Modern Sydney luxury residence at dusk with warm interior lighting

Home Automation Sydney

Home automation, designed for Sydney homes.

HTI designs, installs and programs smart home systems across Sydney. Bring lighting, climate, entertainment, security and blinds together, with one team supporting your new build, renovation or existing home.

The idea

Technology disappears. The experience remains.

Most homes end up with a drawer of remotes and half a dozen apps. Integration replaces all of it with one considered interface: a keypad by the door, a touchscreen in the kitchen, a remote in the media room, your phone anywhere else, all controlling the same house.

We work on new builds, renovations, upgrades and inherited systems across Sydney, from the earliest architectural drawings through to the day you move in, and for the years after that.

Control4 T5 touchscreen wall-mounted in a Sydney bedroom

How you use it

One interface, in the places you actually pause.

A Control4 T5 touchscreen by the door and engraved keypads through the house, everything else stays inside the architecture.

How it feels

Arrive. Watch. Goodnight. Wake. Away.

Everyday moments are the real interface. One press sets the whole house, not one device at a time.

  • Arrive, gate and garage open, entry and path lighting rise, alarm disarms, favourite music follows you in.
  • Watch, blinds close, lights fall to a low wash, the screen and audio wake in the right mode.
  • Goodnight, the house checks itself, locks, arms and dims to a soft path to bed.
  • Wake, curtains open gently, climate lifts to your preferred temperature, news or music starts quietly.
  • Away, lights, climate and shading pull back to standby while security keeps watching.
Warm minimal interior of a Sydney home at dusk

Every path in

New build, renovation or a system you inherited.

Each starting point needs a different approach, and all three are ordinary work for us.

  • New builds, we join at design stage, document the infrastructure and coordinate with your architect, builder and electrician.
  • Renovations, we plan around what can and cannot be opened up, using wired paths where they exist and reliable wireless where they do not.
  • Inherited systems, we take on Control4 systems installed by others: assess, document, repair, update and extend.
Architectural CAD overlay across a modern residence facade

How we work

Designed on paper before anything is installed.

The difference between a good system and a frustrating one is almost always the design and the commissioning, not the hardware.

  • Brief and site review, how you actually live, room by room.
  • Design and documentation, cable schedules, rack layouts, keypad engraving, device positions.
  • Coordination, with builder, electrician, joiner and lighting designer so nothing is discovered late.
  • Installation, programming and commissioning, tuned in the finished rooms, not on a bench.
  • Handover and support, shown to the whole household, then looked after.
Dark architectural floor plan of an integrated Sydney home

The controls

Authentic Control4, specified for the room.

We choose interfaces the whole household can use, in finishes that suit the joinery and the wall they sit on.

Control4 T5 touchscreen on a timber console beside a speaker in a Sydney home
Control4 T5 touchscreen in a Sydney home.
Satin nickel Control4 Lux keypad engraved Daylight, Relax, Shades, Yard Lights and Music
Lux keypad engraved with this room's scenes.
Control4 app used on a phone to check the house
The app, for when you are not home.

In detail

What we bring into one system

  1. 01

    Lighting

    Scenes, dimming and architectural keypads across the whole house and garden.

  2. 02

    Climate

    Zoned heating and cooling, floor heating, fans and ventilation on schedules that suit you.

  3. 03

    Entertainment

    Multi-room audio, video distribution, media rooms and dedicated cinema.

  4. 04

    Security & access

    Alarm, CCTV, intercom, gates and locks, viewed and controlled in one place.

  5. 05

    Network

    A wired backbone and planned Wi-Fi, the foundation everything else depends on.

  6. 06

    Shading

    Motorised blinds and curtains coordinated with light, heat and privacy.

Seen in real Sydney homes

  • Bondi

    Beachfront home: Control4, DALI lighting, curtains, audio, intercom and cameras

  • Northbridge

    Five-level concrete residence with Konk Electrical: Control4, AV, networking and security

  • Darling Point

    Heritage interiors: Control4, lighting scenes, audio, network and security

  • Double Bay

    Modernist home with Konk Electrical: Control4, networking, security and AV

  • Oatley

    Control4 lighting and Lux keypad refinement. Project in progress

  • Mount Victoria

    Off-grid home with Control4 energy monitoring, lighting, security and locks. Ongoing support

  • Mosman

    Control4 and DALI fit-out coordination. Equipment planning and supply

  • Maroubra

    Dynalite lighting integrated with Control4. On-site integration and refinement

Questions

What homeowners ask us

What does a home automation project with HTI actually involve?
It runs in stages: a brief and site or plan review, a design with documentation (device positions, cable schedules, rack layout and keypad engraving), coordination with your builder and electrician during the build, then installation, programming and commissioning in the finished rooms. We finish with a handover to the household and ongoing support.
When should we involve a smart home installer on a new build?
As early as the design stage, ideally while the architect's drawings are still moving. Cable routes, rack location, keypad positions and ceiling speakers are far easier and less costly to resolve on plan than after plastering.
How do you work with our architect, builder and electrician?
We provide documentation each trade can work from and coordinate with the builder, electrician, joiner and lighting designer so infrastructure is in place before walls close. On the Double Bay project, for example, we worked alongside Konk Electrical with the lighting package coordinated between the two teams.
Can different brands and systems really work together?
Usually, yes. Control4 is designed to tie lighting, climate, audio, video, shading, intercom, cameras, alarm and locks from different manufacturers into one interface. Compatibility is confirmed per device during design rather than assumed.
Can you automate a house we already live in?
Yes. In an existing home we plan around what can be opened up, use wired paths where they exist and reliable wireless where they do not, and often stage the work room by room.
What happens after handover?
The same team that designed and programmed the system supports it: changes as your routines evolve, updates, system backups and fault-finding, with ongoing care available through our support plans.

Home automation Sydney

Start with the plans, or with the house you already have.

A complimentary consultation for new builds, renovations and inherited systems anywhere in Sydney. Bring drawings if you have them.

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