System without live monitoring or even internet needed?

I’m doing new residential construction, and imagine that a few cameras (<=4) might be something that could be interesting/helpful. Maybe a door alarm, a nice smart lock, and … not that much else.

I really don’t see a desire or reason to pay ADT or CPI to ‘monitor my system’ – especially when I’m really not thinking that the police are going to come in time for anything to matter. Given how my house is planned to be built, I’d just as soon roll out of bed and lay at the top of the staircase with a weapon pointed down the stairs. (No children in the home, live alone).

That means I’d likely do best with a local storage server for the videos, and potentially the ability to view the camera feeds live (on an iPad?) and other such things.

Is there a brand, vendor, etc, I could or should look at that isn’t just going to upload everything to the cloud for storage and observation? Something that could and should work as designed generally without needing Amazon’s Cloud, the Chinese government, or some other entity involved?

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April 13, 2023
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