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Residential Systems

Home technology planned around your life.

We plan lighting, shading, audio, video, and control around your daily routines, your home's architecture, and its interior design.

Taking over an existing system? Read how Devincio approaches audits, selective upgrades, and replacement decisions for inherited technology.

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A day in the home

Forget the equipment for a moment.

Walk through one ordinary day, morning to night. Notice where the light changes, where you want sound, and where a simpler control would make a difference.

Morning

The house wakes up with you.

One press at the bedside raises the shades and warms the lighting — no bank of switches or fumbling for apps. Together, shades and lighting manage glare and heat while helping protect finishes and art.

Woman seated at the bedside pressing a scene control as three window shades rise in warm morning light

Evening

The house sets the scene.

Music follows you from kitchen to terrace through speakers tuned room by room. For a film, the same restraint applies — whether you have a dedicated screening room or a display that appears only when wanted.

Finished home cinema with two aligned rows of upholstered seating, a centered screen, and acoustic wall panels

Any hour

One place to control your home.

Use one control interface for lighting, shades, music, video, and climate, indoors and out. Saved settings, often called scenes, let you adjust several systems together.

Wall-mounted touch panel used to control integrated home systems

Room by room

One approach, adapted to the room.

The same quiet logic can support a screening room, a kitchen that opens to the living area, or a room where the view should remain the focus.

Finished private cinema with a wide screen, navy seating, acoustic wall panels, and concealed speakers
Open kitchen with a limestone island, oak cabinetry, integrated lighting, and an adjoining living area
Waterfront living room with linen seating and a display concealed as framed abstract art in oak millwork

Beyond the walls

The experience doesn't stop at the glass.

Outdoor entertaining, architectural garden audio, and a welcoming, secure entry — engineered to withstand the elements while maintaining the refinement of the interior.

Covered stone terrace with a weather-rated display recessed beneath a deep overhang and audio integrated into the soffit
Single video doorbell mounted beside a finished dark timber front door
Two people relaxing on a covered patio with a recessed weather-rated display and integrated audio
Weatherproof landscape speaker integrated into ornamental planting beside a finished pool

The whole-home view

The house is the system.

A room-by-room experience still needs a shared backbone. This map shows how planning connects the entry, living spaces, private rooms, theater, and terrace to the infrastructure that supports them.

Whole-home systems map

Many rooms. One concise system.

The rooms are different, but the backbone is shared: pathways planned early, an organized equipment location, and a control approach that carries from arrival to evening on the terrace.

  • Lighting + shading

    Scenes and daylight control move room to room through the shared control layer.

  • Audio + video

    Music, television, and theater experiences are planned for each room without making every room feel like a media room.

  • Network + security

    A considered network backbone supports dependable connectivity, entry awareness, and a serviceable whole-home system.

  • 72°

    Control + climate scenes

    One clear interface can coordinate lighting, shading, music, video, and climate scenes while the documented scope stays serviceable.

Fig. 02 — Whole-home systems map. The map shows relationships to consider during design.

A house doesn't behave this gracefully by accident. So what does it take?

A room for the game.

A golf simulator takes more than a launch monitor. We plan the swing space, screen, projection, and controls together, then install, calibrate, and service the room.

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What makes it possible

The wiring and planning behind the rooms.

A finished room shows almost nothing — a keypad, perhaps a grille. This section drawing shows what the walls and ceiling are quietly holding, and why it has to be planned before they close.

  1. In-ceiling speaker

    Trimmed flush within the ceiling plane; paintable grilles keep it visually silent.

  2. Concealed shade pocket

    The motorized shade lives in a recess planned with the architect — fabric appears from a clean reveal.

  3. Engraved keypad

    A single keypad at switch height replaces a bank of toggles.

  4. In-wall pathway

    Conduit inside the wall cavity carries wiring invisibly — and accepts future cabling without opening drywall.

  5. Home run to equipment room

    Wiring is designed to run home to one organized, serviceable location.

Fig. 02 — Concealment is a planning decision, made while the drawings are still open.

Planned before the walls close.

Everything in that drawing was decided while the house was still on paper, working alongside the architect and builder so sightlines and design intent are preserved. Four foundations make it possible:

How we work with your architect and builder
  • A network for daily use

    Wired and wireless connections designed to support the devices you use.

  • Engineering documentation

    System diagrams, a cable-by-cable wiring list, and wall drawings that show where every device sits — a record that outlasts the build.

  • Planned cable routes

    Protective tubing, called conduit, and cable routes that allow for future work.

  • An organized equipment room

    A labeled, serviceable rack where equipment can be found and maintained.

All of it exists so one press can feel obvious. The next question is timing.

Where projects begin

Plan for your stage of the project.

Earlier involvement usually creates more options, but there may be a practical path at any stage.

  1. New Construction

    Engage during architectural design

    Working from the drawing set, we plan pathways, equipment locations, and device placement before framing.

  2. Major Renovation

    Engage before walls open

    While walls and ceilings are accessible, we can route wiring, correct past shortcuts, and prepare for what's next.

  3. Refined Retrofit

    Engage anytime

    Existing pathways and wireless-appropriate technologies can improve lighting, audio, networking, and control with minimal disruption.

  4. Existing System

    Engage when something isn't right

    We audit hardware, wiring, and network stability before recommending an honest path forward.

And when installation ends, the relationship doesn't.

Ownership, afterward

Using and maintaining your system.

We introduce you to the controls in your home and refine settings once you have lived with the system. Ongoing care continues through an annual care plan; the full lifecycle is described on the Process page.

  • Personal familiarization tailored to the interfaces in your home
  • Scene and schedule refinement after you've lived with the system
  • A clear path to ongoing care and future service
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Integrator explaining a flush wall control to a homeowner in a finished living room

Before you reach out

The questions most homeowners ask first.

Do we need to know what equipment we want?
No. Selecting the right systems for your architecture, priorities, and budget is part of our design work — arriving with questions is more useful than arriving with a shopping list.
What will a project like this cost?
It depends entirely on scope — a single-room retrofit and a whole-home new build are different undertakings. We discuss realistic ranges early, before design work begins.
Will you work with our architect, builder, or designer?
Yes — coordinating with the design and construction team is central to how we work. We speak their language and integrate into their drawing and scheduling process.

Residential palette

A considered palette for the way home feels.

These manufacturers support residential systems across control, infrastructure, audio, video, and room technology. Selections follow the architecture, scope, and requirements of each project.

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Shared system marks

  • Sonos manufacturer logo
  • Sonance manufacturer logo
  • LG manufacturer logo
  • Sony manufacturer logo
  • Samsung manufacturer logo
  • Crestron manufacturer logo
  • Hunter Douglas manufacturer logo
  • Lutron manufacturer logo
  • Bowers & Wilkins manufacturer logo
  • Bose manufacturer logo
  • Yodeck manufacturer logo
  • Ubiquiti manufacturer logo

Residential systems

  • KEF manufacturer logo
  • Control4 manufacturer logo

The Next Step

A home like this starts with a conversation.

Tell us where your project stands — a lot, a drawing set, a renovation, or a finished home — and we'll talk through what's possible.

Start a Conversation

What to expect

  1. Share the context

    Tell us about the space, location, project type, stage, and goals.

  2. Have a discovery conversation

    We review the context, plans, timing, and what you want the space to do.

  3. Align on fit and direction

    If the fit is right, we propose the next consultation and discuss an early budget range.

  4. Engineer the agreed scope

    Formal design documents the requirements before fixed pricing is established.