From the Howick Village core around Picton Street and Selwyn Road to the residential streets running down to the Howick Beach and the Howick Historical Village, Comsys installs CCTV, alarms, access control, and intercoms for Howick properties.
Howick combines a tight historic village around Picton Street and Selwyn Road with a large residential catchment running from Bleakhouse Road and Cook Street through to Howick Beach and the Tamaki estuary. The village core has cafés, professional services, banks, and boutique retail; the surrounding suburb is mostly 1960s–80s brick-and-tile family housing on streets like Vincent Street, Granger Road, and Pakuranga Highway, with newer townhouse infill near the village. The Howick Historical Village and the schools (Howick College, Howick Primary, Pigeon Mountain Primary) draw steady traffic. Property risk is mostly opportunistic break-and-enter; village retail has after-hours risk on the shopfronts.
Comsys reaches Howick from Glendene in around 40–45 minutes via SH16 and SH1 outside peak. We hold stock for the brands NZ professional integrators rely on (Hikvision, Dahua, Paxton, Paradox, Aiphone) so a Howick site visit can usually be booked within a week and most residential and small-commercial jobs are completed in a day. Larger commercial fit-outs around the village or Cook Street are scheduled to suit landlord and tenant requirements.
A typical Howick residential install is a 4–6 camera IP CCTV system on a 3- or 4-bedroom brick-and-tile home. Front (driveway and door), back-of-house (deck and yard), one side passage, and an internal entry turret cover the standard layout. ColorVu / Full-Color cameras give usable colour identification on the street side at night. For larger family homes around Bleakhouse Road, Vincent Street, and Cook Street, six cameras gives separate driveway and gate coverage, both side passages, back-deck, and an internal entry turret. Wired alarm panels (Paradox, Bosch) suit older brick-and-tile homes; wireless suits newer townhouse infill where running cable would damage finished lining.
Properties on the Howick Beach side and the streets running down to the estuary are generally larger sections (700–1,200 m²) with detached garages, sleepouts, or boat / trailer storage. We typically add a turret inside the garage (recording to the main NVR), a long-throw bullet covering the driveway, and an external camera covering any pedestrian or service gate. For estuary-side properties we use IP66+ rated cameras with marine-grade brackets to cope with salt-air exposure.
Howick Village retail and hospitality (Picton Street, Selwyn Road, Cascades Road) typically wants a discreet entry-mounted identification camera, an alarm with glassbreak detection on the shopfront, a till camera with timestamp overlay, and a back-of-house camera covering the staff area and any rear loading door. Cafés and restaurants add kitchen-pass coverage. Professional services tenancies (legal, accounting, dental, medical) along the village use Paxton Net2 on the main door and consultation rooms, alarm with PIRs, and 2–4 cameras covering reception and any client-facing areas.
For the Howick Village body-corporate apartment buildings and the Cook Street office buildings, we install IP video intercoms (2N or Aiphone) at the lobby door, Paxton or HID access on common doors and basement carparks, and CCTV on lobbies, lift lobbies, and bin rooms. We document the system in a written handover pack for the body corporate’s facilities team or building manager.
Free on-site assessment. We walk the property, note risks, and discuss what the system needs to do.
Itemised quote with brand, model, camera count, cabling notes, and labour. No "from $X" placeholders.
Most residential jobs are a single day. Cabling is run discreetly through ceiling cavities and exterior conduit.
Walkthrough, app set-up on your phone, written commissioning record, and ongoing support on 09 243 0840.
A four-camera 4MP IP system on a typical Howick brick-and-tile home is $2,200–$3,800 supplied and installed. Six-camera systems on larger Bleakhouse, Vincent, or Cook Street properties run $3,000–$4,500. Howick Beach or estuary-side homes needing marine-grade housings sit at the higher end. Village retail tenancies are quoted by site visit. Written, itemised quotes — no teaser pricing.
Yes. Standard scope is an IP video intercom (2N or Aiphone GT-DMB-N) at the lobby, Paxton Net2 access on common doors and basement carparks, CCTV on lobby, lift lobby, and bin room, with a single management interface for the body corporate. We handle the body-corporate approval process and produce a written handover pack with all credentials and zone numbers documented.
For coastal Howick (Granger Point, Howick Beach, the streets running down to the estuary) we specify cameras with at least IP66 weather rating, marine-grade brackets, and stainless screws. Powder-coated housings outlast bare aluminium in salt air. We recommend a yearly rinse-down on visible cameras during scheduled maintenance — built into the maintenance plan if you take one out.
Yes — this is partial or "stay" arming. The panel is zoned so external doors, sliders, and living-area motion sensors stay armed at night while sleeping areas are bypassed. We set the modes up during commissioning so you press one button to switch to night mode. Most modern panels (Paradox, Ajax, Bosch, Inner Range) support this out of the box.
Comsys also installs across the wider Auckland region. Pakuranga · Botany · Half Moon Bay · St Heliers · or browse all areas we service.
Helpful reading: CCTV cost guide for Auckland · home security · security audit checklist.
Indicative supplied-and-installed price for a Comsys CCTV system. Move the inputs to match your site — the calculator updates live.
This calculator is a guide only. Final pricing depends on the site visit — specific camera models, mounting access, cable routing, and any access control or alarm integration can move the number up or down. We always quote in writing after a free on-site assessment, with brand and model itemised so you can see exactly what you’re paying for.
