Cameras for Fourways estate gates, guardhouses and units
Fourways is about 13 km north-west of Sandton City. In Fourways most of the cameras that matter sit at a complex or estate entrance: a boom, a guardhouse, a pedestrian gate and a stream of cars at the same times every morning and evening. One wide camera over all of that shows a car and a figure rather than a face or a plate, and a recorder in the guardhouse cupboard can stop recording when its drive fills or fails without anyone noticing until footage is needed.
So we split the job: a wide view for what happened, and tighter cameras on the boom and the pedestrian gate, placed where cars slow down. We check that the recorder is recording and how far back it goes, and at unit level we angle owners' own cameras at their doors and patios rather than the neighbours' gardens or the shared driveway.
The gate and perimeter footage belongs to the body corporate or the estate, so trustees need to decide who can view and export it, how long it is kept, and that signs tell people they are being recorded; the Information Regulator has proposed a code for gated communities that would stop footage being kept indefinitely. We give named people their own logins, so access can be removed when someone leaves.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our CCTV cameras page.
Questions from Fourways
Who should be able to see our complex's camera footage?
Only the people who need it, usually the guards and one or two trustees or the managing agent, each with their own login. We set it up so a login can be removed when someone leaves.
Can I put a camera at my unit's front door?
Yes, as long as it covers your own door and patio rather than the neighbours or shared areas. Check the conduct rules with the trustees first, then we fit it neatly to suit the building.
If something on your CCTV camera setup in Fourways is not working as it should, the quickest fix starts with a call. We will ask a few questions, book a visit and quote in writing before any work starts.