What is a home integration company? What services do they provide? How do I select a reliable company? These are all questions that we can answer for you. We are Millennium Systems Design, a home theater and home automation company. We are family owned and have served the Central Florida area for over 20 years.
Put simply, home automation describes a system of networked, controllable devices that work together to make your home more comfortable, customized, efficient, and secure. As always, when you have someone in your home you should ensure that they are from a reputable, licensed and established company. Home automation companies can complete a variety of tasks ranging from the simple like installing a network and TVs to the more complex like a whole home system.
The first step is to figure out what type of system you want in your home. You can check out our budget calculator here to get a ballpark range of pricing and come into our showroom to touch and see different products and systems to determine what is best for your family. At this point in the process your integrator should sit down with you to discuss budgets, wants, needs and the best way to make 3 come together as seamlessly as possible.
Once you hire a home automation company they should give you proper documentation detailing the project specifications so that the integrator and client are on the same page about what to expect throughout the process. There should be communication throughout the process and proper service after the sale. All of the things that you would normally expect from a company that you are trusting with your home and money.
A proper home automation company should have both certifications and experience. Both are equally important but one without the other is going to lead you to a poor experience. A properly situated integrator, like a company that is HTA certified, would have both experience and training/certifications. Your integration company should also make sure that your system is secure. Over our 20+ years of experience we have entered multiple homes that still have the default network username and password. This is a jackpot for a hacker who could easily pull up outside of your home and access all of your information. Any proper integrator would never leave a default login once installed.
The final thing you want to make sure your integration company understands is how to provide concierge services. As an integrator you have to know and understand budgets. You can get the most bang for your buck for $10,000 or $100,000 but neither will be accurate if you are looking to spend $60,000. An experienced and reliable integrator should be able to offer you more than one type of control system because they understand that different clients need different solutions and there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ approach for integration. There should als be enough people on staff that the integrator can be flexible and respond quickly for service or security needs. At Millennium Systems Design, because we understand what concierge service takes and we have the experience we are happy to and have the capability to be flexible and cater to our clients schedules and needs
If you are happy with your integration company then please, continue on and be thankful that you have found one that fits your family. If you are not, please reach out to us if you think that we can help. We would love to have you as a part of the Millennium Family. As always, feel free to contact us or stop by our showroom located near the Mall at Millenia.
