How many cameras do you have inside? Any? Am I going overboard?

[bfollowell]

I'm planning out the inside cameras for the new house we're building. We have four external doors counting the door from the mud room to the garage and I want a camera on each door. Since a lot of break-ins tend to happen from the garage, at least on homes with service doors, I want two in the garage from opposing angles. That's a total of six.

In the end I know it's all up to me and what I want and can afford, but I'm curious to hear others' opinions.

Am I overthinking it? Is this overkill?

 

[bigredfish]

I had one in my old house garage and 12 outside.

I now have 11 outside and 1 Amcrest wifi camera for inside for times when we are away. Otherwise its not connected to the network

I would want one outside at each entrance and possibly one in the garage. I don't like cameras in the house

 

[samplenhold]

I have seven inside. One covering the back door, two covering the front door, and one covering the living room/kitchen. That last one would catch anyone coming in through windows in those rooms. Those four were originally tasked to watch over the dogs before they passed.

I also have two in the garage, one covering the main door and the other the side door. The last one covers my gun safes. Since we travel a lot, I like to be able to check on the inside while gone even though we have an alarm.

 

[bigredfish]

Ahh you jogged my memory.
I forgot in my last home I did have the small PTZ just inside the front door hallway that was able to view the door and a safe that took up what had been a clothes closet

 

[Flintstone61]

i have 4 " inside" 2 in garage, 1 in 3 season porch ( allows access to garage like a service door would.) and 1 inside where the garage door and main entrance are. But I'm no placement expert.
I just wing it.

 

[looney2ns]

I have two in the house, one watching the front door/living room and one watching the backdoor/sunroom.
Then 14 other cams outdoors.
It all depends on what you and the family are comfortable with.

Remember, surveillance cams are for after the fact, just like the Police are.
Your first order of business is to install a good wired monitored alarm system, with LOUD indoor sirens....make the intruders ears bleed.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away, sometimes 10-20 minutes away.

 

[bfollowell]

Well, after talking with the wife, she only wants one in the house, sitting on a shelf in the corner on one of the shelves of the built-ins on either side of our fireplace in the great room. I should've known to check with the boss first anyway. When will I ever learn? She gets nervous when I'm on my night-shift rotation and she and the pup are home alone. She wakes up in the middle of the night and just knows she heard something or someone and will want to check the camera, or text me at work and have me check the camera. From that built-in shelf, the camera will have a view of the great room, into the dining area and the kitchen, through which any bad guys would have to travel to get to the short hallway to the master bedroom.

So, there will still be the two cameras in the garage, then a doorbell and a turret covering the front door, another turret covering the slider from the screened-in back porch and it's outer door, and a bullet covering the side pool area and side door. That'll be $650 I'm not spending on those 5 fewer indoor cameras, so I may look into beefing up outdoor coverage, but I'm not certain it's needed.

Oh, and we will definitely have a security system again with loud and extra sirens. I like one or two inside, but one outside as well. If someone is breaking in, I want the neighbors five houses down and three streets over to know all about it.

Thanks anyway for the replies guys.

 

[jpc-s4]

I have cameras covering every door in the house (which consists of two sliding doors, two sets of French doors, one garage door, and three regular doors), except for one, since it's in a guest bedroom area. Through judicious placement, that's four cameras. Each of these doors are also covered from the outside,

 

[looney2ns]

See this for more info: Is there a such thing as a camera system that is not complete trash? Suggestions?

 

[Ri22o]

After watching Paranormal Activity I told myself I would never have cameras inside the house. But, then I had my alarm go off and I didn't know if it was a false alarm or an actual intrusion. I knew I was having issues with some of the sensors, but when I checked the cameras the door that had been "breached" was still closed. This is when I decided it was just a movie and I should probably add cameras inside.

My house is a newer build with a pretty open first floor. I have one in the kitchen that covers the living room, kitchen, entry from the garage, and the rear slider. I have another in my office, which is in the front of the house just next to the front door. The basement has two; one that covers the main area and sees an egress window and another than is by the other egress window. The second floor has coverage for the loft at the top of the stairs.

The interior cameras are not meant to ID, but to allow me to see if someone is running around inside of my house, stealing my shit. The system of cameras outside are meant to ID anyone before they break the threshold into my living space.

 

[Vettester]

Besides the two I have in the house I have two in the garage. One is fixed on my Corvette and the other one is a PTZ that is controlled by my home automation system. Whenever one of the of the 4 doors open (2 garage and 2 man) the PTZ moves to cover the open door.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

I've got one in the garage to watch the two garage doors and a side door to the back yard. Another one inside the largest room in the house to cover the rear porch door area and large ground level windows. I'm not a fan of indoor cameras inside the house itself. Then fourteen cameras on the outside. All I need are about four more on the outside and I'll be covered to my satisfaction.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

When seconds count, the police are minutes away, sometimes 10-20 minutes away.

And sometimes the f***kers don't show up at all.

 

[Ri22o]

And sometimes the f***kers don't show up at all.

And other times they all show up.

The couple across the street are going through a divorce; it's been fun... These 5, plus another out of view, plus another 1 or 2 hanging out on the street back behind my house.

 

[bigredfish]

Or when they call in backup that arrives hot... and when it looks like a convention on your street..

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But when the perp goes to jail for the night.... priceless

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[TRLcam]

One inside looking at a sump pump in the basement.