The network under your smart home

Why smart homes drop offline

Most smart homes grow one device at a time, each added onto the same consumer Wi-Fi with no segmentation. A single weak link then takes down a whole scene: the lights stall, a camera drops, the gate stops answering. The fix is not more gadgets. It is a network designed to carry them — one backbone, planned once, that everything hangs from.

One house, four networks

We separate the home into four networks. Family runs fast and private on every floor. Guests get a QR code at the door and nothing else. Staff get internet only. And The House — cameras, gates, lighting and climate — sits sealed on its own segment, answering only to the family. Everyone gets Wi-Fi. Only family gets the house. Security is built into the network, not bolted on afterwards; the detail is on the cybersecurity page.

What we engineer

Structured cabling, a labelled rack and managed switching form the spine. We put IoT and AV on their own VLANs, add servers or NAS where you want them, and provision clean, gap-free power so the network rides through load-shedding. Equipment we specify includes MikroTik, Cisco, Ubiquiti, TP-Link (Omada) and Huawei, chosen per project.

Documented to be maintained

Everything is recorded in the House Book: labelled cabling, a device register, a rack diagram and sealed credentials. That is what lets the system be looked after calmly for years. See how we work.

Building new?

Wire it before the plaster goes on. We plan the network with your architect and builder through our trade work; what to wire before the plaster is the checklist.