In process of building a house, cameras etc? Update and more questions

Prewire, prewire, prewire, prewire, prewire.

Did I mention prewire?

Run Cat 6 to anywhere you’d want a camera (for POE cameras)

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Will have one outbuilding that needs support, about 80' from the house.

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Bury some conduit with a few cat 6 runs in there too

My buddy just built a house and had them put outdoor electrical outlets under the soffit around his house for cameras and christmas lights and I thought that was a really good idea.

we splurged and had someone come in a prewire. we don't have to activate everything right away if we wanted to save some more first. he came in right after the electricians roughed in.

we wired cat6 EVERYWHERE (alarms for doors, door bell cam, cameras, tv's, home theater, 4 smart thermostats). also did a few WAPs, doing a structured wiring panel to house everything, and dedicated media closet.

3800sf house, 2 floors, $4100.

Hey Brother, seems you got good advice.
Keep it between the ditches!

Go on amazon, buy a 1000' of cat6, speaker wire, and whatever cable security cameras use. Once the electricians are finished doing their part buy single gang boxes and follow the same path they went with the wiring for your drops. Makes your life significantly easier - and get a rolling scaffold for the ceiling. I'd also recommend picking a spot to have a tech rack, as others have stated.

Run all your coax into this room as well. You can have your router and cable box setup there. Have the electricians drop 2 double gang boxes or more if you have that much tech. On our rack I have the kitchen & living room amps, night owl receiver/monitor, cloud server, router, cable boxes, and home security system on the rack. Makes life easy when something goes out.