Locks, lights, and thermostats on the same app as your alarm.
Smart home devices are easy to buy and hard to live with once you have five apps. We integrate them into one system so arming the alarm locks the doors and drops the heat.
What integrates
- Smart locks keyless entry with codes you can issue and revoke, tied to the alarm.
- Lighting scheduled, triggered by events, or controlled by scene.
- Thermostats setback on arming, recovery on disarming, and remote control.
- Garage doors open, close, and get told when one was left up.
- Video doorbells on the same app as the rest of the system.
- Water sensors under the water heater, behind the washing machine, in the basement.
- Cameras and alarm the whole system in one interface rather than five.
Three things we do differently.
We integrate rather than accumulate.
Five devices with five apps is not a smart home, it is five chores. Everything we install reports into one platform, which is the difference between a system you use and a drawer of hubs.
We start from what you want to happen.
Nobody wants a smart thermostat. They want the house warm when they arrive and cool when it is empty. Starting from the outcome usually produces a simpler system than starting from a device list.
We tell you what not to automate.
Some automations are genuinely worse than a switch. If a rule is going to annoy you within a week, we would rather say so during the design than install it and let you discover it.
Three that people actually keep using.
Most smart home automation gets set up once and quietly abandoned. These three survive because they solve something real.
Leaving arms, locks, and sets back the heat.
One action at the door instead of four. Arming the alarm locks the doors and drops the thermostat, and reversing it on arrival warms the house before you are through the door.
The back door unlocking notifies you.
Not an alarm — a notification. Useful when a contractor arrives, when a teenager gets home, or when a door you expected to stay locked does not.
A water sensor alerts before the ceiling does.
A twelve-dollar sensor next to the water heater is the cheapest thing in this entire catalogue and the one most likely to save you a five-figure claim.
Questions homeowners ask about this.
Which platform do you use?
Alarm.com or Total Connect, depending on the panel and what you want the system to do. Both handle security, cameras, locks, lights, and thermostats in one app.
We will compare them plainly for your situation rather than defaulting to whichever we set up last.
Can you use smart devices I already bought?
Some, yes. Compatibility depends on the protocol and the platform, and it varies more than manufacturers imply.
Tell us what you have and we will tell you honestly what integrates and what will keep needing its own app.
Does this require an alarm system?
Not strictly, but the integration is where most of the value is. Automation tied to arming and disarming — locks, thermostat, lights — is what makes the system feel like one thing rather than several.
What happens if the internet goes down?
Local functions continue: locks work, the alarm works, schedules run. What pauses is remote control and notifications, which resume when connectivity returns.
Can I give a code to a contractor?
Yes, and you can revoke it afterward or schedule it to work only during certain hours. This is one of the more genuinely useful things about smart locks, and it is why we set up code management as part of the install rather than leaving it to you.
Get a home quote
We walk the house, look at how you actually live in it, and give you a straight price.
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We call within one business day
To find a time that works around your operations, not ours.
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A technician walks the property with you
Bring whatever documentation you have, or none at all. We document what is installed, what is missing, and what is coming due.
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You receive a written plan and price
One plan for the whole property, phased across budget years if that is what the building needs.
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Nothing else happens unless you say so
We do not chase. If the timing is wrong, tell us when to check back.