Home Security Case Studies
Three real engagements — an underperforming system, a new build, and an overseas holiday home — and the measurable results a plan produced in each.
From 4 cameras and constant false alarms to full coverage
Four cameras, dozens of daily false alarms, and a family that had stopped opening the app entirely. The rear corner of the property — the most likely approach — was completely dark.
Re-aimed two cameras onto real approach paths, retired one redundant device, added a single floodlight camera at the rear corner, and rebuilt every motion zone away from the street and the trees.
false alerts in the first month — and a family that reads every alert again, because every alert now means something.
Security designed before move-in day
A new build with an installer quote of $2,300 for a generic six-camera package — priced before drywall was even up, with no reference to the floor plan.
Working straight from the builder’s plans: four camera positions with pre-wire notes, network drop points for a separate IoT network, and a 21-point move-in checklist starting with re-keying.
versus the installer package — and the house was protected on day one, not week six.
Remote monitoring for a house empty 40 weeks a year
A holiday home that sits empty 40 weeks a year, in a different country from its owners, with patchy rural internet and no appetite for monthly monitoring fees.
Local-first NVR recording with remote access, cellular-backup alerting for outages, per-person access codes for the neighbor who checks in, and a seasonal review routine.
— full remote visibility from another country, with nothing to renew and nothing recurring to pay.