Alarms, Cameras and Smart Homes for Lombard, IL
Lombard is the Lilac Village of DuPage County, and its housing comes in three layers: older homes near downtown, a large ring of split-levels and tri-levels from the 1950s to the 1970s, and condo and apartment buildings with twenty or more units. We plan monitored security for each of those, then add the entertainment and smart home pieces once the house is protected.
A local Forest Park team serving Chicagoland and the western suburbs since 2009. Real people answer the phone, and we plan every system with you in person.
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Planning security for a Lombard home
A split-level gives a burglar more choices than a plain two-story. The lower family room often has windows right at the lawn, the garage opens into a half landing, and the bedrooms sit a short flight above the kitchen. We walk every level with you, count the openings on each, and decide what gets a contact, what gets glass-break coverage and where one motion sensor can watch the stairs that tie the floors together.
What we install in Lombard
- Burglar alarms: Contacts on every exterior door, including the one from the attached garage, plus glass-break and motion coverage sized to the house. A tri-level and a hundred-year-old bungalow need different plans, so nothing comes from a stock kit.
- Monitored fire alarms: Smoke and heat detectors that report to a monitoring center, with carbon monoxide sensing near the furnace and bedrooms. Most Lombard homes heat with gas, so we treat CO as part of the job, not an add-on.
- Alarm monitoring: Professional monitoring through Alarm.com over a cellular link, so a signal still goes out if the internet or the phone line drops.
- Cameras and video: A video doorbell, a camera on the driveway and one on the back yard, with clips on your phone. In a condo, we keep the camera aimed at your own door and follow the association's rules.
- Access control: Keypad or smart locks with separate codes for family, a dog walker or a cleaner, and fob or card entry for small offices and shops.
- Business security: Burglar and fire alarms for storefronts and offices, cameras on the counter and the rear entrance, and a user code for each employee.
- Control4 smart home: Control4 runs the music, TVs, lighting and shades. Security stays on its own Alarm.com system beside it. The two are separate, and each has its own app.
- Home theater: A media room in the lower level of a split-level, or a TV and sound bar in a condo living room with the wires out of sight.
Local considerations in Lombard
The village began as Babcock's Grove, settled in the 1830s, took the Lombard name in 1868 and incorporated in 1869, with the railroad already running through by 1849. Its nickname comes from Colonel William Plum's lilac collection, which was left to the village and became Lilacia Park, laid out by Jens Jensen. Lilac Time is still held there every May. Lombard had fewer than 10,000 residents in 1950 and more than 34,000 by 1970.
The latest five-year census estimates count 43,619 people in 17,262 households, and about 71 percent of households own, a bit under the DuPage County share. The median home was built in 1971, and a little more than half of all homes date from the 1950s through the 1970s. Only about one in twelve predates 1940. Just over half of homes are detached houses, while more than a quarter sit in buildings with twenty or more units. Three bedrooms is the most common size.
The village's historic survey records Craftsman bungalows, foursquares and Italianate and Tudor Revival houses among its oldest buildings, many of them close to downtown. Those homes often have plaster walls, so we lean on wireless sensors that go up without cutting. Farther out, builders in the late 1950s and 1960s sold bi-level, tri-level, split-level and raised ranch models, and those half floors are where most of our planning time goes. Lombard also sits on a Metra line into Chicago, and a commuter's house can sit empty through a long workday, so remote arming and phone alerts matter here.
For Lombard stores and restaurants
Downtown has restaurants and shops within a short walk of the Metra station, including a local landmark building from 1858 that is still in commercial use. On the south side, Yorktown Center opened in 1968 and is being reworked into a mixed-use site, with new apartments and an outdoor square that opened in June 2026. For a shop, office or restaurant in either area, we plan around closing time: an alarm armed by the last person out, a monitored fire alarm, cameras on the register and back door, and codes that can be shut off the day someone leaves.
ZIP code: 60148
Questions from Lombard homeowners
Our split-level has a family room half a floor down. How do you protect it?
Those windows are usually close to the ground, so we add glass-break detection to the room and a motion sensor that sees the short stairs. The keypad goes by the door you use most, often the one from the garage.
Our condo is in a building with dozens of units. Is a private alarm allowed?
Yes. A wireless alarm for the unit, a smoke detector tied to monitoring and a camera on your own door are common choices. We check the association rules before anything is mounted in a hallway.
Our house near downtown is about a century old. Does adding security mean patching walls?
Rarely. Wireless contacts and detectors cover most older homes, and when wiring is needed we look for an attic, a basement or a closet to run it through first.
We both commute by train. Can we check the house during the day?
Yes. The Alarm.com app shows whether the system is armed, lets you arm it from the platform and sends an alert when a door opens or a camera sees someone.
We heat with gas. Should carbon monoxide sensors be part of the system?
We recommend them. A monitored CO sensor reports to the monitoring center even when nobody is home to hear the beep, which a plug-in detector cannot do.
Can Control4 run our alarm too?
No. Control4 runs your music, TVs and lighting. Your security system works alongside it in its own app. They sit side by side, so a problem with one never takes down the other.
Live in a Lombard split-level, an older house near downtown or a condo near Yorktown? Phone 708-705-9665, tell us which kind of home it is, and we will book a visit.
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