Kensington House
Completed April 2023
Full home automation to a newly purchased heritage home with architectural extension in Kensington for a young family of six utilising Apple Homekit.
Kensington - Project Overview
Type of House: When this family of six moved into their newly purchased home, a heritage house with a 2000's architectural extension they decided they wanted to add some smart technology, security and improved lighting.
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Smart Home Budget : Automation including all new smart light switches, high quality LED downlights, smart ceiling fans, voice control, video doorbell and CCTV - $10 -$15k
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Who Lives Here: Professional couple in their 40's and their four children, including twins and a baby.
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What was important to the home owners:
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Security and Safety of the family and home eg: monitoring while away
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Time saving and convenience eg: being able to switch off all lights, TV's, sound systems, climate control at the touch of a button on the way our the door
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Saving on energy bills eg: automated lighting
This customer a busy professional family with 4 kids love the ability to monitor their home remotely via smart security cameras and video doorbells, and the convenience of having all lighting, fans, tv's turn-off automatically when they leave home.
Kensington Smart Home Features
Tailored to the automation solutions , these are
Climate Control
Full control of ceiling fans to keep house comfortable & reduce bils
Lighting
Full control of lighting including dimming, scene control eg: leave home, dinner time, chill time
Security
CCTV and Video Doorbell with facial recognition, smart alarm system that arms of leaving home
Scene Automation
Scenes such a leaving home help reduce energy usage, save time and secure the house, automatically arming alarm, turning off lights and appliances.
