Residential

Smart Home Automation
for the Way You Actually Live

A great smart home doesn’t call attention to itself. The lights are simply right when you walk in, the temperature never needs a second thought, and your music follows you from the kitchen to the patio without a single dropped beat. That’s the feeling we design for — technology that quietly makes home better, then gets out of the way.

For over 20 years, we’ve built systems for hundreds of homes across Vancouver, Whistler, Victoria, and Calgary — waterfront residences, alpine retreats, family estates, and everything between. Every home is different, but the goal never changes: technology that enhances how you live without ever becoming the focus of the room.

Whether you’re building new, renovating, or upgrading a finished home, here’s what we do — jump to what matters most to you:

Smart Home Automation

At its heart, smart home automation is one simple idea: all the systems in your home — lighting, climate, audio, video, shades, and security — working together as one, controlled from a single tap on an on-wall keypad, a touchscreen, your phone, or your voice.

Instead of juggling a dozen apps and remotes, you press “Good Morning” and the shades rise, the lights come up, and the kitchen fills with music. Press “Movie” and the room dims, the screen drops, and everything’s set. That’s the difference between a house full of smart devices and a home that simply feels effortless.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re building new, renovating, or upgrading a home you’ve lived in for years — it’s never too late, and most systems can be added without tearing into every wall. Over the past 20 years we’ve designed these systems across every major platform — Crestron, Control4, Savant, and Lutron — which means we recommend what genuinely fits your home and the way you live, rather than one brand we’re tied to. iPhone household, Android, or a mix of both, we build an interface that feels obvious from the very first tap. It all starts with a conversation. Tell us how you use your home and what you’d love it to do, and we’ll design a system around that.

Smart Lighting

Lighting shapes how a home feels more than almost anything else — and smart lighting gives you effortless command of all of it, inside and out. From a keypad by the door, a touchscreen, or your phone, you can set the whole house with a single press: a bright, energizing scene for the morning, a warm low glow for the evening, everything off as you head to bed.

The magic is in the scenes. Rather than hunting for the right switches, you press one button and the room becomes exactly what the moment calls for — “Relax” softens the living room to the perfect level for unwinding, “Entertain” lights the kitchen and patio for guests. We handle all the programming behind the scenes; you just press a button. And because it works with your home’s existing wiring, smart lighting can be added to a finished home, not only a new build — it’s never too late to retrofit.

We design lighting around how you actually move through your home, so the right light is always there without a second thought — more comfort, better energy efficiency, and a genuine sense of calm.

Ketra: Lighting That Moves With the Day

For those who want to go further, Ketra is in a class of its own. Where ordinary LED lighting stays static, Ketra shifts naturally throughout the day — cool and bright to match the morning sun, warm and gentle by evening — mirroring natural light in a way that feels effortless and, quite simply, better to live in.

It’s the finest tunable light available: perfect color accuracy from 1400 to 10,000 Kelvin, dimming from 100% right down to 0.1%, a CRI and R9 above 90, and over 16 million colors rendered with real precision. Individually controlled fixtures can highlight art and architecture, and the sleek trims disappear into any ceiling.

As Canada’s #1 Ketra showroom, we can show you exactly what this looks like in person — the shift from a crisp morning to a golden evening, side by side. It’s the kind of thing that’s hard to describe and impossible to forget once you’ve seen it. Come experience Ketra for yourself at our Vancouver showroom.

Home Theatre

There’s nothing quite like a proper home theatre — the lights fade, the screen fills the wall, and the room disappears around you until it’s just you and the film. It’s the kind of experience that turns movie night into an event, and it’s some of the most rewarding work we do.

Every theatre we build is designed around the room and the people in it. That means the right screen and projector for the space — we work with cinema-grade Sony projectors and reference screens that deliver deep contrast and true-to-life colour — matched to an audio system tuned so dialogue is crisp and the big moments land in your chest. Behind the scenes, we handle the details that separate a good room from a breathtaking one: acoustic treatments that keep sound clean and immersive, and touches like fibre-optic star ceilings that turn the room itself into part of the show.

And it isn’t only dedicated cinemas. Whether you want a discreet TV that disappears into the millwork of your living room, a media lounge that does double duty, or a full tiered theatre with premium seating, we design AV that fits how you actually want to watch — all controlled with the same single tap as the rest of your home.

If a home theatre is on your wish list, it’s worth seeing what’s possible. Explore our dedicated home theatre page to see the spaces we’ve created.

Whole-Home Audio

Music shouldn’t stop at the doorway of one room. With whole-home audio, the same song follows you from the kitchen to the shower to the back patio — or every room plays something different, exactly as you like. It’s the soundtrack to daily life, always there, always effortless.

We design systems that deliver rich, room-filling sound in every space, indoors and out, with no lag as it moves from zone to zone. Speakers can disappear almost entirely — Sonance in-ceiling and in-wall speakers blend seamlessly into the architecture, so you hear the music but never see the hardware — or stay flexible and simple with Sonos throughout. Whether it’s a treasured vinyl collection, your Apple Music library, or a Spotify playlist, it all plays beautifully, controlled from the same tap, keypad, or phone as everything else in your home. The real luxury is the control. Play one album across the whole house for a dinner party, give the kids their own music upstairs while you keep calm downstairs, or extend the sound of a movie out onto the deck. Your home simply sounds the way you want it to, room by room.

Hear the difference for yourself — every system we offer is set up and playing in our Vancouver showroom.

Climate Control

The best thing about smart climate control is that you barely notice it. No fiddling with a thermostat, no rooms that are too warm upstairs and too cool down below — just a home that’s always, quietly, the right temperature. It looks after itself so you don’t have to think about it.

Our systems learn your routine and adjust automatically — warming the house before you wake, easing off while you’re out, settling each room to the temperature that suits it through the day and the seasons. You keep full control when you want it, from a sleek in-wall touchscreen, your phone, or a simple “Home” and “Away” tap, whether you’re in the next room or halfway around the world.

It’s comfort that also happens to be efficient. By heating and cooling intelligently rather than constantly, a well-designed climate system keeps you comfortable while trimming energy waste — lowering your bills and your footprint at the same time. And because it’s part of your wider smart home, climate works in concert with your shades and lighting, so the whole house responds together to the time of day and the weather outside.

Ready for a home that’s always the right temperature without a second thought? Let’s talk about what that could look like for you.

Motorized Shades

Shades do quiet, constant work in a home — softening harsh afternoon light, holding in warmth on a cold evening, giving you privacy the moment you want it. Motorized shades do all of that on their own, gliding into place at a touch or on a schedule, so you’re not walking the house adjusting blinds morning and night.

Picture the shades easing down as the sun swings west to cut the glare on your screens, lifting gently at sunrise to wake the house with natural light, or lowering across the whole home with one tap as a film begins. Because they’re part of your smart home, they work in step with your lighting and climate — the house responding to the time of day and the weather without you lifting a finger.

We partner with Lutron, whose shading systems set the standard: whisper-quiet motors, an industry-leading warranty, the widest range of shade styles and fabrics, and intelligent hembar alignment so every shade in a room lines up perfectly. From a single tricky window to full-home shading, we design a system that looks right, feels effortless, and lasts. And it’s never only for new builds — shades can be added to a finished home as easily as a new one.

Security & Surveillance

Real peace of mind comes from knowing your home is looked after, whether you’re upstairs asleep or away for a month. A well-designed security and surveillance system gives you that — quietly watching over the house and putting you in control from wherever you are.

We install and integrate cameras and video surveillance so you can see your property in real time, indoors and out, and check in from your phone whether you’re at the office or on holiday. Smart locks let you grant access on your terms — let in a guest remotely, give the dog walker their own code, and see exactly who came and went. And because it all lives within your smart home, security works alongside the rest: lights that come on as you arrive, a “Goodbye” scene that locks the doors and arms the system as you head out, the whole home settling into place with a single tap.

The result is a home that feels secure without feeling like a fortress — protection that stays out of the way until you need it, then does exactly what you’d want. Want to talk through the right setup for your home? We’d be glad to help.

Programming & Support

A smart home is only as good as the people behind it. The hardware matters, but what makes everything feel effortless is the programming — the logic and fine-tuning that turns a room full of devices into a home that simply does what you want. That’s work we keep in-house, with our own team of dedicated programmers who tailor every system to how, when, and where you actually use it.

Whether we’re building a new system from scratch or refining one you inherited when you bought your home, we shape it around your life. We can automate your shades to open at sunrise and your lights to warm as the sun sets, syncing perfectly with the changing seasons. We handle the keypads, the scenes, the time-based events, and the countless small details that add up to a home that feels intuitive rather than complicated. And because our programming services extend across Canada, distance is never a barrier to getting it right.

Just as important is what happens after. Systems evolve, needs change, and technology moves on — so we’re here for the long run with remote and on-site support, firmware updates, interface tweaks, and hardware upgrades, available as you need them or as part of our PI+ Service Plans. It’s the difference between a system that’s installed and forgotten, and one that keeps getting better for years.

If you’re living with a system that isn’t quite working the way it should — or you simply want it looked after properly — we’d love to help.

Serving Homeowners Across Western Canada

We work with homeowners, builders, architects, and designers throughout Vancouver, Whistler, Victoria, and Calgary. Whether you’re building a custom home, renovating an existing property, or upgrading the technology in a home you already love, our team handles the design, installation, and long-term support — tailored to your project and your region.

How to Get Started

Getting started is refreshingly simple. Reach out and tell us about your home and what you’d like it to do — that first conversation is a discovery meeting where we listen to your vision and how you actually live. From there, we send a detailed proposal built around your needs. Once you’re happy, our design team, project managers, and technicians bring it to life, and our service team makes sure you’re comfortable with everything before we’re done. And we don’t disappear after installation — we’re here for the long run, keeping your system running beautifully for years to come.

Let’s Create Something Together

Every home is different, and the best way to begin is a conversation about yours. Whether you have detailed plans or just the beginnings of an idea, we’d love to hear about it.

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