Home CCTV in Dulwich
Large Dulwich houses have long gardens, side gates and garages. We plan discreet cameras for each way in and set them up on your phone.
CCTV team: 020 8226 4914. New HD systems, and repairs to cameras and recorders whoever fitted them. Working across Dulwich Village, West Dulwich, East Dulwich, College Road and the roads by Dulwich Park.
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Choosing camera spots in Dulwich
Tap a spot to see what each camera covers. Most Dulwich homes need two to four.
Front door
The most useful camera on any home. It records everyone who comes to the door, including parcel deliveries, and shows faces clearly.
How we fit itWe fit it high enough to be out of reach, angled down the path so faces are clear, not the tops of heads.
Drive or parking space
Covers your car and the front of the house. A wide-angle camera can take in the drive, the gate and the pavement edge.
How we fit itWe aim it at your own space, not the whole street, and set alerts so your phone tells you when someone walks up to the car.
Side passage or gate
Side returns and gates are the usual way into a back garden. A camera here catches anyone going round the back.
How we fit itWe fit a camera looking along the passage, with night vision, and can add a light that comes on with movement.
Back garden and doors
Covers patio doors, sheds and bikes. Back doors are where most break-ins start.
How we fit itWe place it to take in the whole garden and the back doors, and mask out neighbours’ gardens so you only record your own.
Protecting homes across Dulwich
Homes under the Dulwich Estate’s Scheme of Management may need consent for changes to the outside. We use small cameras and suggest positions that are least visible.
Business security in Dulwich
Shops and cafés on Lordship Lane and in the Village use cameras on doors and tills.
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The right camera for each spot in Dulwich
We choose a camera for each spot rather than one type for the whole house. These are the three we fit most in Dulwich. See every camera we fit.
Mini camera
Fits the Dulwich Estate’s rules on outside changes better than any other camera.
Varifocal
Larger Dulwich Village houses with gated drives need a zoom lens to read the gate clearly.
Wireless and battery
For a summer house or studio at the end of a long Dulwich garden.
CCTV not working in Dulwich?
Dulwich houses tend to have long gardens, so the cameras we repair here are often at the far end on a shed or garden office, fed by a cable that has been chewed, dug through or let in water. We trace the run, replace the damaged section and test the picture on your phone before we leave.
No night picture
Usual cause: Infrared LEDs fade with age, and a spider’s web or a wall close by can bounce the light straight back into the lens.
What we doWe clear the lens, re-angle or move the camera, and replace it if the infrared has gone.
Not recording
Usual cause: The hard drive has failed, or filled up with overwriting switched off, or the recorder lost its settings in a power cut.
What we doWe fit a surveillance-grade hard drive, restore the recording schedule and check you can play back every camera.
Blurry or misty picture
Usual cause: Weather, spiders and age all soften the picture. Water inside the camera shows up as mist or fog.
What we doWe clean or refocus it, or swap it for a sealed HD camera that stays sharp.
Something else? We repair Hikvision, Dahua, Ring and Ezviz kit. WhatsApp the CCTV team a photo of the fault or call 020 8226 4914.
How much footage can a Dulwich system hold?
Pick your number of cameras and drive size to see roughly how many days your recorder would keep before it records over the oldest footage.
These are rough figures for modern H.265 recorders. A busy road or trees moving in the wind use more space than a quiet hallway, so we check the real figure on your recorder before we leave.
28 days of footage
About four weeks. That is what most of our customers keep.
See your Dulwich property live
Once your cameras are in, or your old system is working again, you can see your Dulwich home or business live from your phone.
HD cameras with night vision, a recorder that keeps weeks of footage, and an app for your phone. You get alerts when someone is on your drive or in your garden, and can share access with your family.
CCTV fitted or fixed in Dulwich? Call020 8226 4914Security camera questions from Dulwich
If yours isn't here, call or WhatsApp our CCTV team. Advice is free.
Do I need the Dulwich Estate’s consent for CCTV?
Some changes to the outside need consent. Check with the Estate. We can suggest discreet positions for your application.
Can you cover a garden office?
Yes. We can fit a camera on or near it and run the cable back to the recorder.
Do you cover East Dulwich and Dulwich Village?
Yes. We work right across SE21 and SE22, from Lordship Lane and the streets off it to Dulwich Village and the roads near the park.
My Dulwich garden backs onto a neighbour’s. How do I avoid filming them?
We aim the camera down your garden rather than across it, and use privacy masking to black out any part of a neighbour’s garden or windows that still falls in the frame.
The camera on my garden office keeps dropping out. Why?
On long runs it is usually a weak Wi-Fi link or a damp cable joint. We test both, and often replace a wireless camera with a wired one so the picture stays steady.
Can you repair an older Dulwich system and keep the existing cameras?
Often, yes. If the cameras still give a good picture we replace only the recorder or power supply that has failed, which keeps the cost of the repair down.
Send us a photo
WhatsApp a photo of the front and back of your property and we can suggest where cameras would go and roughly what it would cost.
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Call or WhatsApp for free advice
A photo of your aerial, dish or the message on your TV screen helps us tell you what's wrong and what it will cost, often before we visit.
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