Security for Luxury Homes, Without Staffing a Gatehouse
Between a full executive-protection detail and a DIY camera kit sits a gap the market rarely names. PerimeterEye fills it: an Automatic Property Defense System that gives an estate autonomous response — tracking searchlights, live targeted AI voice, a 130 dB siren — without staffing a gatehouse or letting strangers watch your feeds. You own the hardware, you install it discreetly, and the system knows your household.
View photoYour view and PerimeterEye’s view
You don’t see anyone. PerimeterEye does.
The same approach three ways: what you see from the house at night, what the camera sees in infrared, and the moment the searchlight catches the person.
1 of 3 · Your viewView full size
You don’t see anyone.
From the house, the driveway is dark. Whoever is out there is invisible to you.
2 of 3 · PerimeterEye’s viewView full size
The camera sees them in infrared
In infrared the person is in plain view, and the alert is already describing them: walking toward the house from the road, not normal activity for the property.
3 of 3 · The searchlightView full size
We do.
The searchlight catches the person on the driveway, and their hands go up against the light. The cameras provide the view; the searchlight provides the defense.
Filmed on a real property with PerimeterEye cameras and a searchlight. The approach was staged for filming; the system’s response was automatic, with no operator.
What changes
The middle the market never built
- Estate-grade autonomous response — tracking searchlight, live targeted voice, siren — without staffing a gatehouse.
- Total discretion: self-installed, no branded vans, no monitoring center, no strangers watching your feeds.
- Knows the household, so family, staff, and regular visitors move freely while unknowns meet the ladder.
Executive protection assumes you will pay people forever. DIY kits assume you will do the responding yourself, at 3 a.m., from an app. PerimeterEye assumes neither: verified detection, a searchlight that locks on and follows, live targeted voice, and a 130 dB siren run autonomously, while you watch — or intervene — from the wall panel or your phone.
It suits how estates actually run. The system knows the household, classifies staff and service workers, briefs you daily in plain language, and keeps every event searchable. And it arrives without ceremony: no crews, no vans, no monitoring center — hardware you own, on a property that now defends itself.
What every system includes
- On-site edge computer (the Brain)
- 4K AI cameras
- Tracking searchlights
- Live targeted AI voice
- 130 dB siren escalation
- Doorbell video intercom
- Wall panel command center
- iOS app with live 4K video
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The gap between a guard detail and a doorbell camera
At the top of the market sits executive protection: staffed gatehouses, rotating details, budgets to match. At the bottom sit DIY kits that chirp at your phone. Search for a security system for a luxury home and the results serve you both extremes — and almost nothing in between.
PerimeterEye is the unnamed middle. It is an Automatic Property Defense System: verified detection, motorized tracking searchlights, live targeted AI voice, and a 130 dB siren, responding autonomously on the property itself — without hiring anyone, staffing anything, or bolting a monitoring contract to your home.
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Autonomous response, estate-grade
When an unknown person crosses the grounds at night, the system verifies first. Then a motorized searchlight — 355 degrees of rotation, 90 degrees of tilt, searchlight-class output — locks on and physically follows them across the property. Owners compare the effect to a police helicopter spotlight. It is difficult to feel anonymous inside one.
Then the voice: live, targeted AI speech describing the specific person in frame — "You, in the dark hoodie — you are not authorized to be on this property." If they persist, the 130 dB siren fires and priority alerts with live video reach everyone on the account. You can watch, speak through two-way audio, or take manual control at any point.
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Discretion is a feature, not a compromise
No branded vans in the driveway. No installer roster with knowledge of your layout — the system is designed for self-installation with full in-depth instructions, and if you prefer professional help, you receive a list of independent installers plus a pre-filled job spec and hire whoever you choose, directly. PerimeterEye never schedules or performs the work.
And no strangers watching your feeds. PerimeterEye is not an alarm-monitoring service — alerts and control go directly to you. There is no surveillance-center employee with a window into your family's routine, which — as of mid-2026 — is exactly the model services like Deep Sentinel sell, with live human guards watching customer cameras from roughly $100 a month.
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It knows the household
An estate has traffic: family, housekeepers, landscapers, deliveries, guests. The system classifies every event — resident, visitor, delivery, service worker, vehicle, unknown — with a live threat level, and it knows the household, so a late family arrival or the regular mail carrier never triggers deterrence. The response ladder is reserved for what does not belong.
Every event on every camera gets a written plain-language analysis, and the AI composes a daily briefing — who came, what happened, what deserves your attention. The whole property history is searchable in ordinary English, so the gray van near the garage last Thursday takes seconds to find.
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Coverage that fits grounds, not just doorways
The Estate package fields 12 or more 4K AI cameras with two-way audio, four motorized tracking searchlights, two sirens, the PerimeterEye Access doorbell intercom with AI Doorman, the wall panel command center, and the Brain — a true edge computer that runs everything on site, so core defense continues through internet outages.
One hour after sunset, the searchlights run a configurable Perimeter Sweep — a visible, deliberate patrol of the boundary that never crosses the property line. On a long drive or a deep setback, the message reads clearly from the street: this property is awake.
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What it costs — and what it replaces
You own every piece of the Estate package. Pay monthly, as low as $253.30/mo for Estate (36 monthly payments at 10% APR, $0 down, through Affirm or Klarna, subject to approval), or in full at checkout, with no contract; a $99/mo software and AI subscription follows six included months from activation for launch system orders. There is no per-guard, per-shift, or per-response billing, because there are no guards to bill for.
It may also help you qualify for an insurance discount — ask your carrier. And it scales down as well as up: Advanced for medium properties and Essential for smaller ones, each with the intercom, wall panel, and Brain included. Compare packages at /pricing, or walk the response ladder at /how-it-works.
What separates PerimeterEye
Coverage without a gatehouse.
Staff and remote guards can only respond to what they notice. PerimeterEye responds to what its cameras see, everywhere they see.
| Option | What it covers | What happens at night |
|---|---|---|
| Gatehouse or on-site guard | One post, on a staffing schedule. | A person who has to notice, then walk over. |
| Live-guard camera service | The cameras you already have. | A remote guard, once one is on your camera. |
| PerimeterEye | The whole property, from the gate and the drive to the doors and outbuildings. | Seen in infrared, found by tracking searchlights, addressed by a live AI voice, in seconds. |
Watch it at full speed
The same response, on film.
Real footage of the working system. Play it with sound to hear the voice warning and the siren.
Detection, tracking searchlight, spoken warning and siren escalation, end to end — all recorded output from a working system.
Play with sound to hear the voice warning and siren.What it costs
See what a system costs for your property.
Estate system
As low as$254/mo*Estate covers larger residences, long driveways, detached structures, and collections, with four tracking searchlights. A specialist can size it with you before you order.
What’s included
- 12 ultra-HD 4K cameras
- 4 tracking spotlights
- 2 speaker/siren units
- PerimeterEye Access intercom, included with every complete system
- 1 PerimeterEye control panel
- 1 PerimeterEye AI processor
*Estate system, $0 down: 36 monthly payments of $253.30 at 10% APR on the hardware price before sales tax, shown rounded up to the dollar. Affirm rates 0–36% APR; Klarna terms are shown at checkout. Subject to eligibility and lender approval; your rate, term and down payment may differ. US only; not available in all states. Software is billed separately: first 6 months included, then $99/month.
Before you choose
Common questions
Can it handle staff, contractors, and frequent guests?
Yes. Every event is classified — resident, visitor, delivery, service worker, vehicle, or unknown — with a live threat level, and the system knows the household. Regular, expected people move through the property without triggering deterrence; the searchlight, voice, and siren are reserved for what the system cannot account for.
Is this discreet enough for a high-profile household?
That is the design. Self-installation means no crews learning your layout; if you want professionals, you hire independent installers directly from a provided list and pre-filled job spec. There is no monitoring center, no human agents, and no company vehicles announcing to the street what you have installed.
How does it compare to live guards or a service like Deep Sentinel?
Deep Sentinel puts human guards in a surveillance center watching your cameras, from roughly $100 a month as of mid-2026 — a competent monitoring model, but strangers see your feeds and you pay indefinitely. PerimeterEye responds autonomously on the property itself, nobody outside your account sees anything, and you own the hardware.
What happens during an internet outage at a remote estate?
Core defense — live view, recording, instant rewind, the sirens, and the tracking searchlights — runs on the on-site Brain, so an internet outage does not take the property dark. Remote alerts resume when the connection returns, and everything that occurred in between is recorded and instantly rewindable.
What does an intruder meet on an estate with PerimeterEye?
Verification first, then a searchlight that finds and follows them, a live AI voice that describes them, and a 130 dB siren, while you get live video and a full written record. It takes away the chance to work unseen. No security system can guarantee prevention of every incident.
Does it work with a gated driveway or a long private road?
Yes — long approaches are where the system shines, because everything happens while a vehicle or person is still far from the house. Cameras read the entrance, spotlights cover the drive, and the response ladder plays out at distance. See /use-cases/gated-driveways-long-entrances for that layout in detail.
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