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Residential CCTV and security camera installation

A full set of cameras and a recorder fitted to your house, with the cabling hidden in the roof space.

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White turret security camera mounted tight under the eave of a Perth brick home, with the conduit running back along the eave lining

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Get a Quote for CCTV Installation

Tell us about the house and what you want covered. Single or double storey, tiled or tin roof, and how many ways there are onto the block.

We walk the property, count the positions with you, then put the camera count and the cable route in writing before anything is drilled.

  • Free written quote before any work starts
  • All of Perth covered
  • Cabling hidden through the roof space
  • We show you how to use it before we leave
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CCTV Installation in Perth

Fixed cameras wired back to a recorder that keeps the footage. Live view on your phone, and a recording of what the cameras saw.

  • Something has happened at your place or a neighbour's
  • You are building or renovating
  • You bought a cheap kit that never worked properly
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A round white camera mounting base held flat against the timber fascia of a Perth home, positioned over the hole with the cable already fed through it

Scoping

How Many Cameras for a House Like Yours

A rough shape before we come out, by the kind of home rather than by a package.

Small home or unit

One street frontage

  • The front door and the approach to it
  • One down the driveway or carport
  • A rear camera if there is a back gate

Typical four bedroom

House on its own block

  • Front door, driveway and the side access gate
  • Rear yard covering the back door and the alfresco
  • Recorder in the garage, a cupboard or the roof space

Double storey or granny flat

More corners, more roof

  • Upper level positions for the long sight lines
  • Side and rear cover for the second dwelling
  • Both levels planned back to one recorder

This is a starting point, not a quote. We work out what your place actually needs on site and put it in writing.

Best for
A house with no cameras on it yet
Cabling
Run through the roof space, out of sight
Footage
Recorded and kept at your place
Quote
Free and in writing before we start

Worth a look

Signs It Is Time to Put Cameras Up

Any of these and a system is worth pricing.

  • You have no way of telling who came to the door while you were out.

  • Deliveries and bins go walking from the front of the house.

  • The side gate is out of sight from every window in the house.

  • Cars in the driveway or on the verge get interfered with overnight.

  • You are away often and want to be able to look in from your phone.

  • There is a shed, a boat or a trailer parked out the back.

What you get

How We Do CCTV Installation

  • Cabling You Cannot See

    One small hole, hidden behind the bracket. Nothing else on the outside of your house.

  • Aimed at Faces, Not Rooftops

    Mounted at a height that records a person, not the top of a head.

  • The Night View Gets Checked

    Sharp at two in the afternoon can be a white blur at two in the morning. Checked on site.

  • Set Up on Your Phone Before We Go

    Installed and tested on your own phone, not a login card and good luck.

  • A Free Written Quote First

    Count, positions and recorder spot in writing. No holes drilled before you agree.

  • Planned so You Can Add Cameras Later

    The cable path is planned now for the back yard, so adding one later is a run, not a rethink.

Placement

Where the Cameras Go on a House Like This

Three positions cover most single storey homes. Here is where they mount and what each one is actually for.

A standard single storey home is usually four cameras: these three, plus one over the back yard.

Front elevation of a single storey Perth brick home in late afternoon light, showing the double garage and driveway on the left, the recessed front entry in the centre, and a side access gate at the right hand corner of the house
  1. 1

    Driveway and kerb

    The pier at the far end of the garage, angled across the drive rather than down it. Straight down the drive and headlights blow the plates out.

  2. 2

    Front door

    Under the porch, a bit above head height. Up in the gable it records the top of a cap instead of a face.

  3. 3

    Side access gate

    On the corner of the house looking at the gate, which is the way most people get into a back yard.

The front of a single storey Perth brick home at night, the porch light throwing a warm pool of light across the entry and the top of the paved driveway while the garage and the rest of the facade sit in deep shadow, with a small white camera mounted under the eave

After dark

What You Actually Get at Night

Night is when the footage has to work. Three things decide whether it does, and all three are settled on the day it goes up.

Light near the lens, not on it
A porch or sensor light shining back into the camera closes the picture down and everything behind it goes black.
Never through glass
Point a camera out through a window or a flyscreen and the infrared bounces straight back at it. You get a white haze and nothing else.
Infrared falls off fast
It lights what is close well and the far end of a long driveway poorly, which is why distance decides the position more than the view does.

Common Questions About CCTV Installation

A small black recorder sitting on a shelf in a linen cupboard, one cable running from it into a grommet in the wall behind, folded towels on the shelf below
The recorder wants a shelf with a bit of air around it. A linen cupboard is the usual spot.
How many cameras does my house need?

It depends on how many ways there are onto your block. A standard single storey home with a front, one side gate and a back yard is usually well covered by four.

Corner blocks, two storey homes and places with a second driveway or a rear laneway need more. We count the entry points with you when we quote, and you get told which cameras are doing real work and which are nice to have.

Do you have to drill into my brickwork?

Usually no. Most cameras mount to the timber fascia or the eave lining and the cable drops straight into the roof space, so the brickwork is never touched.

Where a wall mount is the only sensible spot, the fixing is a small hole into the mortar joint where possible, sealed properly. If your eaves are old fibro sheeting that may contain asbestos, we do not drill it at all and pick a different mounting point.

Will it still record if my internet drops out?

Yes. The recording happens on the hard drive inside the recorder in your house, not in the cloud, so an internet outage does not create a gap in the footage.

What you lose during an outage is the live view on your phone and any push alerts. Both come back on their own once the modem is back up.

How long is the footage kept for?

It depends on the size of the hard drive, how many cameras you have and what resolution they record at. The recorder fills the drive and then writes over the oldest footage, so you always have a rolling window rather than a drive that jams up.

Tell us how far back you want to be able to look and we will size the drive around that instead of guessing.

Can I watch the cameras while I am away?

Yes, from anywhere with mobile data or wifi, including overseas. The app talks to the recorder at your house through your home internet connection.

It is worth knowing that the live view uses your home upload speed, so on a slow connection the app will drop to a lower quality stream rather than stall, which is normal.

Do the cameras see in the dark?

Yes. Most cameras switch to infrared after dusk, which gives a clear black and white picture with no visible light. Some models can hold full colour at night instead by using a built in warm light, which is better for picking a car colour or clothing.

We will go through both with you and check the result on site after dark rather than relying on the manufacturer's claim.

Do I need to be home while the cameras are installed?

For the start and the finish, yes. We walk the property with you before a box is opened so you can agree every camera position, and you need to be there at the end so the app can go on your own phone.

The middle of the day is cable work and you can carry on with whatever you were doing. If you need to step out, tell us beforehand and the day is planned around it.

Where does the recorder go, and will I hear it running?

It needs somewhere dry and ventilated, near a power point and near your modem, which usually means a cupboard, the study or the garage. There is a small fan and a hard drive inside it, so it hums quietly rather than making a noise you would notice from another room.

We keep it out of sealed cabinets and off carpet, because heat is what shortens a recorder's life in a Perth summer. If the only sensible spot turns out to be a bedroom robe, you will hear that from us at the quote rather than on the day.

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