Forest Residence

Ashdown Forest, East Sussex

This super stylish home nestled deep in Ashdown Forest wanted the full Control4 audio and video experience retrofitted into the already constructed building!

Living Area featuring recessed smart TV and discrete in-ceiling surround sound, all powered from a hidden away rack under the stairs

Voice activated lighting in the kitchen and bar area make entertaining a breeze, while the kitchen island has its own dedicated ceiling speakers

The full view of the open-plan living area with automated blinds that can be controlled with a simple voice command or using the Control4 app

The hidden sanctuary of the family cinema room. A single press of the Control4 keypad turns on the cinema, lowers the blinds, brings down the light level, and puts the movies on

Our only cinema to date to feature a log burner!

Control4 wireless remote controls features throughout the five different AV zones, all wirelessly communicating the control4 system in the hidden rack cupboard

Enterprise Grade networking ensure the Control4/Triad multiroom audio and video system is online, all the time

One of the outdoor audio zones here providing background music to the pool area

Up to the hot tub terrace or down to the main pool area each with their own audio system

Equipment

Control4 Home Automation Processors / Audio Streamer
Control4 Wireless Remote Controls
Control4 Wireless Lighting
Triad Audio switching and amplification
Triad Ceiling speakers, Outdoor speakers, and Cinema speakers and subwoofers
Marantz AVR (Lounge)
NAD AVR (Cinema)
Sony Android TVs
JVC Projector
Somfy Shades
Honeywell Underfloor Heating
Enterprise Grade wired and wireless network

Project Brief

The initial challenge here was the fact we had to retrofit this installation into an already built home that the client had recently bought. Once we had a team of techs on-site it was amazing the hidden voids and cable runs that we were able to find. Which was helpful considering the very comprehensive network of cables required for ten different audio zones, five TVs, a whole cinema room, an integrated sky dish hidden on the roof, automated blinds and lighting downstairs, and a wired and wireless network throughout the house and the outbuildings!

Control4 fitted the bill for the automation and the multi-room audio, having it’s own integrated audio streaming and a range of Triad multiroom products to make the audio system a reality. Sony Android TVs were fitted throughout the house and linked back into the audio system for higher quality sound through the ceiling speakers, with a single wireless Control4 remote in each room giving the homeowners super easy access to Sky TV, Netflix, Amazon and other services.

Automated shades and lighting were integrated in the ground floor and cinema, with a comprehensive set of Alexa voice commands setup for common home scenes and radio station selections in each room.

And then the cinema. Our first and so far only with a log burner in! We were able to be a little more destructive here to wire in a 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos speaker arrangement, again using Triad speakers but this time with a NAD AV Receiver for the power. A JVC 4K Projector provides the image onto a 2.7cm wide acoustic projection screen with the front speakers fitted into the wall behind it so that the sound comes through the image just as in a true cinema. The main cinema equipment and subwoofer housed in the gorgeous BDI Corridor media cabinet

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