Home Director, Terra Nova, Sound Designs and Flanner's work with builders to wire homes for these systems as they are being built. Installing the wiring into old homes can be done, but often at higher costs. This is because it can be hard to tell what the pre-existing wiring in a home looks like until the walls have been opened up. It's become more acceptable than it was in the past to consider these things when in the design stage of a home. Each home has different needs Both Sound Designs and Terra Nova work mainly with upper-end homes.
Home automation does exist on different levels, however.
It isn't necessary to have an overly sophisticated system to take advantage of the new technology, says Linton. It's not just a nice idea. This stuff really works. I haven't gone to the movie theater in years. These can control things like lights, sound and video, but don't link entire systems together like the more expensive do, says Linton.