info@positivenav.comAvalon, Macmillan Road, Rowley Regis, B65 8ASCall AboutDomestic Commercial Service Areas Contact07518 498193Request Estimate - Home - Domestic - Smart Home Automation Domestic # Smart Home Automationin Birmingham,Built on Loxone One system running lighting, heating, blinds, audio and security, designed around how your household actually uses the house, not around an app you have to remember to open. Request Estimate07518 498193 Loxone partner · No-obligation quotes · Local to Rowley Regis · Domestic and commercial installer Loxone Partner Accredited on the platform we design and commission. Runs locally Logic on the Miniserver, not dependent on the cloud. No-obligation quotes Itemised design and installation pricing. One contractor Electrical first fix and automation from the same team. ## What smart home automation actually is Smart home automation is a single control system that ties together the things a house already does, lighting, heating, ventilation, blinds, audio, door entry and alarm, so they respond to occupancy, time, temperature and daylight without anyone issuing an instruction. It is not a collection of individually clever gadgets that each need their own app and their own account. The difference matters. A cupboard full of separate smart plugs, smart bulbs and smart thermostats gives you more things to manage, not fewer. A properly designed system gives you fewer decisions to make: the hallway lights the way at night at ten per cent, the bedroom blinds shade against afternoon sun, the heating in an empty room stops running, and the house locks down and sets back when the last person leaves. We design and install on Loxone because it is a wired-first platform with local logic, a single configuration environment and a device range that covers lighting, climate, shading, audio and security. As a Loxone partner we do the design, the electrical installation and the commissioning ourselves, so responsibility for whether the system behaves correctly sits in one place. ### Who it is for Homeowners renovating or extending, self-builders specifying from scratch, and households tired of managing five apps for one house. ### When to specify it At design stage or before first fix. Cable routes, switch positions and panel space are effectively free before plastering and expensive afterwards. ### What is controlled Lighting and scenes, per-room heating and cooling, blinds and shading, multi-room audio, door entry, alarm and presence, and energy monitoring. ### Why professional design matters Automation that is badly configured is worse than none, lights that fight the occupants and heating that overshoots. The value is in the logic, not the hardware. ## What it costs to get this wrong Most disappointing smart homes are not broken. They were specified late, wired for a smaller ambition than the household actually had, or configured by someone who never watched the family use the house. ### Deciding after first fix Once ceilings are boarded and walls are plastered, every additional cable is a chase, a repair and a redecoration. Households that leave automation until second fix routinely end up with a reduced scheme and a higher bill than if they had specified it at the start. ### Cloud-dependent kit that ages out Devices whose logic runs on a manufacturer's servers stop working when the service is retired or the account changes hands. That risk is invisible on the day it is installed and total on the day it happens. ### App-only control A system with no sensible physical switches fails the guest test, the babysitter test and the flat-phone-battery test. Occupants who cannot use the house without unlocking a phone stop using the automation and go back to manual habits. ### Heating a whole house to suit one room A single thermostat in a hallway heats every room to satisfy one sensor in the coldest, draughtiest part of the house. The result is bedrooms too warm to sleep in and a bill for energy nobody wanted. ### Multiple contractors, no owner When the electrician, the AV installer and the heating engineer each did their part, nobody owns the behaviour of the whole. Faults become a negotiation between trades while the household lives with a house that half works. ## How we deliver a smart home - 01 ### Consultation and site survey We walk the property and talk through routines, who is home when, which rooms are used, what currently annoys you. That conversation, not a product list, is what the design is built from. - 02 ### Design and written proposal You get a room-by-room schedule of what is controlled, where devices sit, what the panel needs, and an itemised no-obligation quote with clearly separated phases if you want to stage the spend. - 03 ### First fix installation Cabling to lights, switch positions, sensors, blind motors, speakers and the central panel is run alongside the electrical programme, with capacity left for later phases. - 04 ### Second fix and configuration Devices are fitted, the Miniserver is programmed, and lighting scenes, heating schedules, shading logic and security behaviour are built to the agreed design. - 05 ### Commissioning and testing Every circuit, sensor and scene is exercised room by room. We test the failure cases too, what happens without internet, what happens on a power cut, what happens when a guest presses the wrong switch. - 06 ### Handover, tuning and support We walk the household through the system, then tune it once you have lived with it. Real behaviour always differs from the plan, and adjusting it is configuration, not rework. ## What a well-designed system gives you ### Fewer decisions The house handles routine lighting, heating and shading itself, so control becomes the exception rather than a daily chore. ### Lower waste Per-room heating, occupancy-driven lighting and automated shading cut consumption you were paying for and not benefiting from. ### Local reliability Logic runs on the Miniserver in your property, so the house keeps working when the broadband does not. ### Security in depth Presence simulation, integrated door entry and alarm interaction, and lighting that responds to movement outside. ### One system, one owner Design, installation and commissioning from the same contractor, so there is no gap to fall into when something needs changing. ### Room to grow Capacity left in the panel and the cabling means adding audio, shading or a charger later is configuration and connection, not demolition. ## Inside a Loxone installation The specification changes with the property, the phase of work and how far you want automation to reach. These are the parts of the system we most often design and install. ### Lighting and scene control Lighting is wired back to central dimming and switching modules rather than to a switch on each wall, which is what makes scenes, multi-way control and later changes possible without new cabling. Switch drops become inputs to the system, so any switch can be reprogrammed to do anything. Circadian and daylight-linked behaviour keeps output appropriate to the time of day: low-level, warm night lighting to a bathroom at 3am rather than full brightness, and daylight-sensing that stops perimeter lighting running on a bright afternoon. ### Heating, cooling and ventilation Per-room temperature control uses room sensors and actuator control on the heating circuits, so bedrooms, living areas and bathrooms each run their own schedule and target. Underfloor heating, radiators and heat pump systems are all controllable, with the logic accounting for the slow response of a screed floor rather than cycling it like a radiator. Ventilation and humidity control tie into the same logic, running extract on humidity rather than a timer, which is what actually protects bathrooms and utility rooms from persistent damp. ### Blinds, shading and glare Motorised blinds and curtains are controlled by sun position, outside temperature and internal demand. In summer, shading closes on the elevation taking direct sun to reduce heat gain before the room overheats; in winter the same logic opens it to take free solar gain. Automated shading also handles privacy and security patterns at dusk, and integrates with lighting scenes so a room's brightness stays consistent as daylight falls away. ### Audio, door entry and security Multi-room audio uses ceiling speakers wired back to central amplification, with room-by-room source and volume control. The same system carries doorbell announcement and alarm tones, so audio is functional as well as entertainment. Door entry, movement detection and alarm state can all interact with lighting and shading: a night-time doorbell can raise hallway lighting, and an alarm event can drive lighting to full and open shading rather than leaving the house dark. ### Wired, air and hybrid installations Wired installation, using the platform's tree and link topologies, is the default for renovations and new builds because it is the most robust and the least prone to interference. Air-based devices exist for retrofit situations where cable cannot be run without unacceptable damage, and are typically used for a subset of rooms rather than an entire house. Hybrid schemes are common in period property: wired in the areas being renovated, air in the rooms left untouched, with both on the same Miniserver and the same logic. ### How domestic differs from commercial In a home, the measure of success is that nobody notices the system, the house is comfortable, the lighting is right and the running cost is lower. Scheduling is driven by household routine, and the interface has to be usable by children and visitors. In commercial buildings the same platform is tuned to occupancy, tariff and compliance reporting, and the priority is measurable running cost and control of plant. If you are specifying both a home and a premises, the same platform and the same contractor cover both. ## Frequently asked questions How much does a Loxone smart home cost in Birmingham?Cost tracks the number of rooms, how many services you want controlled and whether the property is being rewired at the same time. A single-room lighting and heating scheme is a very different figure to a whole-house system with blinds, audio and access control, so we survey and quote per property. Quotes are written, itemised and no-obligation. Do I need a full rewire to have smart home automation?Not always, but a wired Loxone system is at its best when cabling can be run back to a central location. Renovations, extensions and rewires are the cheapest moment to do that. In finished properties we design around existing cable routes and use air-based devices where pulling cable would mean unnecessary damage. How long does installation take?Design and specification usually take a week or two of back-and-forth. On site, a whole-house first fix runs alongside the electrical programme, and configuration and commissioning typically add several days once the fabric is finished. We give you dated stages rather than a single vague end date. What happens if the internet goes down?A Loxone system runs its logic locally on the Miniserver, so lighting, heating, blinds and security keep working without an internet connection. What you lose while the connection is down is remote access from outside the house, not control inside it. Will the switches still work normally for guests?Yes. Every automated room keeps physical wall switches that behave the way anyone expects, press for light, hold to dim. Automation sits behind that, so nobody has to open an app to turn a light on. How long does a smart home system last?The wiring and the field devices are the long-lived part and share the service life of the electrical installation. The Miniserver and its logic are updated over time, so the system gains capability through configuration rather than needing replacement hardware every few years. Can automation actually reduce running costs?It reduces waste rather than performing magic. Per-room heating that follows occupancy instead of one whole-house thermostat, blinds that close against summer heat gain and open for winter solar gain, and lighting that switches off in empty rooms all remove consumption you were never getting value from. Can you take over a system that another installer left unfinished?Often yes. We survey what is physically installed, review the configuration and tell you honestly what is reusable and what is not, before quoting to complete or reconfigure it. Do you provide support after handover?Yes. You get a handover walkthrough, documentation of what is where, and a point of contact for changes. Most adjustments in the first months are configuration tweaks rather than site work. Which areas do you install smart homes in?We are based in Rowley Regis and install across Birmingham, Solihull, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dudley, West Bromwich, Halesowen, Oldbury and Wolverhampton, with project work in London and Manchester. ## Related services - Domestic electrical contracting - EV charger installation - Future Home Standard (2027) - Commercial building automation - Positive & Nav Electrical home - Contact us for a no-obligation quote ## Where we work - Birmingham - Solihull - Warwick - Stratford-upon-Avon - London - Manchester ## Specify the system before the plaster goes on. Tell us about the property and how the household uses it, and we will come back with a room-by-room design and a no-obligation quote. 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