Installing this technology should lessen your anxiety about the security of your estate. When something untoward happens while you’re away, the system’s genie will take action—send a voice message to your cell phone (or an e-mail to your BlackBerry, laptop, or Treo) alerting you to (among other alarming events) an air-conditioner water leak in your attic; a sump pump failure; a dangerously low level of oil in your tank; problems with your furnace, septic tank, or water treatment system; the unauthorized passing of a car through your gate (the genie will even email you a photo of the trespassing vehicle). Security cameras will allow you to monitor the safety of your children.