At a glance
CCTV installation in Coleraine, in short
Coleraine work covers homes along the River Bann, student lets near the university and units on the Riverside estate, using Hikvision, Dahua or Uniview equipment chosen for reliable night vision and motion alerts. A survey is arranged ahead of the visit, and the app is linked to your phone on the day.
Local knowledge
A town shaped by the river and the coast beside it.
Coleraine sits on the River Bann, with the town centre, the railway station and the retail units along the Riverside Retail Park all built around the water. Ulster University's Coleraine campus brings a steady turnover of student housing into the mix, and landlords letting rooms or houses close to the campus often want a system that lets them confirm a property is secure between tenancies rather than one built for a single owner-occupier.
Coleraine also sits close to the seaside towns of Portrush and Portstewart, so some of our Coleraine customers are second-home or holiday-let owners who want to check a property they do not visit every week. Away from the town centre, the surrounding area is still largely agricultural, so we also fit systems for farms and rural homes on the roads out towards Articlave, Macosquin and Ballymoney, where cabling has to reach sheds and yards rather than just a front door.
- Student lets near the university suit a doorway and hallway camera a landlord can check between tenancies
- Homes along the Bann suit standard coverage of the entrance, garden and rear access
- Units on the Riverside Retail Park suit wide-angle cameras on the car park and loading areas
- Farms towards Articlave and Macosquin need the sheds and the lane entrance covered rather than just the house
Being upfront about the distance
Coleraine sits well outside our usual patch.
Coleraine is roughly 85 road miles up the A26 from our Castlewellan base, further than most of the towns on our list, so we are honest that a survey has to be arranged in advance rather than fitted in the same afternoon you call. Once a date is set, the visit is planned properly, with the equipment for the job loaded before we leave.
None of this changes what happens once we arrive. The survey, the installation, the testing and the handover all follow our normal process, they simply happen on a day that was agreed with you in advance rather than on demand.
How it works in Coleraine
What happens between your call and a finished install
- 1
Call and agree a survey date
Phone in or use the enquiry form and we will set a survey date for Coleraine that fits around the A26 trip rather than squeezing it in same day.
- 2
Survey and written quote
We assess the property, whether a student let, a home on the Bann or a retail unit, and follow up with a fixed, itemised price covering the kit and the fitting.
- 3
Fitted in one visit
Cameras are mounted and cabled to the plan agreed at survey, with the whole job completed on the one trip up from County Down.
- 4
Tested before we head back
Recording, motion detection and the app are all checked on site in Coleraine, so the system is working properly before the van leaves.
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Booked aftercare, not a same-day promise
If a service visit or extra cameras are needed later, we schedule the trip the same way, with a clear date rather than an open-ended call-out.
How Coleraine properties are usually set up
Matching the system to the property type
A survey nails down the detail, but this is the pattern we see most in Coleraine.
| Property | Usual camera setup | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Student let near the university | Doorway and hallway cameras viewable remotely | Lets a landlord check a property between tenancies |
| Home along the River Bann or in town | 2 to 4 cameras covering the entrance, garden and rear access | Standard coverage for a detached or semi-detached property |
| Unit on the Riverside Retail Park | Wide-angle cameras on the car park and loading area | Covers customer traffic and deliveries in one system |
| Farm or rural home towards Articlave or Macosquin | 4 or more cameras on the yard, sheds and gate entrance | Covers outbuildings and the lane approach |
Equipment we install
Trusted brands, professionally fitted
Cameras and recorders from Hikvision, Dahua and Uniview suit everything from a student let to a retail unit, and all three ranges have enough of a footprint in Northern Ireland that servicing is never an issue.
- Hikvision
- Dahua
- Uniview
Other work we can bring to Coleraine
Everything else we install in Coleraine
We try to bring all of it together on the one booked trip where we can.