Home Automation
Integration

Home Automation

Every system, one home, controlled through an elegant interface, a single keypad, or simply your voice.

The discipline

The thread that ties everything together.

Home automation is what turns a collection of clever products into one coherent home. We integrate audio-visual, lighting, climate, security and networking so they behave as a single system, not a drawer full of remotes and apps.

The result is a home that responds to you: through a beautifully simple touch interface, a single keypad, your phone, or your voice, quietly doing the right thing at the right time.

One home that responds to you, by touch, keypad or simply your voice.

What’s included

Capabilities

Integration

AV, lighting, climate, security and networks unified into one reliable, coherent and sustainable ecosystem.

User Interface

Beautifully simple control via touch panels, keypads and mobile, designed for effortless everyday use.

Home Automation

A home that responds automatically, setting the right scene, temperature and ambience exactly when you need it.

In practice

Where you’ll find this work.

All projects
Angled view of an Arts and Crafts red brick house with clay tile roof, tall chimneys, dormers and bay windows, extended with a flat-roofed Crittall-glazed garden room. Raised dry-stone planters in full bloom step down to a heated swimming pool with a curved timber diving board in the foreground, with an outdoor kitchen and seating on the terrace beyond.Prime Residential

Country Property

BMS plant room with variable-speed pumps, control panel HMI and pressurisation setSuper Prime Residential

Grade II Listed

Bedford ParkLuxury Residential

Chiswick

FAQs

Home Automation questions

  • What is the difference between home automation and integration?

    Home automation refers to systems acting automatically based on triggers such as time, occupancy or daylight; integration refers to making all the systems work together as one coordinated whole. Automation is a feature of a well-integrated system, for example blinds lowering automatically as the sun moves, but integration is the broader discipline that makes those behaviours reliable and consistent across every system. In practice clients experience both together.

  • Can I control everything from my phone?

    Yes. A well-designed system can be controlled from a phone or tablet, but the best installations do not rely on a phone as the only interface. Elegant keypads, touch panels and voice can be more intuitive for everyday use, with the app available when you are away from home or want detailed control. Good design matches the interface to how people actually live in and use the space.

  • What is KNX, and why is it used?

    KNX is an open, international standard for building control, widely used because it is manufacturer-independent, robust and well suited to lighting, heating, shading and more. Its openness means components from many manufacturers can work together and the system is not tied to a single supplier, which supports longevity. It is one of several platforms an integrator may use depending on the project's needs.

  • Can you integrate with voice assistants like Alexa, Google or Siri?

    Yes. Most professional control systems can integrate with mainstream voice assistants, so you can operate lighting, media, blinds and more by voice. Voice is best treated as one convenient interface among several rather than the backbone of the system, because dedicated control tends to be faster and more reliable for daily use. Privacy considerations around voice devices are worth discussing during design.

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