Warrandyte is genuinely open at about 315 people per square kilometre. Response time from anyone else is long, so early detection at the approach matters more than loudness at the house. At approximately 113 metres, Warrandyte has the kind of fall that puts windows within easy reach on the low side of the house.
Being around 24 kilometres from the city, Warrandyte has the roof space to run sensor cabling cleanly rather than surface-mounting it. Warrandyte is in Manningham. Councils do not approve domestic alarms, but they do regulate noise, and an external siren that runs on and on is a nuisance complaint waiting to happen. We set the cut-off correctly.
Work in Warrandyte slots in beside whatever we have on in Donvale, Eltham or Park Orchards that day. By the numbers: 5541 people, roughly 17.6 square kilometres, postcode 3113, inside Manningham. That is Warrandyte as of the 2021 census.
Warrandyte sits within a group of suburbs we are in constantly: Donvale, Eltham, Park Orchards and Templestowe. Our Boronia workshop is about 14.9 kilometres north of Warrandyte, which keeps both the response time and the price honest.