Simplicity, seamlessness, one point of control.
The builder connected us with the clients as the house was nearing completion. Their requests were short and consistent: simplicity, seamlessness, and one point of control for the whole house. They had already experienced the ease of ELAN in previous homes and wanted the same here, so nobody in the family would ever have to learn a second system. Beyond that they asked for three things: reliability, ease of use, and sound worth the rooms it was going into.
They also knew what they wanted. The shade fabric for the entire house was chosen in a single sitting, which, as it turned out, is what made the schedule possible.
Three weeks, start to move-in.
We joined the project as the house was being cleaned for its final walkthrough. That left roughly three weeks to design, wire, rack and program a whole-house system, and to have every shade in the house measured, made and hung before move-in. Made-to-order shade fabric alone can take that long.
Two small racks in a closet, and nothing else in the rooms.
The equipment lives in two compact pull-out racks in a closet beside the bar: nothing in the living spaces, everything within arm’s reach for service. KEF speakers run through the whole house, so music sounds the same from the kitchen to the primary bedroom, and Samsung displays cover eight zones of video. ELAN ties the Lutron RA3 lighting, the Triathlon shading, audio, video, the door station and the pool into one interface and one remote.
The backyard needed to be heard and not seen, and Coastal Source is built for exactly that: the speakers sit in the greenery and the sound reaches the far end of the pool and stops at the fence. Lighting, shading and audio all run on schedules, so the house keeps its own routine without anyone touching a keypad.
Move-in day, with a full system and every shade hung.
They moved in on the day planned, into a house with a working system in every room and shades on every window for privacy from the first night. One app, one remote, and one number to call.
