Sydney HQ in Granville • NSW Master Security Licence 000107431
Residential CCTV installation for Sydney homes
Licensed Sydney technicians design and install hardwired home camera systems with reliable local recording, smart motion alerts and remote viewing on your phone. Tidy cabling and a clean handover.
Keep an eye on your home, wherever you are in Sydney
A parcel left on a North Shore porch, side-of-house access on an Inner West terrace, the front gate of a Hills District home at 2am, the carpark entry on an Eastern Suburbs strata block. These are everyday Sydney homeowner concerns that a battery doorbell or a single WiFi camera will not reliably resolve.
We design camera layouts around your property's actual entry points, blind spots and lighting conditions, then install a hardwired PoE system with local recording and secure remote access. Sydney properties throw a few quirks at us: narrow side passages on terraces, limited ceiling access in heritage homes, salt-air exposure for cameras near the coast and strata committee sign-off for apartments. Our installers plan for those before quoting, not after the day we arrive.
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What you get with a professionally installed home system
Hardwired reliability
PoE cameras powered and connected over a single cable. No batteries to replace, no WiFi dropouts.
Remote viewing
Check live and recorded footage from your phone, whether you're at work, on holiday or down the coast.
Smart motion alerts
Notifications triggered by people or vehicles in the zones you care about, not every passing possum.
Night clarity
IR and low-light cameras capture faces and number plates after dark across driveways and entry points.
A home CCTV system that fits a Sydney property
Cabling that suits older homes and tight side passages
Inner West terraces, Eastern Suburbs semis and Federation homes across the North Shore rarely give us a clear roof run. We plan cable paths around heritage cornices, tile vs metal roofs, narrow eave returns and side passages so cables sit hidden, not stapled across a soffit.
Heritage-aware mounts
Camera positions and brackets chosen to avoid drilling through heritage features or shared strata walls.
Coastal-rated housings
Salt-air rated camera housings for properties near the beaches and harbour, where standard finishes corrode within a couple of years.
Alerts tuned to your block, not your neighbour's possums
Sydney suburbs throw plenty of false-trigger fodder at a home camera: possums on the back fence, delivery vans cutting through a Parramatta side street, footpath traffic on a busy Inner West road, predawn buses on a Penrith arterial. We configure detection zones and person and vehicle filters during commissioning so the only alerts you see are the ones that actually need a look.
Zone-based detection
Mark the front path, driveway and back gate as active; mask the footpath, the neighbour's yard and the public laneway.
Person and vehicle filtering
Cut nuisance triggers from cats, possums, shadows and passing headlights so notifications mean something.
Privacy-by-design for NSW neighbours and strata
NSW privacy expectations and strata by-laws push back hard against cameras that record beyond your own boundary. We position cameras to cover your land only, apply privacy masking to any frame that incidentally captures a neighbour's window or public footpath, and keep a record of placement decisions so a future strata or neighbour query has a clear answer.
Boundary-aware placement
Camera angles documented during install with privacy zones over neighbouring yards and shared driveways.
Local recording, no forced cloud
Footage stored on a recorder in your home, not on a vendor cloud subscription you have to keep paying for.
Why Sydney homeowners choose Metwide
Licensed NSW installers
NSW Master Security Licence 000107431 with Class 2A, 2B and 2C endorsements. Registered ASIAL member.
Local team across Sydney
Technicians based at our Granville HQ working across the Sydney CBD, North Shore, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Northern Beaches, Sutherland Shire, the Hills District, Greater Western Sydney and South-Western Sydney.
Tidy cabling and clean handover
Cables run neatly through roof spaces and wall cavities, not exposed across your walls.
Privacy by design
Camera placement respects neighbouring properties and public areas. Privacy zones mask anything that should not be recorded.
Mobile viewing set up on the day
Your phone, your partner's phone, the kids' phones, all configured before we leave.
After-install support
Real engineers answer support calls if a phone password resets or a camera needs adjusting.
Common Sydney home packages
Every property is different. These are starting points we tailor during your site assessment.
Indicative configurations only. Final camera count and placement depend on your block, entry points and how you want the system to behave.
| Package | Best for | Typical coverage | Storage / retention | Indicative installed price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-camera system | Apartments, terraces and smaller homes across Sydney | Front door, driveway, rear yard, side access | 2 to 4 TB NVR, around 30 days retention | From $2,500 | Compact recorder, ideal for single-storey |
| 6-camera system | Standard family homes from the North Shore and Hills to the South-West and Greater West | All entries, garage, backyard and letterbox area | 4 TB NVR, around 30 to 45 days retention | From $3,500 | Most common 3 to 4 bedroom home configuration |
| 8-camera system | Larger properties, corner blocks and homes on acreage across Sydney's outer suburbs and the Hills | Full perimeter, pool area, granny flat, driveway approach | 6 to 8 TB NVR, around 30 to 60 days retention | From $4,800 | Expandable to 16 channels for future growth |
Indicative starting prices for typical single-storey installs. Final figure depends on camera count, cabling complexity, ceiling access and any heritage or strata constraints.
Retention is approximate and depends on resolution, frame rate and motion-only recording settings.
Site assessment is free. Talk to us for a quote tailored to your Sydney property.
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Common questions about home CCTV in Sydney
What our clients say
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"Partnering with Metwide Communications has been transformative for Ozlem Foods. Their bespoke security and communication systems have significantly enhanced our operational efficiency and safety. Highly recommend them for their professionalism and tailor-made solutions."
Interested in CCTV for your Sydney home?
Tell us about your property and we'll recommend cameras, placement and recording to suit your home, block and budget.
Or call us directly at 1300 300 210