-triggered alarm.
Verisure can't provide an URN - unique reference number assigned by the police to a security system, like other providers (Banham, ADT).
Therefore Police intervention "is not guaranteed" - read "it will never ever happen".
3) Neither the products Verisure install in your property, nor the installers of those products, are NSI certified.
Have you noticed the door "sensors" they install? Peeling the film and gluing them to the door and to the frame? A gust of wind banging the door will remove those sensors, let alone a burglar.
On the other hand, Verisure can use the cheapest of the cheap installers on the market, train them for 60 minutes, and then send them to your house to install.
(No wonder my Verisure "experts" missed 6 out of the last 6 appointments - they probably do this in their spare time).
4) Verisure will tell you they used to be called Securitas Direct - in a pathetic attempt to associate themselves with Securitas Security Services Ltd (the 2nd biggest regulated security operator in the UK).
Nothing can be further from the truth... Verisure is headquartered in Geneva, CH - and (mostly) owned by a private equity firm called Hellman & Friedman. No link whatsoever with the British security operator, just a naming coincidence.
Long story short: Verisure are marketing very well a ... toy; a scarecrow meant to deter; but in case of real emergency - there's NOTHING underneath.
You'll be as exposed as if you had no alarm at all. And the money you spend on them are mostly going to fancy ads, shiny web pages - and fake 5-star reviews.
Alarm System
BEWARE! This has been the worst experience with a company I have ever dealt with. As soon as I decided I wanted to cancel the whole process has been so difficult and they have made it really stressful! Avoid this company at all costs!
Verisure customer service never made me feel safe or secure.
My experience with Verisure was awful from the very beginning. Firstly I believe I was misled by the installer who made me sign a contract on the spot on his tablet, without even attempting a brief explanation of certain clauses of the contract written in very small fonts and large paragraphs which are impossible to read fully as you can imagine.
Additionally, I found that the quality of the video from the devices was extremely poor. Never really understood why is there no camera installed on the front door included in the package?
Furthermore, a fault had been erased within a device, and the system was not functioning properly.
Despite the fact that an engineer was supposed to come, they didn't, so the bills continued while the problem was still present.
Unfortunately, I lost my job a few months later and requested to cancel my subscription to Verisure. Interestingly, my Verisure payments increased ridiculously, and I needed to decrease my monthly spending.
It was from this point onwards that I had to deal with the ruthless Verisure Customer Service.
Please refrain from joining Verisure at any cost.
In my opinion, there are much better companies out there offering a friendly, fair, and high-quality service, at a much lower cost.
It is a large company that is growing somehow but based on my experience, I am convinced they have zero interest in individuals.
By far, Verisure provides the Worst Customer Service I ever encountered. It is also worth noting that I am not the type of person who complains often, so that says a lot....
Do yourself a favor and avoid Verisure. It would be in your best interest.
Alarm
Awful company. They miss-sell and then want to charge for a system that is not adequate. Constantly having false triggers and they turn half of the system off meaning any one is free to access as long as they don't use the front door. We are now locked in a legal battle as I am out Almost £1000 for an alarm that doesn't work or be monitored apropriotly.
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