Luxury home automation,built for London.

Between £40,000 and £100,000 for most of the houses this page is about, and above that for very large or very complicated ones. A four-bedroom Kensington townhouse with whole-house Loxone, cameras, alarm and multi-room audio typically lands between £50,000 and £75,000. The quote is itemised line by line after a free survey, so you can take things out as easily as add them.

A full TechnoActive luxury installation includes Loxone automation (lighting, climate, shading, audio), Hikvision 4K CCTV with AI analytics, Ajax Grade 2 intruder alarm, biometric access control, Ubiquiti enterprise networking, and complete electrical infrastructure. Everything is controlled from one app with no monthly subscriptions.

Three practical reasons. It runs locally, so a light switch works in two milliseconds and keeps working when the broadband does not. There is nothing to subscribe to — Control4 and Crestron dealers typically charge for the app, the remote access or the programming changes, and over ten years that adds up to a serious number. And the configuration is yours: any certified partner can take over a Loxone house, whereas proprietary programming tends to tie you to the dealer who wrote it. We have written a longer comparison if you want the detail.

Yes. Loxone offers both wired (Tree) and wireless (Air) technology. For retrofits in period properties across Kensington, Chelsea, and Hampstead, we use Loxone Nano devices that fit behind existing switches — keeping original architectural features intact while adding full automation. No walls need to come down.

Five to ten working days on site for a retrofit, including the programming session and handover. Occupied houses are done room by room so you can keep living there. New builds and full renovations are phased with the builder — first-fix cabling while walls are open, then final fit and programming near completion — and the cable routes are agreed on the drawings before anyone drills.

Usually, if it is documented and maintainable. The studies we have found put it at roughly 3-5% on the sale price for a professionally installed, handed-over system — we have collected them in our post on smart homes and property value so you can read the sources yourself. What kills the value is a bespoke system nobody else can service: with Loxone the configuration stays in the house and any certified partner can take it on. Heating savings of 30-40% on a large period house are the part you feel every winter in the meantime.

A whole home automation control system manages every function of the property — lighting, climate, shading, audio, security, CCTV, access, and energy — from one central platform rather than separate apps per device. In our installations the Loxone Miniserver is that platform: it processes everything locally inside your home, coordinates Hikvision cameras and Ajax alarms, and presents a single app. One system, one interface, no subscriptions.

Look for three things: manufacturer certification for every system installed (we are certified partners for Loxone, Ajax, Hikvision, Paxton, and Ubiquiti — not generalists with one preferred brand), completed projects you can actually see (our 60 Sheldon Avenue and Station House case studies are published in full), and genuine post-installation support (we provide lifetime support with free firmware updates and a named project manager). Since 2014, over 200 London homeowners have chosen us on this basis.