Smart Home & Residential AV

Built for the homes that demand commercial-grade reliability

When the dinner party starts, the lighting, the music, the shades, and the temperature all have to behave at once — every time. Most “smart home” installs were assembled out of consumer kit and held together by goodwill. They work great until they don’t, and when they don’t, no one is sure who to call.

We treat residential AV the same way we treat a commercial network buildout: a documented design, structured cabling, professional-grade hardware, and a service relationship after the install. The difference is the aesthetic — hidden equipment, no visible wires, racks that disappear into a closet rather than dominate the room.

Common projects

Lutron lighting control — Caséta Pro for smaller projects (typically up to a dozen keypads), RadioRA 3 for whole-home retrofits and mid-size new builds, and HomeWorks QSX for the most demanding integrations with architect-coordinated keypad engraving and design. We design the scenes, program the keypads, and tune the system on commissioning day.

Multi-room audio and video — Distributed audio across living spaces, kitchen, primary suite, outdoor zones, gym, theater. Sonos and HEOS for streaming-only homes; architectural in-ceiling Sonance, Origin Acoustics, or B&W where the audio quality matters more than the platform name. Distributed video over HDBaseT or AVoIP for matrix-switched setups across multiple displays.

Motorized shades — Lutron Sivoia QS Triathlon, Hunter Douglas PowerView, or Mecho where the load demands it. Coordinated with the lighting scenes so morning, evening, and “movie mode” all behave correctly without anyone touching a panel.

Integrated control — Control4, Crestron, or ELAN where the project warrants it. Often the better answer is a Lutron app and Sonos app and they each do their job, with a single keypad or two for the most-used scenes. We will recommend the simplest answer that meets the brief.

Home theater — Projection or large-format display, immersive Atmos surround, dedicated rack room, isolated power, treated acoustics where space allows.

Outdoor integration — Audio across patio, pool, and landscape zones. Path lighting, accent lighting, and façade lighting integrated with the indoor scenes. Coordinated with landscape designers and pool contractors during construction.

Residential network and security — Wi-Fi mesh tuned for whole-home coverage, hidden access points, VLANs to keep the kid devices off the home-office network, surveillance cameras, smart locks, and remote monitoring.

How a project typically goes

Discovery (1 week). We walk the home with you, listen to how you actually live in it, and map the spaces against what you want the system to do. We meet with your architect, designer, or builder if there is one. You receive a written scope and a preliminary budget range — no commitment.

Design (2–4 weeks). Lighting plan, audio coverage plan, network plan, rack plan, control plan. Keypad engraving choices. As-built rough-in coordination if it is a renovation or new construction.

Rough-in. Cabling and back-boxes go in before the walls close up — coordinated with the GC and electrician.

Trim and program. Devices installed, system commissioned, scenes tuned to the homeowner’s preference.

Handoff and training. A short walkthrough with the household — typically 60-90 minutes for the homeowner and house manager — and a one-page reference card. Documented as-built drawings filed with the project.

Service. Ongoing remote monitoring of the network and system health, quarterly site visits if you want them, fast on-site response when something needs attention.

From the field

Why us, not a typical custom-installer

We are an MSP first. Most residential CI shops can install hardware but cannot really design, secure, or maintain a network. We do both, which means your home automation network is engineered the same way an enterprise branch office is engineered — VLANs, QoS, monitoring, documentation. When the lights misbehave, we do not blame the network and walk away.