CCTV and Security System Installation Melbourne

Home CCTV that you can actually use

A good home CCTV system is four to eight cameras covering the approaches to the house, the driveway, and the doors, recording to a network video recorder that keeps a few weeks of footage, with an app on your phone so you can check in from anywhere. We install Hikvision and Dahua systems most often because the picture quality, night vision and apps are reliable, and they hold up outdoors in Melbourne weather.

Cameras are wired, not wireless. Wireless cameras drop out, need charging, and record to someone else's cloud. Cabled cameras powered over the network cable just work, year after year.

Alarms, intercoms and access control

We install alarm systems with door and window sensors and pet-tolerant motion detectors, and set them up so that arming and disarming from your phone is simple enough that you will actually do it. Video intercoms let you see and speak to whoever is at the gate or front door from inside, or from your phone when you are out. For businesses we add access control so that keys stop being the problem.

Positioning, privacy and doing it properly

Camera placement is most of the job. We position cameras to cover your property and its entrances, at a height where they cannot be easily reached, and angled so they are not recording the neighbours. Cabling is run neatly through the roof and walls rather than tacked along the eaves, and every system is tested and the app set up on your phone before we leave.