ISE 2020 - CEDIA

New for ISE 2020, the CEDIA Design and Build conference is targeted at architects, interior designers and other design & build professionals in the residential space. We will be supporting this conference and taking a select number of delegates on a ISE show floor tour!

We will be visiting market leading manufactures, discussing their products and why we have partnered with them for our projects. This is a great opportunity to spend time with industry professionals. We look forward to meeting our delegates at ISE this year.

Stands we will be visiting:

• Artcoustic

• Barco

• Basalte

• Control4

• Lutron

• Starscape

We will also be saying goodbye to the Dam! ISE 2021 will be in Barcelona.

Latest Dolby Atmos Cinema Design

We just love the design process, it’s so much fun to put our ideas to the client for their space.

Here we’re designing a full Dolby Atmos Home Cinema experience in Cobham, Surrey. We will have an input on everything in this room, as it will impact the performance. A 200” wide screen will supply the room with bright 4K images for every seating position to enjoy. It’s challenging to make sure each seating position will get that ‘wow’ factor. With our careful design and thought process we will achieve the clients expectations.

SBID Regional Event - Home Cinema

Come and enjoy a relaxed afternoon, Friday 28th February 2020. With the Living Home Tech team at the regional SBID event with Dorset Director Katie Thomas from KTM Design. Expand your knowledge in Home Cinema and how we design these systems into your designs. We will showcase the latest systems with our live systems at the office, showing first hand what’s possible with todays technology.

Please click on the link below to secure your space, these are limited.

AFC Bournemouth Sponsorship

We had a great day supporting AFC Bournemouth, as their main programme sponsor v Watford. Shame about the result, but our clients and us very much enjoyed the whole day. It was a great way to get to know our clients more, listen to their feedback and plans for their 2020 projects. Thank you to everyone who made the effort and gave up their Sunday, to spend it with us.

Control4 Upgrade Program Extended for 2020

We have extended the Control4 Upgrade Program for 2020!

Smart Home OS 3 provides our customers with a state-of-the-art, highly personalised smart home experience, and we want everyone to be able to experience it!

We’ve developed an upgrade program designed to incentivise our customers to get rid of their older equipment that can’t be upgraded to OS 3. When you elect to participate in this program, you will receive a 15% discount off of dealer pricing across the board on all Control4, Pakedge, and Triad equipment that we install for your update to OS 3. Get in contact to start the process today.

Control4 launch new Neeo remote control

Control4 have launched a new Neeo remote!

The Neeo Remote for Control4 puts the power of Control4 Smart Home OS 3 in the palm of your hand. Engineered by our team of Swiss designers, the remote's machined aluminum chassis and intuitive interface are expertly crafted to bring a highly refined experience to your media room/multi-room system. The Neeo Remote controls television, movies, music, lights, thermostats, and virtually anything else in a Control4 Smart Home.

We will be introducing the Neeo remote to our already impressive product lineup in our showroom, from mid November 2019. Please get in contact if you wish to come and have a look and play.

Successful opening event!

The launch event of our new showroom in Poole, was a huge success. Our clients, partners and friends enjoyed a relaxed evening being entertained by the Living Home Tech team! We have received amazing feedback, and further request for 1 on 1 demonstrations. We look forward to more events in the future and welcoming you all. Thank you all for attending the event.

A special thank you to Simon Thomas Pirie and Artcoustic for supporting the event.

Here are some snaps of the event.

Poole Showroom Complete!

Our new Poole showroom is now complete, with our additional Media room and CPD area ongoing. We will be holding an opening event in September, with special guests planned see our events page for further details. If you would like a demonstration of the finest Artcoustic Dolby Atmos Home Cinema set up in the South please get in touch.

We have used the latest design and technology to deliver a truly awesome Home Cinema experience. Our clients will be able to come and see/hear how Home Cinema should be, and what’s achievable in their space.

• Artcoustic 9.4.2 Dolby Atmos surround sound, delivering 105db which is the reference industry standard.

• Screen Excellence 4K Neo 130” 2:35 Cinematic ratio screen.

• JVC N7 4K HDR Projector.

• Denon AV processor.

• Arcam power amplifiers.

• Cineca Siena luxury leather Cinema recliners (with cup holders).

• Cineca acoustic wall treatments.

• Artnovion acoustic ceiling panels.

• Orluna LED lighting.

• Clipsal C-Bus lighting controls.

• Control4 control system.

Control4 Smart Home OS 3 is here!

Enhance the magic with Control4 OS 3 now!

You can now get OS 3 in your home, simply contact us to update your system. Some of our clients have already taken advantage of this offering, we do need to send a technician to carry out this system update. The brand-new, simplified, and completely reimagined smart home experience that delivers incredible enhancements and homeowner personalisation features that you just have to see to believe. Our HQ in Poole is running the latest OS 3, so if you want to have a coffee and take a look let us know.

Control4 Price Increase

Control4 Price increase announcement (not the best start to the week!)
 

Unfortunately Control4 have announced there will be a 10-25% price increase on some of their products. The reason for this increase, is solely due to the new 301 Import Tariff rate. Effective from 16th June 2019. We will be contacting all clients with Control4 specified on their projects, giving you the option to purchase early before the increase or updating our proposals to reflect the increase. Our standard 30 day T&C's apply.  

LIVING PRESENTING AT THE RIBA ROADSHOW

We’re excited to be presenting the brand new CEDIA CPD on ‘Designing Home Cinema & Media Rooms’ at the RIBA Roadshow event in London Thursday 4th April 2019. With over 50 architects already confirmed, ready to be educated on the latest Home Cinema trends.

We feel very privileged to be selected for this exclusive CPD.

It’s always great to hear good feedback, here is what RIBA themselves had to say.

“As part of our spot checking process we attended the CEDIA seminar Designing Home Cinemas and Media Rooms, held at the London Roadshow at Bishopsgate Court, London E1, on Thursday 4th April 2019. This was a very interesting presentation on a specialist topic with some great examples of a wide range of projects. The presenter was confident, knew his subject and handled questions very well.”

Living Home Tech 2019 Nominee for 'Smart Building Award'

Living Home Tech finalists in the Best Home Cinema over £50,000 category in the Smart Building Awards 2019.

The Smart Building Awards reward the very best companies, distributors and installers across the industry.

Decided by a panel of independent industry experts, the Smart Building Awards are built around integrity and transparency making them the gold standard of AV and install awards.

We can’t wait to attend the Smart Building Awards ceremony on Thursday 30th April 2019 at the Farnborough Exhibition Centre.

Further info can be found on the link below.

Living & QMotion Announce New Partnership

Living are pleased to announce a new partnership with QMotion, a unique solution for their clients Shades and Curtains requirements.

Living now offering a full turnkey solution, from the measuring and specifying stage right the way through to final commissioning. QMotion offer market leading solutions for wireless and wired Blinds/Curtain systems. With a wide range of fabric and material choices for the end user, Living are very excited to offer this service to their clients.

One of the most important factors for Living is the QMotion products will integrate with all the major control systems Living use, such as Control4, RTI, Savant and Crestron.

Masterclass by Living Home Tech

Living Home Tech team, presented a Masterclass providing the latest Education for Architects, Designers and Self-Builders on Home Cinema, Lighting Design, Audio/Visual and the importance of a Home Technology design in todays builds. If you would like one of our team to provide keynote speaking or a CPD to a smaller group, please get in touch. Living Home Tech Keynote speeches and CPDs can be hep covering a whole manner of subjects from Home Cinema to Landscape Lighting.

Full list of Keynote subjects:

• Lighting Design (including LEDs)

• Lighting Control

• Home Cinema

• Home Automation

• Data and WiFi Networks

• BMS (Building Management Systems)

• Soundproofing or Sound Treatments