TBH I don't know, but in relative terms this sort of thing is now much cheaper than it used to be.
For my self build, I got a quote from the electrician to provide an intruder alarm and CCTV. In round figures they were about £1,000 each. The alarm will have about 8 PIR's and some door switches, and for CCTV 4 fixed cameras will cover the front and back of the house, and there will be a remotely accessible Hikvision (hick vision?) NVR whatever that is. Now that the masonry cladding is done, the Cat 6 is dangling out of the walls, ready for the cameras.
I am aware that Hikvision is a Chinese company and some people have privacy or data security concerns, possibly something about their images being stored in China but I think the privacy horse bolted a long time ago so I'm not going to worry about that.
If you want to see the quote I can scan it for you. You might understand it better than I do.
I have had an alarm on two previous houses, but I haven't bothered for the last 20 years, relying on a non-functional box, a legacy of a previous system in our old bungalow. I'm conscious that the new house will make us look considerably richer than previously, despite having made us somewhat poorer with the cost of building it. So I am adding some defences, even though we will have little of value to steal!
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