Completed installations
Our work across MelbourneSixteen jobs, and what each one actually solved.
Every job below is one of ours. Each entry says what the property had wrong, what went in, and what changed afterwards. Where a client is identifiable we have left the detail out, so there are no addresses, no number plates and no faces.
Most of these started as somebody else's system
A pattern runs through this page. The equipment was rarely the problem. A camera at the wrong height, a rear boundary nobody looked at, a detector left on factory settings, a cable run under a window seal. The fix is usually a position or a setting rather than a replacement, which is why the assessment matters more than the brochure.
Sixteen installations, with the reasoning behind each
Ordered roughly by property type rather than by date. Each one links to the suburb page for that area, where the local conditions are set out in more detail.
Discreet camera coverage on a heritage facade
The problem. No conduit was permitted anywhere on the front render, and the owner did not want the house to look protected from the street.
What we installed. Cable routed through the cavity, recessed camera housings colour matched to the render, and a reader on the vehicle gate rather than at the door.
Outcome. Full coverage of the approaches with nothing visible from the footpath.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Toorak
The rear service lane nobody had covered
The problem. The previous system watched the Burke Road frontage and nothing else. The lane behind has no lighting, no traffic and no witnesses.
What we installed. Camera on the lane door, a second over the register, and a credential reader on the staff entry.
Outcome. The rear entry is now covered and every opening is logged against a person.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Camberwell
Pre wire while the frame was still open
The problem. The owner wanted a full system eventually, but not yet. Retrofitting the same runs after plaster would have cost several times more.
What we installed. Cable pulled and terminated at every camera, sensor, reader and network position, agreed on site with the builder.
Outcome. Equipment fitted nine months later at a fraction of a retrofit, with nothing cut into finished walls.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Balwyn
Forty false alerts a day under a tree canopy
The problem. The household had muted the app entirely, which meant the system was doing nothing at all.
What we installed. Person and vehicle classification switched on, detection zones redrawn away from the canopy, and sensitivity set on site after dark.
Outcome. Alerts dropped to the ones that matter, and the app is being used again.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Kew
Roller door and staff entry on credentials
The problem. Keys were still held by former staff and nobody could say how many copies existed.
What we installed. Card readers on the staff door and the office, roller control, and an opening log against each credential.
Outcome. No rekeying when someone leaves. Access is removed the same day.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Nunawading
A self install that was leaking into the wall
The problem. The satellite cable had been run under a window seal. Water was tracking in and the shed had no connection at all.
What we installed. Roof mount reflashed, a sealed cable entry through the wall, and a point to point link across to the shed.
Outcome. Whole property covered and the leak resolved in the same visit.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Bendigo district
Three cameras at the front, none at the rear
The problem. The laneway gate is the approach that gets used, and it was the one opening with nothing pointed at it.
What we installed. Low light camera mounted off the garage, framed on the gate opening rather than the length of the lane.
Outcome. The rear approach is covered, and the camera is out of reach from the lane side.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Malvern
A locksmith at every changeover
The problem. Keys were being chased at the end of every tenancy across several properties, and the locksmith bill repeated each time.
What we installed. Keypad entry on the common doors, with codes reissued per tenancy and cancelled on the day someone leaves.
Outcome. No more locksmith callouts, and the manager can see which code was used and when.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Hawthorn
Footage of somebody at the gate, no idea who
The problem. One camera at the house was being asked to cover forty metres of driveway. Resolution was never going to fix it.
What we installed. A second camera at identification distance near the gate, fed by a wireless link with local power rather than trenching the drive.
Outcome. The gate camera identifies people. The house camera shows the wider scene. In within a day.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Doncaster
A rear boundary a hundred metres from power
The problem. The block backs onto reserve. There was no power at the fence line and trenching meant cutting through an established garden.
What we installed. Solar camera with a battery on the rear boundary, a wireless link back to the house, and wildlife filtered out after dark.
Outcome. The least overlooked boundary on the property is covered, with nothing buried and no garden disturbed.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Templestowe
They took the tools and never went near the house
The problem. Four cameras covered the dwelling. The garage held several thousand dollars of tools and bikes behind a roller that was not on the alarm.
What we installed. A camera on the approach and a second inside the garage, with the roller door added as its own alarm zone.
Outcome. One camera shows who came, the other shows what left. The alarm now knows the moment the roller opens.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Ringwood
A camera recording the neighbours coming home
The problem. The front dwelling had a camera pointed down the shared driveway. The rear dwelling was on it every day, and it had become a dispute.
What we installed. Camera reframed to the owner's own entry, detection zone redrawn to exclude the neighbouring door, and separate coverage fitted at the rear dwelling.
Outcome. Both households covered, neither recording the other.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Mount Waverley
Everything stopped when the power went out
The problem. On a high fire danger day the property lost mains power, and with it the internet, the cameras and the ability to check warnings.
What we installed. Satellite connection independent of the local network, plus a battery backup on the router, modem and recorder.
Outcome. A typical outage no longer takes the connection down. The gate camera and the warnings stay available.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Warrandyte
The house had internet, the machinery shed had nothing
The problem. A trench had been dug once before. The plough found it inside a year.
What we installed. One satellite connection at the widest sky position on the property, then wireless links out to the shed, the workshop and the second dwelling.
Outcome. Every building connected, nothing buried, each link in within a day.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Gembrook
A lobby door that let anyone reach any floor
The problem. The entry door decided who was in the lobby and nothing else. Basement levels and the loading dock were uncontrolled.
What we installed. Floor restricted lift credentials, coverage on the lift lobbies, basement levels and loading dock, and a cabinet the recorder cannot be carried out of.
Outcome. Being in the lobby no longer means being able to reach a residential level.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Box Hill
Four cameras on the office, nothing on the yard
The problem. A pallet went missing and the only footage available was too dark to be useful.
What we installed. Coverage moved to the perimeter, the vehicle gate and the roller doors, with infrared chosen for a yard that has no ambient light at all.
Outcome. The yard is covered where stock and vehicles actually move, and the night footage is usable.
Work in this area: security and connectivity in Dandenong
What happens between the call and the handover
A technician walks the property before anything is quoted, because the approaches decide the system and a floor plan does not show them. You get a fixed price in writing with nothing to sign on the day. On the day of install the positions are confirmed with you before anything is drilled, and detection is tuned after dark where that is what the property needs.
Tell us what your property is doing wrong
Most of the jobs above started with one specific complaint. A technician will walk the property, tell you what it actually needs, and put a fixed price in writing. Free, and nothing to sign on the day.
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