A Control4 smart home isn’t complete without motorized window shades. Like magic, shades, and drapes will rise and lower on their own, even in unique locations like skylights or on outdoor patios.
If you’re new to Control4 or motorized shading, you’ll probably have lots of questions. Below, we answer frequently asked questions so you’ll have an idea of how motorized shading will work in your Indianapolis home.
Your home is a unique expression of your personality, preferences, and lifestyle. In fact, it’s the one place where personalization is truly personified! Control4 is a smart home automation system that fully caters to your needs and desires. It’s not only a powerful platform that offers seamless control of all the smart technologies in your home, but it gives you the flexibility to customize virtually everything.
The Premier Group is a Control4 dealer that specializes in designing and setting up complete smart home systems for homeowners throughout Westfield, IN. Keep reading to discover how Control4 adds technological customization to your smart home.
Living is easy with one-touch control of all technology in a smart home. Home automation is designed to cater to your comfort, style, and convenience. When you have a home with technologies integrated in a smart home system, such as Crestron or Control4, you experience the ultimate in luxurious living.
Why settle for anything less when you can have the best? A Control4 or Crestron smart home automation system does it all for you. You’ll have seamless control of all your home’s sophisticated systems, yet they’ll be so easy to control. From the lights and motorized shades to your home entertainment system, you control everything by tapping an icon. Keep reading to discover how Control4 and Crestron elevate your lifestyle in Indianapolis, IN.
We see lots of products today labeled ‘smart home technology.’ From Nest thermostats to Philips Hue LEDs, these products can be controlled through remotes or phone apps. Many of them can be incorporated into a smart home automation system, but none of these devices on their own will make your home actually ‘smart.’
There are, however, brands that can sync all your technology for a truly automated home. Control4 and Crestron are arguably the most talked-about names in the market. Both Control4 and Crestron can control your lights, audio, thermostats, TVs, security devices, and much more.
But which is best for your house? The Premier Group is one of the few Control4 and Crestron dealers in Indiana with a certified showroom. We’ll share the differences and similarities between both systems so you can find the perfect solution for your Fishers-area home.
Before you add new technology or a home theater to your Indianapolis, IN, property, you’d probably like to see the equipment in action first, right? Then you’re in luck. The Premier Group has opened its newly remodeled Luxury Electronic Lifestyle Showroom, displaying home theater technology, smart lighting, and home automation solutions by Control4, Crestron, Sony, Screen Innovations, Lutron, Tech Lighting, and more.
As a Certified Diamond Control4 Dealer at the Pinnacle Level, with a Certified Showroom, you can experience virtually every possible home technology solution for your home. Discover the technology you’ll see in our experience center below.
If you absolutely love music, then you probably purchase, download, or stream new music frequently. You also likely listen to music almost all the time-when you're exercising, cleaning, working, reading or entertaining. Music just makes life more fun and enjoyable. But how do you organize your music and expand your library so that you can easily access any artist at all times? And how do you seamlessly enjoy that music throughout your home? When you have a professional whole house music installer by your side, you can enjoy virtually endless amounts of music in every room. One expert solution is from the smart home company Control4, who has brand new solutions and products that can simplify the way you listen to music in your Zionsville, Indiana house.
You might assume that the best feature of a home theater or media room is the breathtaking picture, or the stunning surround sound. While those are certainly expected requirements, and the most fun aspects, we’d like to inform you about some additional perks of having a whole house audio and video system installed by Premier. From organizing all your content, simplifying controls, and streaming and controlling media to or from any location, The Premier Group, as your local residential AV installer, knows exactly how to create the best home entertainment setup. Keep reading if you live in Zionsville, Carmel or anywhere in Central Indiana and desire these benefits in your home.
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Many families take vacations in the summertime. The kids are out of school and the weather is beautiful. Of course whether you leave the house for a day or a week, you need to make security a top priority. Our security and surveillance systems can keep your Carmel, Indiana home safe while you are away. Here are five ways our solutions protect your property.
Many families take vacations in the summertime. The kids are out of school and the weather is beautiful. Of course whether you leave the house for a day or a week, you need to make security a top priority. Our security and surveillance systems can keep your Carmel, Indiana home safe while you are away. Here are five ways our solutions protect your property.
Installing a whole house music system brings so much more than simply adding music to every space in your Indianapolis, Indiana property. There are a number of uses you may have not even thought about, which is why we are sharing this blog with you. We want you to get the most out of your investment and incorporate sound into your daily lifestyle – whether that’s planning a party for the 4th of July, or simply communicating with your kids through an HD intercom system. Continue reading to learn more.
Just as fashion reflects your personal style, technology has the ability to display your personality too. You have a lot of different devices to choose from, and there’s no one right way to control your smart home. With that in mind, we want to elaborate on the different options you have to control your Indianapolis, IN area home. Whether you want to keep it old school and use a universal remote, or get the newest wearable technology, Control4 and The Premier Group have something for everyone.
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The Premier Group is determined to be your resource for all things home automation. To that end, we wanted to focus this edition on a key integration partner: Control4.
Imagine receiving an alert from your phone while you’re away from home that says your garage door is open, and then it gives you the option of closing it. Or imagine pressing a button as you leave the house and your AC shuts off, your lights go out, and your alarm system powers up. Then, when you return home, another button push brings up the lights you have selected for that time of day, turns on your music or queues your television to your DVR. Such progress is no longer limited to your imagination and such functionality and ease-of-use has made Control4 a preferred solution for simple to sophisticated home automation.
If you are a new mom, you are discovering that everything changes when you bring an infant home—from your sleep schedule to your daily habits. A smart home automation system complete with security and surveillance will help you and your spouse care for your newborn. From smart doorbells and intercoms to thermostats, lighting, and surveillance, The Premier Group is ready to help protect your little one with technology.
SEE ALSO: Use Security Cameras to Protect Your Valuables and Enhance Your Home in Indianapolis, IN
1. Silent Doorbells, Intercoms, and Smart Locks
The last thing you want after putting a baby to sleep is for your doorbell to ring loudly through the house. To help prevent your infant from waking up, use a video doorbell or intercom system to get a silent notification on your phone that someone is at the door. When your smartphone buzzes, you’ll know a guest has arrived to visit and then you can unlock the door right from there, or open it quietly for them. Of course if you see it’s a stranger using the video intercom, you can ignore the buzz.
Another way to eradicate the use of loud doorbells is installing smart locks. If your mom comes to visit the newborn, you can create a custom user code so when she arrives, she can just punch in the code and walk inside your house. Your baby won’t wake up and you’ll get to spend more time catching up with friends and family.
According to a survey done by Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Americans are starting to think differently about homes that are “move-in-ready.” Last year, the survey which included 1,250 adults, showed 71 percent of Americans not only want move-in ready homes instead of fixer-uppers, but they also want them to be “smart-ready.” Forty-four percent of people said that smart-home technology should already be installed and another 57 percent would consider an older, renovated home if it had smart home technology. If you are a builder, architect, or designer, these findings are clear—new homes need to have new technology, and a professional audio video installer with home automation and home networking expertise should be the one to manage the project. Here are our top three reasons why.
With the Internet of Things and automation on the rise, more families are interested in upgrading to a smart home—whether it be by building a new house or renovating a current property. If you add smart technology to your new home now, it will be well worth the investment down the road. Your home will have a higher resale value and be enticing to buyers if you sell in the future. From the perspective of a builder or real estate agent, the home will surely sell faster with a whole house audio system, smart thermostat, or whole home controls. Families want safe and stylish homes, but they also want the luxury of using today’s most current tech too.
SEE ALSO: 5 Smart Home Features to Attract Buyers
Of course, it’s essential to know a new house has the proper structural foundations, but does it have the right audio, video, and network foundations to support the current technology as well as the gadgets of the future? We live in a super-connected society—one that is online all the time. By installing the proper wiring, you’ll support all of the devices in your home—from distributed audio and video to lighting controls and surveillance systems. Installing the most up-to-date infrastructure in your new home will make it reliable and relevant for future generations. Even if the technology does change years down the road, you will be able to easily update your system in a connected home.
We’ve talked about the benefits of luring homebuyers and prepping your home for future generations, but what about your own personal rewards? Smart home technology is convenient and can greatly enhance your lifestyle. You’ll be able to control every room and every feature easily on a smartphone or tablet, as well as prepare your spaces for any occasion with one simple press. Customize your settings with the swipe of your finger and save them for future use. You’ll find that a smart home will make your hectic schedule easier to manage and will simplify a lot of your activities. Who wouldn’t want that in their new dream home?
You may still be enjoying that summer vacation or parties at the pool, but school is right around the corner. Before you know it, it will be time to get supplies and get back into a routine. A home automation system installed in your Carmel, IN home can help by guiding your schedule every day using lights, audio/video and more. Here are some great ideas on how to go back to school organized.
SEE ALSO: How to Entertain Guests with Home Automation
Use Your Smart Home to Wake Up
There’s nothing harder than having to wake up super early—unless you’re a morning person. To start getting used to hearing that alarm go off at 5 a.m. after sleeping in all summer, create a wake up scene using a Control4 system. Create a playlist of some fun songs and schedule them to come on at 5 a.m. You can even make the volume start off soft and gradually get louder to not startle you out of a heavy sleep. At the same time, your lights will turn on at 50%, the shades will open, and the TV in your bedroom will turn on the morning news.
You can do the same thing for your children too. Ask them which songs they would like to hear in the morning while they get ready, and program their lights and shades to activate at 6 a.m. after you’ve had your coffee or got in a morning workout.
A common misnomer for homeowners considering smart home technology is that it will be too difficult to understand. However, good design and programming actually takes the hassle and guessing game out of the equation when it comes to your home technology. “We find that once we are able to meet with a customer and educate them by demonstrating the technology in our showroom at the Indiana Design Center, they leave realizing that smart home technology actually simplifies their life in all of the areas that they touch on a daily basis—entertainment, lighting and shades, security, climate control, and more,” says Jason Barth, CEO of The Premier Group. Barth notes three key ways that smart home technology can add ease to your day.
Motorized shades are often thought of as a luxury item. However, when compared to traditional window treatments, there are quite a number of compelling reasons why you should consider them for your home. They are offered in endless colors, patterns, and fabrics for both decorative and blackout shades. They can also be installed in a number of different ways depending on the end look that you are trying to achieve. Motorized shades can be hardwired for new construction, or retrofitted wirelessly into your existing home. The icing on the cake is that they can be automated to match your lifestyle and the time of day, whether you’re home or away. Beyond style and convenience, here are three key benefits to installing motorized shades.
Press Release: July 9th, 2018
Carmel, Indiana home technology provider, The Premier Group, recognized as a CEDIA Finalist, making them one of the top three Integrators in the Americas for outstanding integrated system design in this year’s “Integrated Home of the Year” at the 2018 CEDIA Awards in San Diego, CA on September 5th, 2018 at Petco Park.
Premier’s submission included a residential new construction project located in Indianapolis, Indiana on Geist Reservoir.
Every September, our team attends the annual CEDIA Expo, which is the common hub where more than 20,000 home technology pros and over 500 exhibitors travel to see the latest and greatest in, as CEDIA puts it, “making smart homes genius!” As we gear up for the Trade Show, it’s an opportunity for us to learn, meet different manufacturers, and to make sure that we bring the right team of vendors and products on-board as we return to our day-to-day design and product specification work. Many products are simply new releases to the existing lineup that we already specify, however, a handful of brands that we team-up with are because of their high-level of design or capabilities to customize solutions for each project.
Press Release: September 6th, 2018
San Diego, California (September 6th, 2018) - The Premier Group, a home technology Integrator located in Carmel, Indiana was recognized as the CEDIA Awards’ top honor for “Integrated Home of the Year 2018” in North & South America for outstanding integrated system design on September 5th in San Diego, California held atPetco Park.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a space within your own home that felt like an “escape?” A place where you could turn-off the outside world and live in the moment? And what if the experience was so real that you felt like you were living inside the program that you were watching. If what we’re describing sounds like something you want to explore, then we would like to talk with you about your own personal home theater!.
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