Notes and guides for homeowners.
Practical writing from the people who do the installs. Real pricing, the decisions that separate a room you love from one you regret, and honest answers to the questions buyers actually ask.
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Home cinema · 5 min readHow to build a home cinema room: a step-by-step guide [2026]
Turning planning into a cinema that actually works - nine decisions, in the order that keeps compromises out of the room.
Read guide → - Home cinema · 8 min read
Home cinema installation cost: an honest breakdown of UK pricing in 2026.
What each band actually buys, component by component, and where the money genuinely matters.
Read guide → - Smart home · 7 min read
How much does a Control4 system cost?
The controller is the cheap part. Real numbers for one room up to a whole house, and what moves them.
Read guide → - Home cinema · 6 min read
How to choose a home cinema installer.
What a good one does differently, the red flags to walk away from, and the questions worth asking first.
Read guide → - Smart home · 6 min read
Smart home retrofit: when to rescue, and when to start fresh.
Most flaky systems can be saved. How to tell whether yours needs rescuing or replacing.
Read guide → - Media walls · 5 min read
Media wall design: the mistakes UK homeowners make most.
Oversized TVs, audio added too late, trapped heat. The four we get called in to fix, and how to avoid them.
Read guide → - Networking · 5 min read
Why networking is the foundation of every smart home.
Most smart home faults are network faults. Why consumer mesh runs out of road, and what to do instead.
Read guide → - Smart home · 7 min read
Control4 vs Loxone vs Crestron.
What each platform is genuinely good at, what it costs, and which suits which home. No marketing.
Read guide → - Media walls · 6 min read
Media wall price UK: what one actually costs.
From £2,600 to £15,000+, and what the suspiciously cheap quotes quietly leave out.
Read guide → - Smart home · 6 min read
Smart home installation cost: what you're really paying for.
The honest bands for lighting, heating, a starter system and whole-home, and where the money actually goes.
Read guide → - Smart home · 6 min read
How to build a smart home.
The right order to do it in: network first, one platform, start with lighting, design for expansion.
Read guide → - Security · 5 min read
CCTV installation: what a good system looks like.
Why placement beats megapixels, and the four things that actually decide whether home CCTV is any use.
Read guide → - Multi-Room AV · 6 min read
Multi-room audio: Sonos or Control4?
Three sensible ways to get music into every room, and which one fits which kind of project.
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- Home cinema installers near me: a buyer's guide.
- WiFi for large homes: why standard routers give up above 3,000 sq ft.
- The best smart home system for a large house.
More coming. In the meantime, the quickest way to a straight answer is to ask us.