House of the Month

Summary

"One very important consideration for the client," says Gergelifi, "was that they wanted one provider for all the technology required for the development. Smart Home Solutions were well positioned, with the expertise and experience, to provide the comprehensive customized package solution to the developer. The success of this project has fostered an exciting ongoing relationship between the developer and Smart Home Solutions where this formula and expertise are now being utilised on new projects.

"The strength of this project came from the carefully engineered design and the project management carried out through the duration of the project to ensure the base design was adhered to," he says, adding that problems during the install were kept to a minimum.

"With good design, engineering and project management problems were kept to a bare minimum throughout the duration of the project," he says.

However, Gergelifi says that there were a few hiccups along the way. "Probably the biggest hurdle to overcome, and this was not until after completion, was the discovery that AM radio reception within the apartments was extremely poor. As luck would have it, the majority of the new owners deemed AM radio as an important requirement of the audiovisual systems. Though what may appear a minor issue in the grand scale of this project it was important and it needed to be resolved, which in the end, it was by installing a custom-designed AM antenna concealed in the roof.

"The quality of inclusions throughout this development, including the package Smart Home
Solutions provided, and the reputation of both the developer and Smart Home Solutions, ensured that all apartments sold 'off the plan' and attained record prices for the area," says Gergelifi.