When discussing homes today, conversations typically turn to home automation. Friends, neighbors, social media, and websites proclaim the best solutions and tools to make your home smart. But generic information can and does lead to some very poor outcomes. Talking with the BRAVAS team, we came up with this list of 10 mistakes we often see.

Recently Kevin Roach, the sales manager from BRAVAS Houston, met with Erin Stetzer of Stetzer Builders to discuss how A/V integrates into the modern luxury home. Their conversation covered so much information that you really need to watch the videos, but we have outlined some highlights below. 

The National Canine Defense League was looking in the 1970s for a catchy phrase that could protect the dogs that were purchased in haste at Christmas time and then not wanted by spring. They came up with the line: 'A dog is for life, not just for Christmas.'

The same idea may be accurate for the partner you pick to do your home automation work. When you choose an automation company to do the job, like selecting a General Contractor (GC) to help build your house, you expect what they will deliver when they are done. But unlike your GC, your smart home is a living and changing system, and you need to ensure they will be with you long past the end of the job. Maybe the BRAVAS slogan should be, "we are not just there to install something; we are there for the life of your usage of it." Not quite so catchy!

Most technology areas are a mixture of DIY/hobbyist, semi-professional and professional. The difference between these is typically apparent and is often signaled by price. A good example may be cameras. Assuming you want a separate camera (more than your smartphone), you can spend a lot less than $1000 as a hobbyist and get yourself a great Canon or Nikon and an excellent kit lens.  You can upgrade your camera body and lens as a semi-professional and easily spend closer to $10,000, or you can, as a professional, buy the top-of-the-line camera body and spend close to $10,000 just on that. The additional lens a professional will use can cost the same again, if not more. Of course, you can, as a DIYer, spend $25,000 on your first camera, but it’s probably not going to happen.

The same does seem to hold true for home automation companies. When considering what you are going to do in your home to make it automated, there is a significant jump between semi-professional and professional. In this blog we will review why there is a big jump and if you need to take that jump.

If you’re an architect or builder, it’s your goal to give your clients the smart home they’ve envisioned since the moment they started planning. However, the world of smart home technology might feel a bit daunting. With more and more homeowners wanting these solutions in their homes, you might think it’s impossible to keep up.

But there’s no need to become an expert in smart automation overnight. You can deliver incredible smart home builds to your clients with zero stress by teaming up with a trusted, Philadelphia-based home automation company like Hi-Fi Sales.

In this blog, we’ll dive into the top three benefits of working with a team of professionals like ours and what one provides for the entire installation process. Want to learn more? Keep reading on below.

As your smart home integrator, our team at Hi-Fi Sales strives to smoothly deliver every working component of your installation process, every single time. Now, we can make that vision an even more consistent reality.

Hi-Fi Sales is the new Philadelphia location for BRAVAS. With BRAVAS as our partner, there is no limit to where our trusted home automation company can take your smart home projects.

Want to find out more what this merger entails and what it means for you, our valued customer? Even if you’re just getting started on your smart home, find out why now more than ever is the best time to work with Hi-Fi Sales.

If you’re an interior designer in the Philadelphia, PA area, you might wonder how you can merge both your plans with the smart technology your clients want.

But there’s no need to worry. It turns out that smart home automation features cannot only integrate seamlessly with existing décor but can also enhance it.

The great news is that you don’t have to learn all about smart home technology overnight. In this blog, we go through why working with a home automation company can help you advance and elevate your design plans with their knowledge of the automated equipment.

Keep reading below to see the multiple smart features that can enrich your interior design.

It’s more common than you think. You’re just about done with a custom build and the homeowner approaches you with one simple request: they want a home theater in the den. That means more construction, dealing with complicated wires and electrical concerns – basically, your entire project schedule is up in the air. It’s a tough situation to get out of, but an easy one to avoid. How? By working with a local Moorestown, NJ home automation company. So when’s the best time to start working with a technology professional? Keep reading to find out.