Smart home wiring
done at rough-in — not retrofitted in despair
Structured cabling, sensor lighting, app-controlled scenes and proper data points wired while your walls are open. Packages from $4,900 — a fraction of retrofit cost, and every cable documented before the walls close.
Smart homes are made during the rough-in
Every "smart" gadget sold to a finished apartment is a compromise stuck on with velcro. The actual smart home is cable — run at rough-in, documented, and invisible forever. Sensor lights that just work, scenes that dim the right zones, Wi-Fi that reaches the bedroom.
We keep it deliberately boring: wired backbones with app control on top, no proprietary systems that die when a startup folds. Pairs naturally with a rewire — same walls, same visit.
What's actually included
The same list goes into your contract, line for line. If it's not here, it gets quoted separately — not invoiced quietly later.
Cat6 runs to TV, desk and Wi-Fi access point locations — the backbone every streaming box and home office quietly needs.
IncludedEntry, bathroom and hallway sensors plus dimmable zones — lights that behave without an app open on the couch.
IncludedNeutral-wired smart switches (Clipsal Wiser / Z-Wave class) that keep working when the internet doesn't. Local control first.
IncludedPower at window heads for the blinds you'll add now or later — retrofitting this means visible conduit forever.
IncludedA ventilated central point for router, NTD and hub gear — not a tangled shelf behind the TV.
IncludedEvery cable labelled at both ends and photographed in place before walls close. Your future self thanks you at handover.
Included
What it costs
Guide rates for standard-spec work. Your fixed number comes after the free measure.
- 8× Cat6 runs + comms hub
- Sensor lights, entry & bathroom
- Cable map + docs
- Core + smart switches throughout
- Lighting scenes, dimming zones
- Blind prewires + video doorbell
- Multi-zone audio prewire
- Motorised blinds fitted
- Intercom + access integration
* Wired backbone, app-flavoured front end — we deliberately spec gear that works locally. Your lights shouldn't need a server's permission in Virginia.
How the job runs
Same playbook as every Apex job — measured, scheduled, reported every Friday. The about page covers the company side.
Photos of every stage land on your phone each Friday, including the hidden work before walls close.
- Usage chatWhere you sit, sleep, work, charge things and watch telly. The cabling plan follows furniture, not the other way round.
- Cable planRuns drawn on the services plan — hub location, AP positions, sensor zones, blind feeds. Approved before a metre is pulled.
- Rough-in pullCables pulled with the electrical program, labelled both ends, photographed in place. Dave's crew does it in the same visit as the rewire.
- Fit-off & scenesOutlets, switches and sensors in, scenes programmed with you on the couch, manual overrides tested because guests won't have your app.
What we put in, and why
The 'boring but bulletproof' spec
Cat6 backbone, neutral-wired smart switches, local-control hubs. Brands rotate; the principle doesn't — wired where possible, wireless only where physics insists.
What we skip, and why
Closed ecosystems that die when a company pivots, app-locked lighting that leaves guests pressing a dead switch, and cloud-dependent doorbells. Reliability beats novelty — your flat is not a beta test.
Retrofit reality check
Walls closed? We still fit smart switches, sensors and mesh Wi-Fi without chasing — just with honest limits. It's good; it's just not invisible.
Asked before this job starts
Different scope, different worries — these are the ones clients put to us first.
Wire it once, forget it.
Tell us where the couch and the desk go — we'll plan the cables that make the flat quietly smarter for the next 20 years.
- Free measure — laser, moisture readings, honest verdict
- Itemised fixed quote inside a week
- Good for 30 days, zero pressure
