Sectors we cover
Rural & Off-Grid Homes
Solar security for rural and off-grid homes — wireless cameras on drives, gates and outbuildings, solar floodlighting on approaches, and battery-backed 4G alarms that keep working when the mains and the landline don't.
Isolated homes, barn conversions and properties down long private drives are attractive targets: they're out of sight, response times are longer, and the valuables — vehicles, machinery, garden and equestrian kit — are often in outbuildings well away from the house. Many also sit on unreliable rural power and have no fibre broadband.
A standard alarm tied to the mains and a landline is a poor fit here. It can't easily reach a detached garage or a gate at the end of the drive, and it's exactly the kind of system that fails in the power cuts these areas see most.
Wireless solar cameras cover the drive, gates and outbuildings with no cabling to trench, solar PIR floodlighting lights long approaches and entrances for free, and a battery-backed 4G alarm keeps guarding the property when the power and the phone line are both down. Everything reports to your phone, so you can check the house whether you're in the next field or on the other side of the country.
It's protection designed for how rural homes are actually laid out — spread out, off the beaten track, and beyond the reach of a neat mains-wired install.
Why rural & off-grid homes choose solar
- No trenching to gates, garages or outbuildings
- Keeps working through power cuts
- 4G alerts where there's no broadband
- Visible deterrent along long, dark approaches
- Check the property from anywhere, anytime
Rural & Off-Grid Homes security — common questions
Can you cover a long driveway and a gate at the end of it?
Yes. Because solar cameras and lights need no cable run, we can cover the gate, the drive and any outbuildings along it without the trenching a mains system would demand — each unit runs on its own solar and battery power.
Our power and broadband are both unreliable — will the system cope?
That's exactly the situation solar security is built for. The system runs on battery with solar top-up so a power cut doesn't stop it, and it uses 4G for alerts where broadband is weak or absent.
Can I monitor the property when I'm away?
Yes. Live view and motion alerts come to your phone over 4G or WiFi, so you can look in on the house, drive and outbuildings from anywhere — useful for second homes and properties left unattended.
Solar security for rural & off-grid homes
Book a survey and we'll design a solar CCTV, lighting and alarm system around exactly what you need to protect.