Time for caramel apples, pumpkin patches, costumes, and unfortunately crime. While we love trick-or-treating, crimes are twice as likely to happen on Halloween than any other night of the year. Here’s some tips to make sure your home is safe on Halloween. Light Up More than Your Jack O’ Lanterns Whether you are anticipating trick-or-treaters or not, keep your porch

Lately, we have seen a great deal of car break-ins throughout Fort Wayne. While we focus on protecting homes and businesses, we would like to help protect your vehicles as well. After doing some research, including speaking with a Fort Wayne police officer, we have compiled some tips to help you avoid a car break-in. Hopefully you can gain some

If your home is anything like ours, kids are constantly running in and out and when they aren’t slamming doors, they are leaving them open. Instead of wasting energy by running your AC with a door open, get the smartest thermostat available with Simplx Security. Parents, you’ll have to find a new cliché to remind your kids to close the

It’s almost time for the kids to get out of school and your family to go on vacation! However, it can be hard to relax on vacation when your house is unoccupied. So many things can go wrong, especially in your imagination. You could have left the front door unlocked or the garage wide open. The basement could be filling

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and you’re not sure what to do for that special someone. He doesn’t care about flowers, and chocolate would not help with her New Year’s resolution to drop the holiday weight. Jewelry is so expensive and a card isn’t expensive enough! You’re too old for oversized stuffed bears and a homemade coupon for

Sometimes people wonder how helpful home security systems really are. Who better to answer that question than those with first-hand experience with burglaries – the local police! The Fort Wayne Police Department’s website includes many helpful tips on crime prevention, one of which is to get a reliable home security system. See the following link for some tips from the

We are so excited for summer! The weather is starting to warm up and the snow should be gone for good (knock on wood). At Simplx we can’t wait to get outside, enjoy the sun, and make sure that every home in Fort Wayne is safe and secure. A big part of keeping our community safe is knocking on doors,

Would you like to control every aspect of your home with the push of a button? From one universal remote you can close your blinds, turn off the lights, control the thermostat, lock your doors, arm your security system, and more. A Little Background The idea of home automation has been around for a while, being shown at the World’s

I think we are all ready for the weather to warm up, the snow and ice to melt, and for winter to finally be over. Or are we? As some of us know too well, melting snow and ice often leads to flooded basements. Is there anything worse than coming home, going downstairs, and discovering a flooded basement? I don’t

So, who’s ready for spring! Fort Wayne, like most of the United States, is still enduring the great polar vortex of 2014. Hopefully it subsides soon and sunshine is just around the corner, but in case it doesn’t, here are some tips to keep you and your loved ones safe this cold winter. Before the Next Storm Hits Before the