Home security cameras fitted and repaired in Forest Hill
Forest Hill has big hillside houses, converted flats and shops by the station. We fit cameras that suit each one.
CCTV team: 020 8226 4914. New HD systems, and repairs to cameras and recorders whoever fitted them. Working across Honor Oak, Perry Vale, Dartmouth Road, the roads by the Horniman and Forest Hill station.
SE23Lewisham
Planning CCTV for your Forest Hill house
Tap a spot to see what each camera covers. Most Forest Hill 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.
Cameras for Forest Hill homes
Hillside houses often have steps up to the front door and side passages to the garden. We place cameras to cover each approach.
Shop and office cameras in Forest Hill
Shops and cafés on Dartmouth Road and near the station use cameras on doors and tills.
Need a TV aerial, satellite dish or Starlink too? See our aerial and satellite page for Forest Hill.
Cameras that suit Forest Hill
We choose a camera for each spot rather than one type for the whole house. These are the three we fit most in Forest Hill. See every camera we fit.
Placed so it looks down the steps to a Forest Hill front door.
Fitted under the soffit by the side passage, high up on the downhill side of the house.
For hillside back gardens, where the far end can be a long way below the house.
When your Forest Hill cameras stop working
Forest Hill streets are steep, and many houses have cameras high on the gable or over a raised front door. When one stops working it is often a failed camera, a corroded connector or a power supply that has given up. We bring the access kit to reach high cameras safely and fix them in one visit where we can.
Camera offline
Usual cause: A loose or water-damaged connector, a cable cut during building work, or a camera that has simply reached the end of its life.
What we doWe test at the recorder and at the camera, repair the cable or connector, and replace the camera if it has died.
No night picture
Usual cause: The infrared lights have failed, a cobweb is reflecting them, or a security light is blinding the camera.
What we doWe clean and re-aim the camera, adjust its night settings, or fit a new camera with stronger night vision.
Not recording
Usual cause: Recorders run for years, then the hard drive wears out. A hot cupboard with no air speeds that up.
What we doWe replace the drive or the recorder, give it room to stay cool and check it keeps saving footage.
Something else? We repair Hikvision, Dahua, Ring and Ezviz kit. WhatsApp the CCTV team a photo of the fault or call 020 8226 4914.
Recording time for a Forest Hill CCTV system
More cameras and sharper pictures fill a drive faster. Change the settings to see roughly how many days you would have.
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.
Your Forest Hill home on your phone
Once your cameras are in, or your old system is working again, you can see your Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill? Call020 8226 4914Questions about CCTV in Forest Hill
If yours isn't here, call or WhatsApp our CCTV team. Advice is free.
Can a camera cover the steps up to my Forest Hill front door?
Yes. We aim a camera down the steps so faces are clear as people climb towards the door, which gives far more useful footage than a camera pointing straight out.
Do you cover Honor Oak and Perry Vale?
Yes. We cover all of SE23, including Honor Oak, Perry Vale and the hillside streets around the Horniman Museum.
Can neighbours on my Forest Hill road share a camera’s view?
Yes, if you choose to. You can give a neighbour app access to a camera covering a shared path, and take it away again whenever you like.
My Forest Hill house sits above the road. Will a camera see too much?
Higher cameras do see further, so we angle them down onto your steps and front door and mask the street and houses opposite from the picture.
Can my Forest Hill recorder go somewhere out of sight?
Yes. We often put it in a loft or under-stairs cupboard with enough air around it, so it is hidden from burglars but will not overheat.
My high gable camera has gone offline. Can you reach it?
Yes. We use ladders or a tower as needed, test the camera and connector, and repair or replace whatever has failed so it shows on your recorder again.
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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