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One ecosystem. One app. One contractor.

Smart thermostats, smart lights, smart doorbells, smart speakers — bought one at a time from different shops, none of them talking to each other. We pick an ecosystem, wire it all in, and hand you one app that controls the lot.

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The problem

Smart bulbs in one app. Doorbell in another. Thermostat ignores both.

Most "smart homes" are a collection of devices in isolation. Each brand wants you in its own app, with its own login, its own remote, its own way of doing automations. The result: you stop using half of them.

A proper smart home runs on a single ecosystem — Google Home, Apple Home (HomeKit), or Amazon Alexa — with Matter and Thread as the common languages between brands. We choose the right one for your devices and phone, then bring everything into it.

The Matter standard

Matter is the industry-wide standard that lets devices from Apple, Google, Amazon, Philips, IKEA, Aqara and others all work together. Most new smart devices support it. Where they don't, we use bridges to connect older devices.

Ecosystems we deploy

The hub. Then everything plugs in.

The hub choice depends on the phones in your house. Pick one and we'll wire your devices into it.

Apple Home (HomeKit)

Best for iPhone households. Privacy-first (devices controlled locally, not via cloud where possible). Apple TV or HomePod acts as the hub. Tight integration with the Home app.

HOMEKIT · MATTER · THREAD

Google Home

Strongest voice control (Google Assistant). Best for Android households. Nest Hub or Nest Mini as the hub. Wide third-party device support including Nest thermostats & cameras.

GOOGLE · NEST · MATTER

Amazon Alexa

Best value, widest third-party device support. Echo Show / Echo Dot as the hub. Great Routines automation. Strong if you already have Ring doorbells or Eero Wi-Fi.

ALEXA · RING · ECHO
Device categories

What we configure.

Heating & Thermostats

Google Nest, Tado, Hive, Drayton Wiser. Replace your old thermostat with one your phone controls. Per-room TRV smart valves. Schedules, geofencing, energy reports.

Lighting

Philips Hue, LIFX, IKEA Tradfri, Aqara. Bulbs, strips, panels, smart switches. Scenes per room. Schedules (auto-on at sunset). Voice / app / wall-switch — your choice.

Speakers & Audio

Sonos multi-room (best in class). Apple HomePod / Mini. Echo / Nest speakers. Whole-home or zoned. Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal — built in.

Doorbells & Cameras

Ring, Nest, Eufy. See who's at the door from anywhere. Talk to delivery drivers. Motion alerts. Covered in detail on the CCTV page.

Smart Locks

Yale Linus, Aqara, August. Keypad entry. Auto-lock. Temporary codes for cleaners or guests. Integration with doorbell so you see who you're unlocking for.

Appliances & Plugs

Smart plugs for non-smart appliances. Smart kettles, robot vacuums, blinds, leak sensors, motion sensors. The boring devices that quietly do their job.

Sample automations

Things your home can actually do.

This is the bit that makes a smart home feel smart. Not just app control — actual automated behaviour.

MORNING

Wake-up routine

At 7:00 on weekdays: bedroom lights fade from amber to white over 5 minutes, heating kicks on if downstairs is under 18°C, kitchen radio plays Morning Ireland on Sonos, weather forecast on the smart display.

LEAVING HOME

Goodbye automation

Last phone leaves the house: thermostat drops to 16°C, all lights off, plugs cut, doors auto-lock, security cameras switch to away-mode with full motion alerts.

EVENING

Movie night

"Hey Google, movie time": living room lights dim to 15%, hallway light to 30%, Sonos pauses, TV switches to Apple TV input, blinds close. One command, six actions.

DOORBELL

Visitor at the door

Doorbell rings while you're upstairs: video preview appears on every TV in the house and on the Sonos speakers as an announcement. Tap once on your phone to talk to the visitor.

NIGHT

Goodnight, one button

Bedside button: all downstairs lights off, smart locks engage, heating drops 1°C, bedroom curtains close, white noise starts on the speaker. Phones go on do-not-disturb.

SAFETY

Quiet protection

Leak sensor under the dishwasher detects water: notifications to both phones, all smart plugs in the kitchen cut, Sonos announces "Water detected in the kitchen." Damage stopped before it spreads.

What's included

From hub install to handover.

Discovery Session
Walk your home. Discuss what you actually want to do (not which devices to buy). Identify which ecosystem fits your phones and existing kit.
Hub & Bridges
Hub installed (Apple TV, Nest Hub, Echo Show). Hue Bridge, Sonos boost, smart-lock bridge as required. Wired to Ethernet where possible for stability.
Device Onboarding
Every device added to a single account, named clearly (not "Plug 4F2A"), grouped by room. Firmware updated. Tested.
Automations
Routines and scenes built per your discovery session — typically 4–8 automations on a first install. We don't oversell; better to add more once you've lived with it.
Voice Profiles
Voice match set up for each person in the house. Personal responses (calendars, reminders). Kids' accounts restricted appropriately.
Network Hygiene
IoT devices placed on a separate VLAN where possible — isolated from your work laptop, banking, family devices.
Walkthrough
Sit down with you and any partner / family. Run through the app, show every automation, hand over written cheat-sheet. 30 days email support.
FAQ

Smart home questions.

I already have a Nest thermostat and Hue lights but they don't talk. Can you fix it?
Yes — this is the most common job. We'll bring them into one ecosystem (most likely Google Home in your case, since you already have Nest), add a Nest Hub or display, and set up scenes so they work together. No need to replace anything.
Will it still work if my internet goes down?
A lot of it, yes. Light switches, smart bulbs, motion sensors, thermostats all continue to operate locally on Matter / Thread / Zigbee. What stops working: remote access from outside the house, voice commands that rely on cloud (some do, some don't), and any cloud-only camera. We design with this in mind.
Do I have to talk to my house like a robot?
Not unless you want to. Voice control is one option. The other options are: phone app, wall switches (the smart bulbs still respond to a normal switch press), automations (the house just does it without being asked), or physical buttons / remotes. Most clients end up using a mix.
What if a smart device fails after install?
All hardware carries manufacturer warranty (Hue 2 years, Nest 1 year, Sonos 1 year, etc — we document this). For configuration issues, our 30-day support is included; beyond that the monthly retainer is the cleanest route. Replacement is usually a half-day visit.
Is my smart home data being sold?
Depends on which ecosystem. Apple Home is the strictest (mostly local, encrypted, anonymous). Google and Amazon use telemetry to improve their services and may target ads based on activity. We'll be honest about this during the discovery session and you can choose.
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