There is no fixed number of cameras that suits every home. The right count comes down to how many entry points and vulnerable areas your property actually has, not a generic rule of thumb.
Start with entry points
Front doors, back doors, side gates and garage entrances are usually the first priority, since they are the most likely places someone would approach or enter your property.
Then consider blind spots
Walls, hedges, outbuildings and parked vehicles can all create blind spots that are easy to miss when planning camera positions from memory rather than an on-site walkthrough.
Driveways and gardens
If vehicles or garden access matter to you, these areas are usually worth covering separately from entrances, since a single camera rarely covers both well.
Getting it right the first time
Because camera count depends so heavily on your specific property, a short on-site assessment is generally more useful than guessing a number in advance. This is a core part of residential CCTV installation in Cape Town.
If you already have a system that’s not covering what you need, it may be a coverage gap rather than a fault xe2x80x94 our CCTV installation team can assess this for you.