Insights & Innovations: The Integrated Home Blog

Are you just starting on your smart home automation journey, or perhaps upgrading your smart system with new, exciting features? Maybe you’re only starting in one room and planning on expanding to the rest of your home later.

No matter what your plan is, automation installations can feel overwhelming. This is why teaming up with a trusted and reliable smart home company during the installation process is a must.

The Integrated Home now has a respected certification from the Home Technology Association (HTA), meaning you can rely on our team for every installation in your Lake Norman, NC living space.

As an HTA-certified company, we guarantee we’ll meet your every need and create the envisioned smart home you’ve always dreamed of. But what does this certification mean for you and our services?

Just keep reading below to find out more.

Smart home automation is not just a term for the future – it’s in the here and now. And often, homeowners like to add new innovations and technologies they hear about to their already-built houses.

But as a builder or architect, you know there is no doubt about it – it’s easier on everyone when a new home build has wired infrastructures and systems pre-installed during the construction process. And the same goes for a smart home automation system.

So why should you bring these smart systems to new Charlotte, NC constructions? In this blog, we’ll discuss why smart solutions can elevate a project in every way and how working with a professional smart home company can make all the difference. Keep reading below to learn more.

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Get it Right the First Time

For everyone involved, making sure a home’s building process runs smoothly and ends with perfect results for the homebuyer is ideal. It’s more efficient to set up the proper wiring and cables at the beginning of a project, than deciding halfway through or at the end when the walls have all been put up.

It takes more time and costs more to tear down walls and install wiring in an existing home, so knowing ahead of a project and preparing the construction for a system means you won’t have to retrace your steps or have your homebuyers deal with expensive processes later down the road. Everyone saves money and preventable work.

Watching your favorite films and shows with high-end audio video features transforms any media space. You’ll feel reeled into the 4K visuals and immersed by the high-performance speakers – just like you would at the local cinema in town.

But what if you don’t want a dedicated home theater installed in your Charlotte, NC living space? The great news is that you can bring a high-quality home theater system to your family or media room, where you can still benefit from cinema AV features and technologies.

In this blog, we’ll discuss the smart solutions that can take your media room’s entertainment system to the next level. Want to find out more? Keep reading below!

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Hidden Tech That Won’t Impede Your Interior Design

A home theater system doesn’t mean that your media room’s existing surroundings will suffer. You can still enjoy this excellent AV equipment and maintain your preferred design and décor.

When you build a new home or designated room for your clients, you want to leave them with a space that functions properly and works well for them throughout the years.  And with the popular rise in smart technology, you’ll no doubt be adding these smart solutions to your projects to meet and exceed your clients’ expectations.

And if you’re new to the smart tech world, we highly recommend working with a top-notch smart home company like The Integrated Home – our team will take care of every installation while you focus on building and planning.

But how can you ensure all these smart features and equipment will work in a home long after you’ve left?  That’s where home prewiring services come into play.  Laying down a wiring groundwork in a home guarantees that an automation system will work for your Charlotte, NC clients well into the future.

We’ll take you through the process of these services in this blog, so you’ll know how to deliver the best home builds and setups for your homeowners going forward.  Keep reading below for more!

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What Prewiring Does for an Automation System

The beauty of a prewiring installation is that you won’t have to see a bit of the wiring or cabling mess that is needed to set up a home automation system’s infrastructure.  But once it’s in place, what does this service do exactly?

So you’re ready to bring your own customized cinema to your Lake Norman, NC living space – but now you have to deal with the actual installation!  Any type of smart home project can feel a bit overwhelming at first.  That’s why we recommend working with a quality home theater company like The Integrated Home team.  We’ll ensure you receive the best service around for your home cinema installation.

But what does our process look like exactly, and what can you expect from working with us?  In this blog, we’ve put together a list of steps that show from start to finish what our installations entail.

Want to find out more?  Just keep reading below to see what teaming up with us will do for you and your home theater.

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1. Assessing Your Project Goals

The first step in the installation process is to determine what type of home theater you are looking to get out of your project.  The sooner this is established, the sooner everything else can get underway and on the journey to perfection for you.