Moving into a new house next month and want to set up security from day one. Done some research but there are too many options and every review site seems sponsored.
Here's what I care about: reliable alerts on my phone, camera quality good enough to identify faces at night, door/window sensors, and ideally a monitored system so someone calls if the alarm goes off.
Don't care about: smart home integration, fancy UI, voice assistants.
Budget: willing to spend $300-500 upfront and up to $25/month for monitoring.
What do you have and would you buy it again?