Case Studies

Laurel Corner

Located in a quiet village on the outskirts of London.

This property was extended and fully modernised throughout. Resulting in a spacious 5 bedroom, 3 reception luxury home.

The interior design was done by the client who has expertly matched the styles throughout the property and with the help of Surrey Smarthome added in light fittings that complement the space.

Included in the re-wire Surrey Smarthome installed a full Loxone Smarthome which controls:

• Zoned Under floor heating and radiators throughout.
• Intelligent lighting.
• Home Security.
• Multi Room Audio.
• Intercom.
• Electric gate control.

In addition to the Loxone Smarthome elements we also installed external Reolink IP security cameras and TV and internet distribution. 

Combe House

The new owners of this stunningly property engaged Surrey Smarthome to help with the existing Loxone home automation system.

Set in to a hillside most of the living space is below the road level with a gigantic main bedroom and ensuite seemingly floating in the air above

This inspirational house stared in a episode of the BBC program 'Your Home Made Perfect', which can be seen here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ft7f1p

With not one straight wall and the whole garden facing side constructed out of curved floor to ceiling glass a combination of Heat Exchangers and Air conditioning has to be used to maintain a comfortable internal temperature.

Whilst we can not take credit for the initial installation of this smart home system the client has happily relied on Surrey Smarthome for its ongoing maintenance and numerous improvements.

Work undertaken by Surrey Smarthome at Greenways includes:

• Integration of the Heat Exchanger and Ventilation system into Loxone
• Installation of recessed tree uplighters and wall wash lights
• Overhaul of the house climate controls
• Repairs and re-configuration of the intercom
• Repairs to the electric gates. 

Highbury Barn

Nestled in the idilic Surrey Hills this 300 year old Barn conversion was an ideal escape to the country for a couple tired of London Living.

The property consists of 3 barns around a semi enclosed courtyard and was first converted back in 2010.

The new owners first contacted Surrey Smarthome to solve a problem with the internet distribution around the 3 buildings, Network cabling and network switches were installed giving good wifi throughout.

We then addressed the internal lighting, the old large up-lighters detracted from the barns stunning architecture, so these were removed and dimmable warm white led lighting strips were installed hidden away in the eaves which softly up-lit the ceiling.

The tired looking bathroom wall sconse's were removed and instead soft lighting achieved with a COB led strip fitted behind their stunning mirror.

Due to the barns listed status we were not able to install any wall mounted outdoor lighting so instead we hid 20 meters of led strip behind the high barns gutter which elegantly illuminates the barns external facade at night.

The external and internal lighting is now controlled by a Loxone Smarthome system using Presence Sensors and Loxone's award winning Touch Pure switches.

Huff Haus Home Battery

Set on a hill top rural location at the end of an overhead power line circuit, the owners of this new Huff Haus suffer from frequent power cuts. These are normally caused by falling branches but are also sometimes due to planned maintenance works.

Fed up with the disruption (the longest outage lasted 36 hours) the owner reached out to Surrey Smarthome for the installation of a Home Battery.

The house is heated by a SmartGrid ready Air Source Heat Pump and the owner also has an EV charge point so, with the addition of a home battery, the owners will be well positioned for 'time of use' electricity tariffs.

The main objectives were:

• Protection against planned and un planned power cuts.
• Taking advantage of his dual EV electricity tariff to enable the battery to pay for itself over time.

Without any solar panels the plan was to install a home battery that would charge off the grid during the cheaper nighttime rate, then power the house during the day when electricity is at the higher rate whilst also leaving some in reserve should an unplanned power cut occur.

When SSEN gives notification of planned outages or the Met Office issues a storm warning this could be scheduled into the battery control app to make sure the battery is at 100% if or when the outage starts.

We decided upon a 13.5KWH Give Energy 'All In One' battery with a 6kw power rating and a 'Give Gateway'.

By looking at historical usage data we could work out how many days in each year where the battery could be used at its full potential, and therefore what the potential savings over time could be. 

For this case the forecasted payback for the installation would be 7 years. 

It is worth noting that this payback time would be less for a property with an existing PV array.