ᐅ Construction Monitoring for a Semi-Detached House: Where is the Best Place to Install Cameras, Floodlights, and (Siren)?
Created on: 23 Jun 2025 16:59
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mm56789
Hello everyone, attached are two photos showing the front and rear views; the green half (right side from the front) is mine. These are rendered images; the people are not real.
Where would you recommend installing the construction surveillance cameras and floodlights for planning where I will need the PoE cables?
The cameras will most likely be PoE UniFi models (the entire network is planned around this), alternatively Reolink, smartly controlled via HomeAssistant, with an additional NAS for storage. I am aware of the laws regarding filming neighboring properties, which can also be masked out in the software.
I read that cameras should be mounted at about 3 meters (10 feet) high, but not necessarily higher to still be able to recognize faces. Would it be best to use smart motion detectors or even deliberately classic motion sensors that first turn on garden lighting at night? Or better to link them so that when the camera detects a person rather than an animal, the floodlight is smartly switched on in the garden?
Is it also possible to mount cameras on downspouts, or do the mounts loosen due to strong temperature fluctuations?
I’m having a hard time with this because the setup should not be too visually intrusive. Is it common to place cameras between two windows, for example, or better centered or at the edge of a window? Should the floodlights be installed directly with or above the camera, or deliberately elsewhere, and for what reasons?
At the front, a video doorbell is planned, probably also UniFi. Is that enough for the front area, or should I also cover the outer corner of the garage to angle towards the entrance? Although then the neighbor would be filmed every time; with the doorbell, you can easily censor that, but not really from an angled position.
And what about an alarm siren?
What are your thoughts?
Where would you recommend installing the construction surveillance cameras and floodlights for planning where I will need the PoE cables?
The cameras will most likely be PoE UniFi models (the entire network is planned around this), alternatively Reolink, smartly controlled via HomeAssistant, with an additional NAS for storage. I am aware of the laws regarding filming neighboring properties, which can also be masked out in the software.
I read that cameras should be mounted at about 3 meters (10 feet) high, but not necessarily higher to still be able to recognize faces. Would it be best to use smart motion detectors or even deliberately classic motion sensors that first turn on garden lighting at night? Or better to link them so that when the camera detects a person rather than an animal, the floodlight is smartly switched on in the garden?
Is it also possible to mount cameras on downspouts, or do the mounts loosen due to strong temperature fluctuations?
I’m having a hard time with this because the setup should not be too visually intrusive. Is it common to place cameras between two windows, for example, or better centered or at the edge of a window? Should the floodlights be installed directly with or above the camera, or deliberately elsewhere, and for what reasons?
At the front, a video doorbell is planned, probably also UniFi. Is that enough for the front area, or should I also cover the outer corner of the garage to angle towards the entrance? Although then the neighbor would be filmed every time; with the doorbell, you can easily censor that, but not really from an angled position.
And what about an alarm siren?
What are your thoughts?
11ant schrieb:
... from a Tecklenburg project, if I’m not mistaken.No, you are mistaken.ypg schrieb:
What is behind the garden? Another row of houses? A street? Forest or field?Oh, why am I asking: a few clicks, like today’s scammers do—who have far more options—already know where you will live. Behind the row of trees are two rows of garages belonging to the three staggered white multi-family houses. Yes, they look somewhat older, just like the other houses in the neighborhood. That’s why the rent is cheaper than in other newly built apartment buildings. And yes, it’s very likely that lower-income residents live there because it’s more affordable. But everything looks well maintained in the aerial images. I would walk my small dog there—at least during the daytime. They’re certainly not waiting to break into your place. It’s much more dangerous in the neighborhood to be recognized. And those with the signal jammer won’t break into the house. They carry the jammer to open cars without keys.mm56789 schrieb:
Is it easy to manipulate if a burglar comes with a signal jammer?So if you want a little more security, watch out for the crimes of the digital age—those you don’t see or notice. I’m not a criminal, just wise :P
