The Integrator You Hire Can Make or Break Your Smart Home Experience

You’ve decided to turn your St. Petersburg, FL house into a smart home. Congratulations! That’s the first step toward a simpler, safer, and greener lifestyle. Whether you’re interested in smart lighting, multiroom music, or whole-home automation, you should hire a smart home company for the best results.

While product quality matters greatly in building a reliable and easy-to-use smart home system, the company you choose to design and install that system matters even more. But how do you know you’re choosing the right team to bring your smart home dreams to life? Look for these five qualities below.

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Highly Experienced

We know everyone starts somewhere, and we don’t want to take away chances for integrator startups. However, if you don’t settle for anything less than tried-and-true solutions, then you’ll want a smart home company that has plenty of experience in their field. How long have they been in business? How many projects do they have under their belt? What do their customer reviews say about those projects?

Industry Certifications

Just as important as experience is expertise. It’s easy for an integrator to claim they’re a great home automation company, but do they have the education and training to back it up? Look for companies with industry-specific certifications, active memberships with industry associations, and high dealership status with class-leading manufacturers. For example, see our credentials and memberships here.

Custom-Fit Solutions

No smart home is one-size-fits-all. The company you hire should be able to recommend and provide custom-fit technology solutions that are right for you. Ask to see a project portfolio to get a better idea of what they can do for your home. You should also ask about project scope to ensure your prospective integrator can deliver a solution that supports your property size and technology demands.

Training and Support

While any well-designed and installed system is usually intuitive to use, your smart home company should still provide you with training resources to help you learn your technology. They should also look after the health and safety of your system once installation is complete by offering ongoing support services. Ask them about their project sign-off procedure and what their aftercare services entail.

Customer-First Mentality

How many businesses say they put their customers first but fail to act on it? It’s difficult to know if a company will really put your needs ahead of their dollars, but you can usually pick them out at the start of your consultation. Genuine smart home companies won’t try to sell you things you don’t need. Rather than promoting the latest and most expensive technologies, they’ll learn about who you are, what your wants and needs are, and then assist you in making the best choices for your home and lifestyle.

At AV Specialists, our end goal is to deliver a smart home solution that not only looks nice in your home but makes your life simpler, safer, and more fun. We’ve been serving the Tampa Bay area since 1995 and are committed to doing what we say we’re going to do—no exceptions. We’d love to be your smart home company for all your smart home needs!

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