Phew! A lot of things to absorb and consider, so thank you all for the comments!
Your neighborhood is quite now, wait it will get worse. Nice neighborhood easy pickings. Every one will be a work during the day in a year or so easy pickings.
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Cameras are for surveillance, they are not very good as A real time security system.
Noted with thanks! Doesn't BI have sort of a real time alert of spotting people, etc?
I was fortunate enough during the house build to be directly involved in laying the cable.
As others have said, if you can, lower the height of your main cameras. I have 3 spare points under my eaves, double storey house, yes they are up high but I will in time have them as two for overview and one for a weather cam.
Lucky to be able to lay cable! I wish I had that opportunity haha! Noted on the rest.
Any reason for weather cam that beats just looking out the window?
You've got a really nice home coming up.. definitely take some time to plan it out
Also look at other cat6 needs.... access points and the like
Looks like some vinyl siding - so you can run cable under that later if needed...
Thank you! Hopefully it gets built right haha.
Already planned for some cabling for mesh system and speakers on deck. Noted on vynil.
As noted by others cable is cheap so the two side zones can be pre-wired for later camera deployment when needed. Trying to do the same in a finished home at that height is nothing but endless pain.
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Lighting: Given a clean slate consider perimeter lighting from above throughout the home and property. It doesn’t matter how great a camera is you simply can’t beat having the ability to turn on lights when and where needed. Whether it be part of the home or motion activated flood lights.
Noted with thanks! Will give lightning some thought!
Since you live on a cul-de-sac, your best bet is to focus on the area where the circle meets the road. Not knowing the distance or what may be in the way after construction, but your position #1 would be the closest with the lowest angle.
Either #1 or #2, depending which one will give me straight'est shot down the road. Unfortunately in KY front plates not required so only chance is to catch when the vehicle going away.
Additional overall questions based on feedback received:
Lowering cameras:
#1-5 & 11 - at heights that I originally placed them, are they totally useless for ID due to being (relatively) twice as high as a person? If so, does it matter to have any there for general surveillance or just leave one at #5 for that reason?
If they have to be at 7-8 ft, is there any way to mask them to not ruin curb appeal per se? Or just good old paint to match wall/brick color?
Cable wiring:
Noted on all suggestions for multiple drops and which wires to use, will definitely check with the vendor prior to install.
How realistic is it to pull a wire where existing one was? If for whatever reason it needs replacement, etc?
What about running a conduit to the attic and then running the wire from there to all 4 corners of top of the house for whatever needs? (I assume only general surveillance at that height)
Same question for pretty much wires 8-11. With unfinished basement and all wires being originating there, I should be able to just run 8-11 myself yes?
Cameras:
Given my current limited knowledge on cameras that are available, which ones (1-11) would be best to install first and play with, before proceeding with adding the rest? (So kind of order of importance?)
Thanks again for all the thoughtful comments!