Cameras supplied, fitted and set up properly.
I can provide the cameras or work with ones you have already bought, put them where they will actually be useful, and set them up on your phone so you can check the house from anywhere. Then I sit down and show you how to use it, which is the part most installers skip.
The whole job, not just the drilling.
A camera on a wall is not much use if nobody can work the app. I treat the setup and the showing-you as part of the job, because they are.
Choosing and supplying the cameras
Tell me what you want to keep an eye on and I will tell you what you actually need, which is usually fewer cameras than people expect. I can supply the kit myself or fit something you have already bought, and I have no interest in selling you a system twice the size of the problem.
Mounting and wiring
Cameras go where they see something worth seeing, at a height where they are out of reach and out of the weather, with the cabling run tidily rather than stapled across the front of your house. Wired or battery, indoors or out.
Getting it onto your phone
The app, the account, the passwords, the alerts. I set it all up and I tune the notifications so you get told about a person at the door and not about every passing car and every branch moving in the wind, which is why most people end up switching alerts off entirely.
Showing you how to use it
How to look at the live picture, how to find yesterday afternoon, how to save a clip and send it to someone. We go through it together until you are comfortable, and I leave you written steps. Family members can be set up to view it too if you would like that.
A few honest words about cameras
Most people want cameras for one of three reasons: a parcel went missing, something happened to the car overnight, or they want to be able to look in on the house while they are away. All three are perfectly good reasons, and all three usually need two or three well-placed cameras rather than eight badly-placed ones.
Where the picture is stored matters more than most sales pitches admit. Some systems keep footage on a card or a box in your house, some keep it in the company's storage for a monthly fee, and some do both. I will explain the difference in plain English and let you decide, rather than quietly signing you up to a subscription you did not know about.
Cameras also need a network that can carry them, and that is where a lot of installations quietly fall over. If your Wi-Fi already struggles at the back of the house, adding four cameras to it will not go well. Sorting that out is a job I do anyway, so have a look at Wi-Fi and home networks, and we can deal with both in one visit.
This is one of the things covered under in-home tech support, so a visit starts at the same $99 to get me there with the first hour included, then $99 an hour after that. Cameras and any parts are quoted separately and agreed with you before I order a thing.
Related help
Four ways to get help
Cameras need me in the room, but everything else on the list is fair game.
Drop It Off
Bring your computer to me in Storrs, leave it with me, and collect it when I call to say it is done.
Start a drop-off →We Come to You
I come out and sort things where they sit. It is $99 to get me there, which covers the first hour.
Book a home visit →Online Help
We talk on the phone while I look at your screen over the internet, so nobody has to leave home.
See if it suits you →Mail It
Too far to drive? Ship it to me and I will send it back to you once it is working.
How mail-in works →Tell me what you want to keep an eye on.
Describe the house or the shop and I will tell you what it would realistically take, before you buy anything.