Smarthomeautomationthatanswerstoyou—notasubscription
We design, price, and install smart home automation powered by Home Assistant — no subscriptions, no guesswork. Start with a free in-home assessment.
What your home could do
Real automation scenarios with real pricing. Click any card to see the full story.
The Foundation
Every smart home starts here. The brain that ties everything together — no cloud dependency, no subscriptions, total control.
Good Morning
Your alarm goes off and the house wakes up with you — blinds rise slowly, heat kicks in, coffee starts. No switches touched.
Goodnight, House
One tap from bed — every door locks, the alarm sets, lights go dark, thermostat drops to sleep mode. No more "did I lock the door?" at 2 AM.
Movie Night
Say the words and the room transforms — lights dim, blinds close, surround sound kicks in. Private cinema, zero effort.
Someone's at the Door
See who's there, talk to them, unlock for deliveries — all from your phone. No more spare keys under the mat.
Walk into Any Room
Walk into the bedroom, kitchen, or living room — lights adjust to the time of day. No switches, no fumbling.
2 AM Bathroom
The light comes on at 1% — just enough to see, not enough to blind you. Fan kicks on, shuts off when you leave.
Water Leak Alert
A sensor catches the leak, your phone buzzes, and the water shuts off — before it becomes a five-figure repair bill.
Energy Detective
See exactly where every dollar goes. Smart plugs kill phantom loads, schedules cut waste. Watch your bill shrink.
Why Home Assistant?
The world's most popular open-source home automation platform, professionally installed.
Energy Savings
Smart thermostats, automated lighting schedules, and energy monitoring that pay for themselves. Most homeowners save 15-25% on energy bills.
Security & Peace of Mind
Smart locks, cameras, motion sensors, and automated alerts — all managed locally. Know what's happening at home from anywhere.
Effortless Convenience
Voice control, automated routines, and one-tap scenes. Lights adjust at sunset, doors lock at bedtime, coffee starts when your alarm goes off.
No Subscriptions, Ever
Home Assistant runs entirely on your local network. No monthly fees, no cloud dependency, no company that can shut down your smart home.
Services
What I install
Every service below has its own page with real pricing and the details that matter for your building type.
Smart Home Installation in Jersey City
Installs tuned to JC buildings — high-rise concrete, brownstone wiring, and rental-safe setups.
Home Assistant Setup & Migration
New builds, migrations off SmartThings or Wink, and takeovers of stalled DIY projects.
Security Cameras
Local-recording camera systems with no cloud fees — footage never leaves your home.
Smart Lighting
Switches, dimmers, and scenes, including no-neutral options for pre-war housing.
Smart Locks
Keypad entry, guest codes, and reversible retrofits renters can undo at move-out.
Smart Homes for Renters & Condos
Deposit-safe, no-drill setups that pack up and move to your next apartment.
Video Doorbells
Doorbells recording locally, answered from your phone — no Ring plan required.
Smart Thermostats
Forced air, missing C-wires, PTAC controllers, radiator valves — matched to how your home heats.
Wi-Fi & Networking
The foundation layer: coverage that reaches every room, with smart devices safely separated.
Powered by Home Assistant
The world's most popular open-source home automation platform. 100% local, 100% private, infinitely extensible.
How It Works
From first call to fully automated — here's the journey.
Free Assessment & Custom Plan
Book a free assessment. We map your home's automation potential and deliver a custom action plan — an effort-vs-impact matrix of quick wins you can act on day one, plus the bigger scenarios worth planning for.
Install Your Way
Take the plan and run with it yourself, or let us design, install, and configure everything for you. Ongoing support available when you're ready to grow.
Free Assessment & Custom Plan
Book a free assessment. We map your home's automation potential and deliver a custom action plan — an effort-vs-impact matrix of quick wins you can act on day one, plus the bigger scenarios worth planning for.
Install Your Way
Take the plan and run with it yourself, or let us design, install, and configure everything for you. Ongoing support available when you're ready to grow.
Simple, transparent pricing
A flat-priced custom plan, two per-room service tiers, plus hourly help and ongoing support.
Start with the free in-home assessment — every tier builds from there.
Free 30-minute in-home assessment
In your home, in person — we walk through your space, surface the highest-impact wins, and tell you exactly which tier fits and what it will cost. Different from our 15-minute video consultation and from the free online estimator wizard.
Assessment & Custom Plan
We assess your home, produce a floor plan, and design a custom smart-home plan tailored to your liking and budget. You build it yourself with our step-by-step guides.
- Detailed floor plan of your space
- Custom plan tailored to your liking and budget
- Curated device list with buy links
- Step-by-step DIY build guides
Automation Setup
Everything in Assessment & Custom Plan, plus we set up every automation, scene, and alert to your liking. Hardware install labor not included — you hire your own electrician.
- Everything in Assessment & Custom Plan
- Every automation, scene & alert configured to your liking
- Full Home Assistant configuration
- Hardware install labor excluded — you supply the electrician
Full Service
+ electrician labor, billed separately
Everything in the first two tiers, plus we help you find a local licensed electrician for the install. Electrician labor billed separately.
- Everything in Automation Setup
- We help you find a local licensed electrician
- Electrician labor billed separately
- Typical 3-bedroom home: $10K–$15K all-in (estimate)
All prices are estimates and subject to change. Your in-home assessment confirms the exact number before any work starts.
$95/hr — 2-hour minimum
For out-of-scope work, troubleshooting, and additions outside a plan. Billed in 30-minute increments after the minimum.
$29/mo or $299/yr
Priority remote support, monthly health checks, and minor automation tweaks. Cancel any time.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked
The stuff homeowners usually want to know before booking an assessment.
Both options work. The free 30-minute in-home assessment gives you a first look, and the $349 Assessment & Custom Plan turns it into a floor plan and a custom design you build yourself with Amazon links and step-by-step guides. If you'd rather not configure anything, Automation Setup is $500 per room — every automation, scene, and alert set up to your liking, with hardware install handled by your own electrician — and Full Service is $600 per room plus electrician labor, where we help you find the electrician.
Let's design your smart home
Pick a time for a free 15-minute call. We'll learn what matters to you, recommend the right devices, and map out your automation — no pressure, no upsell.