Congrats!  That's always an exciting time.

Odds are you're looking for guidance on your Smart Home and Home Technology package.

Good News! You're in the right place.  My team and I can help.  Let me explain, and don't worry I'll keep it quick, no fluff.

There is an overwhelming number of Smart Home solutions in the market to choose from.

And you'll find a guru, or dealer, or company with big opinions telling you just about everyone of those solutions is best for you.

So How Do You Know Which Smart Home Is Best For You?

The truth? They're all great systems.

Notice, I didn't ask do you want 'Speakers' or 'Shades?'  I asked to know how you'll use your system.

Here's what I mean.  Clients always ask me...

Most systems are designed with a 'System Focused Design' approach instead of a 'User Focused Design.'

Go back to our Kitchen example.

Let's say you tell me you want Audio in your kitchen.

Using a System Focus Design approach we'd say great let's set you up with a Control4 Audio Package.

With a User Focused Design approach we'd ask you specifically what you want to listen to?

Say you told me you wanted to listen to Apple Music.

Well Apple Music isn't natively supported through Control4.

Now you can airplay, and that's ok, but if you wanted a more native solution, we'd probably look at Sonos for the Audio.

This is 'User Focused Design.'

1. You don't use your system.  Either it's complicated, or it doesn't do what you thought it would (you can't play Apple Music, or listen to Audio Books).

2. You spent money on tech you don't want (After install, you understand what some tech actually does, and now realize you don't want it).

Now that you have it in your home, you realize it's not something you would ever use, and it's a daily reminder you wasted money.

3. You feel it was a poor investment.  Smart Homes on any scale are an investment.

The average homeowner spends 5-10% of the homes budget on technology, and Client's who go all in, regularly spend twice that amount.

If you're unhappy with your system, you'll hate the investment you made.

We break it into two phases.

We design a complete system with 'The Works' and send you the plans which include:

Is where we dial in the system for you.

We work to answer your questions about options, and make adjustments to the plans based on how you believe you will actually use your system.

The Design Layout helps you see where you should place tech like speakers and wifi access points.

It also helps you see what technology and experience you want to have in every room.

With your feedback and modifications, we make changes to the Design Layout

The Estimates used together with the Design Layout help you set a realistic budget, and make budget related adjustments to your design.  

It also helps you see how you might scale your system in phases over time.

The Prewire Checklist guides you if you plan to wire the home yourself, and helps you verify the person wiring your home has run the correct wires to the correct locations  so you can be as future proofed as possible.

Working through Phase Two we dial in the design specifically for you, and send you a final set of plans.

Future Support After you receiver your 2nd and final set of plans, the design service is complete.

But we know you'll have ongoing questions about the tech in your home throughout the build.

To help, we created an online Community called Tym U.

You'll have One Year Access to our online trainings, and a weekly live training where you can continue to ask questions and get help.

Once a week, a member of our Design Team designs a Smart Home or Theater live, and answers questions.

Throughout your project, you'll be able to ask questions and receive guidance on the tech for your home.

We've been designing and installing Smart Homes and Home Theaters for over 10 years.

A few years in, we started winning national awards for our projects.

Three Years In A row we won best Theater In its class, and Once for Custom Smart Home Of The Year at the CES show in Vegas.

Our projects started landing the cover of industry magazines and online forums.

Before long we started getting phone calls from Clients everywhere asking if we'd consult on their Smart Homes.

We created our Design Service to help serve these Clients.  Today we work with Clients from countries all around the World.

A PDF.

2. What If You're Remodeling And Don't Have Plans?  It's not ideal, but we do work with hand drawn plans.

The First Phase and Draft takes 10-14 Business Days.  The Second Phase depends on the complexity of the system, and the volume and technical scope of your questions and modification request.  Usually it's 48-72 hours for Phase Two, but it can take several weeks.

Yes.

No. We're no longer in the install game.  That's what allows our Design Service to be effective. You'll still want to find a local Dealer.

Yes.  Think of it like hiring a Design Firm, or Architect for your Home.  Architect Designs the Home, but the builder builds it.  We help you design the system, the local Dealer helps you install it.

This is common in the Commercial side of the industry, and the direction it's going residentially.

For the Design Service we limit it to Control4, Savant and Amazon Alexa. We can't provide designs for every outlier out there, OpenHab, Raspberry Pi, etc.  What we've found is these three estimates give you enough context to understand how to substitute parts for almost any system.

All designs are done as 'New Systems.'  If you have existing equipment you plan to use like a Surround Receiver, or Speakers that's perfectly fine.  For the purposes of the Designs and Estimates, we'll build it as though you are purchasing all new equipment, and you can substitute what you already have.

Likewise if you have a wish list of products on Amazon, Monoprice, Alibaba, etc, we do not comb through those list and verify compatibility.  We design the systems as 'New Systems.'

No.  Panelized Lighting is a $497 Add-On.  It's a completely different design effort.

We're able to provide soft estimates for both Panelized and wireless Lighting, and make recommendations as part of the Design Service, but a 'Panelized Design' that you hand to your electricians requires separate man hours and design specialties not included in the Design Service.

No.  That's part of our Virtual Theater Design Service, and you can add it anytime.  If you have a theater, or media room, the Design Service does include a layout of equipment, and several theater packages for budget and reference, but the VR Renderings and room design are part of a separate service.

Our Team has been designing and installing systems across the country for the last decade.

After receiving a lot of attention online for some major awards we won at the CES Show in Vegas for Home Theater and Smart Home Design, we started putting all our energy into Designing Systems for other Clients.

We got out of the Install side of the business, and today focus exclusively on Design and Consulting for Smart Homes and Home Theaters.

You send us a PDF of your floor Plans.  We send you back a full set of plans, including an estimate for Control4, Savant and Amazon Alexa.

We also give you One Year access to Tym U with $3,500 in digital Courses and Trainings, and exclusive access to our online community for Design Clients, where we go live once a week, design systems, and answer your questions.

It's $997, and you can sign up and get started here!