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Village launches scheme to ‘design out’ crime
A project to ‘design out’ crime was officially launched in a Nottinghamshire village on Friday (March 11). East Stoke is believed to be the first community in the country to have had security in all its homes upgraded and CCTV installed to cover the entire village. The project began two years ago and has now resulted in the community being awared Secured By Design status by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). Secured by Design is a police initiative to encourage the building industry to adopt crime prevention measures in the design of developments to assist in reducing the opportunity for crime and the fear of crime, creating a safer and more secure environment. The project involved ensuring that doors and windows has effective locks, and that garden and shed security measures are also taken. Installation of security lighting and intruder alarms has also been included. The village’s CCTV and street lighting coverage have also been extended. Nottinghamshire Police has teamed up with the county council and the village’s Neighbourhood Watch group, led by resident Sid Davies, to develop the initiative, which also received National Lottery Funding. Assistant Chief Constable Ian Ackerley, who came up with the proposal for achieving SBD status, said: “We all like to feel our communities are becoming increasingly safer, and across Nottinghamshire crime is reducing at a faster rate than anywhere else in England and Wales. “Those reductions have been achieved by …
Home Electrical – Electricians in Nottingham
Home Electrical in Nottingham is a domestic & commercial electrical contractor. They offer their skills from wiring sockets to full rewires, security alarms, smoke detectors, security lighting, electric water/air heating, electrical installations, repairs and maintenance, full rewires, emergency lighting, electrical testing & inspecting, PAT testing, showers, sockets, lights, security lights, immersion heaters and storage heaters, cookers, fuse boxes and consumer units. www.touchnottingham.com
1307 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, Florida, $3.9MM
Located in Tampa’s Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood on scenic Bayshore Boulevard, this Mid-Century Modernist inspired contemporary home is luxury at it’s finest and has won the 2006 AIA Merit Award for Architecture and also the 2007 Award of Excellence in Construction from the Associated Builders and Contractors. No expense has been spared from the Antique French Oak Hardwood floors to the Crestron Home Smart System that controls all aspects of security, lighting, phones, climate control, entertainment, and automated window treatments from touch panels located throughout the home. The open living area with family room, dining room, foyer, sitting area, and kitchen is the perfect setting for an intimate gathering or a large social function. The master suite boasts 15 foot soaring ceilings with floor to ceiling windows, dressing room, large spa-like bath with separate Jacuzzi tub and shower with a skylight. The back yard has a private heated pool and fountain, covered porch, 2 car air conditioned garage, and guest home with kitchenette, luxurious bath, and views of the bay. Other features of the home include triple paned 150MPH Hurricane proof windows, electric transoms with rain sensors, indoor fountain, outdoor gas fire pit, electric shades and drapes, salt-water filtered pool, complete home water softening system, security cameras, and much much more.
Lighting and Appliance: Larry Kinney – Part 3
Ideal lighting for kitchens, natural lighting, bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, exterior lighting – and security lighting.
9 Storybrook Lane, Amherst, New Hampshire real estate
www.9StorybrookLane.com – About 10 miles west of downtown Nashua lies Amherst, New Hampshire – the quintessential New England Village. With a population of a little over 10000 residents, Amherst is steeped in history and is the largest historic district in New Hampshire. This is TRULY a unique, one of a kind home. Sitting on the top of a hill in the middle of 17 rolling acres, this 8700 square foot Colonial Farm House is the PERFECT home for a family looking for excellent quality construction, privacy, safety, and state of the art lighting, energy efficiency, self-reliance and cleanliness. Perfectly situated and built in 2004 by the current owners, this home was masterfully designed to be practical as well as elegant, to be fun as well as smart. As you learn more and more about this home, youll appreciate the creativity and careful planning that went into the selection of materials and into the innovative design. Don Aslett, author of the book, Make Your House Do The Housework , served as a consultant on this project. As you walk through the home, youll notice toilets built into the walls rather than the floor, bar stools attached to the kitchen island, ceramic tile on the walls and much more. And as you notice the materials used in construction, youll appreciate how so much of it is low or even NO maintenance. If you value safety, quality and self reliant living, youll appreciate its private location in a town known for its quality schools and low crime rate. In addition …
50 Wellington Street | Nashua, New Hampshire real estate & homes
www.VirtualHomes.com – This unique property features Victorian architecture, including a soaring octagonal tower – wait until you see it from the inside! The design continues and is mimicked and evident throughout this exceptional home, particularly on the front porch, fence, sunroom, granite patter and fountain pool. If you enjoy entertaining, this home was made for you! Other standout features include extensive hardwoods throughout the home, vast 8 1 foot ceilings, fresh paint, central vacuum system serving all four levels, energy saving windows, and two new, preventative sump pump systems. The landscaped yard includes numerous beautiful mature and specimen trees, abundant Asian plants, including large and small red Japanese maples and dwarf varieties. An imported artistic bronze fountain cascades into an octagonal pool finished in golden granite with a bluestone cap. There is a secondary granite cobblestone driveway inside the yard. A bluestone perimeter surrounds the massive 25 ton granite slab patio. The yards have a complete irrigation system for lawn, trees and 10 large planters with excellent drainage runoff patterns. There are walking paths, a garden and a driveway. There is a no-maintenance vinyl privacy fence around 95% of the property, along with a new 300-foot granite wall with bluestone cap surrounding over half of the property. You will enjoy exceptional landscaping in your own park-like private city enclave. The yard has convenient electrical outlets …
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine – Zus MPS 1kW – Global Wind Group Inc. #1
The ZüS™ modular power system is a turn-key 1.0 kW turbine that comes standard with a 39ft pole, and four (4) batteries. One of the most attractive features of the ZüS™ is the scalability. As the electrical needs of the hardware increase, the owner simply increases the number of ZüS™ installed. The entire product has been designed to minimize the installation and maintenance costs. The ZüS™ modular power systems vertical-axis design offers many advantages over traditional propeller style of wind turbine including quiet operation, minimal maintenance, very little vibration, and no bird-kill. The ZüS™ modular power is designed to power wireless security cameras, lighting, telecommunications hardware or any small powered item.
Minot Ave Self Storage
Minot Ave Self Storage www.localedge.com storage solutions, auto storage, clean storage, wide access aisles, new storage, dry storage, security lighting,Safe storage, storage unit, 24 hr storage,
Part 8- Landscape and Exterior Lites
More simple Home automation projects. Includes exterior lighting triggered by sunset, and other lights that are set at various levels at sunset but modified when motion is detected. Everything shuts down at bedtime.
Flipo Solar Security Lights
Using the power of the sun, the Dual Solar Security Light is a convenient and economical way to add security lighting to any part of your home or yard.