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Notes on building intelligent homes.

Practical writing for homeowners, architects and builders planning technology into a Sydney home.

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Infrastructure

The rack is where a smart home is either serviceable or not. Location, ventilation, power, cabling and the decisions that keep a house maintainable.

Networking
Why reliable home Wi-Fi is the foundation of every smart home
Most complaints about a smart home are network complaints in disguise. What proper home Wi-Fi and networking design involves in a large Sydney residence.
Platform
Control4 for luxury homes in Sydney
Why Control4 suits large Sydney residences, where it earns its place against single-brand systems, and what separates a good installation from a mediocre one.
Design
What a well-designed smart home actually feels like
The best integrated homes are the ones you stop noticing. What that takes in practice, and the design decisions that get you there.
Home cinema
Planning a home cinema in Sydney: room before equipment
Screen size, seating distance, acoustics and control decide whether a cinema feels extraordinary. Equipment choice comes last, not first.
Security
Smart home security in Sydney: integrated, not bolted on
Cameras, alarm, intercom, gates and locks are usually bought separately and never speak to each other. Designed together, they become simpler and far more useful.
Choosing a partner
Choosing a Control4 installer in Sydney: what actually matters
Two homes can run identical hardware and feel entirely different. The difference is design, programming and commissioning, here is how to judge it.

From the projects

Coastal light. Quiet control.
A beachfront Bondi home in oak, stone and glass, where Control4 automation, architectural lighting, shading, audio, intercom and cameras are designed around the light and the ocean outlook.
Whole-Home Technology & Lighting Control, Mosman
Lighting scenes, motorised blinds, audio, televisions and networking brought under one calm control layer for a family home on the lower North Shore.
Control4 Upgrade & Connected Living, Northern Beaches
An inherited system assessed, documented and modernised: current Control4 controllers, new interfaces, a rebuilt rack and Wi-Fi that finally reaches the whole house.
Heritage character, intelligently connected.
A grand Darling Point residence with pressed metal ceilings, marble and colour, where Control4 automation, lighting, audio, networking and security were integrated without disturbing the original interiors.
Palm Springs character. Invisible intelligence.
A modernist Double Bay residence with a Palm Springs character, where Control4 automation, architectural lighting coordination, networking, security and audio visual sit quietly behind the architecture.

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