Berkshire property owners invited to learn about benefits of Smart Home technologies

With analysts predicting a boom in smart connected home and automation technologies, Quest End is inviting property owners in Berkshire to visit its newly launched Experience Centre to see for themselves the many benefits that can be derived from the installation of smart home technology.

With rapid advances in technology, a growing number of home owners are today adopting intelligent automation systems to control everything from heating and lighting to communications, security and entertainment.

Analyst firm Gartner predicts that the number of smart connected homes will grow to 700 million by 2020, while Ovum expects that by 2020, the majority will have a smart energy meter and smart thermostats, and other devices will be connected to it. 

“With the boom in smartphones and tablet devices, people are becoming more accustomed to managing their lives through their technology. Smart Homes are the next step on this path, and we have launched our Experience Centre in Maidenhead to showcase just what technology is available today, and how you can take control of your home through one single device,” explains Liam Parker, director of Quest End.

Quest End’s Maidenhead experience centre is now open and offers visitors the chance to see and try many of the solutions available. Unlike many providers Quest End, which is a family-owned and run business, doesn’t simply supply a product but instead designs bespoke solutions so that it is seamlessly installed into the chosen space and centrally controlled by a tablet or mobile device.

Adds Liam Parker: “You can begin with a basic system that, for example, controls your lighting and from there you can build and add as many different options as you like. With this level of scalability and the associated cost savings smart home technology is set to become far more commonplace over the next five years. Here at Quest End, we have specialists in both property development and technology, which combined delivers a comprehensive service that enables our clients to take advantage of the very latest smart home automation and control technologies to take their home into the 21st century.”

In fact, according to a survey conducted by Barclays Mortgages and YouGov at the end of 2015, there is a clear appetite for digital homes with more than a quarter (28 per cent) stating a property would be “more appealing” if it had connected technology. The findings, which were published in Barclays’ Digital Home Report, added that amongst those who would spend more, an average of £3,310 extra would be spent on a home that came fully equipped with pre-installed connected technology. Two thirds (66 per cent) of respondents stated they would prefer to pay someone to install it in their property than do it themselves.

Partnering with the leading technology companies in the automated home, entertainment and control industry Quest End is a member of CEDIA. It provides a bespoke broad range of property automation solutions including security, cinema at home, multi-room audio, automated shading, control systems, lighting control, smart heating, energy monitoring and robotic lawnmowers. It designs and installs technology in residential homes, commercial properties and on board yachts.

For further information telephone 01628 290640 to arrange an appointment to visit the Experience Centre, which is located at 18 Queen Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1HZ.