Quite a few members have posted questions about security for village houses. I was wondering if anyone here had installed cameras to address the issue that way.
I'm a bit ignorant of this tech stuff, but my brother just showed me the kit he's installed at our dad's house in UK. He has a set of external video cameras with integrated solar panels and WiFi aerials, so it's wireless with no power issues. Seems pretty cute, and not massively expensive (100 euros-ish, so soon adds up). Loads of nice features like live feed to your phone/tablet app... zooming and panning the camera/view... multiple camera views... video recording from all feeds... auto-detection of people. So nice, I immediately wanted a set for our Bulgarian house.
He's using Aosu and I think a similar one on AliExpress is Anran. The Anran one has a siren and a microphone, so you can try to scare your intruder into leaving. :-) I don't think it's really very scary, I guess mine would say (in Bulgarian) ha, ha, I know you're in Bansko, you muppet. And I'd be no wiser, doing my usual malko angliski molya?
But still... there's a big difference between KNOWING your house is OK... or burned to ashes... or being attacked by a horde of ravenous zombies... and having NO IDEA AT ALL and the only way to find out is to fly/drive for x hours.
Anyone tried this and have any feedback? Thanks for teaching! :-)