Remote design · local install
For clients in Singapore, London, Nairobi, New York or a village with one good electrician: we do the thinking, the drawings and the commissioning; a local pair of hands does the chasing. The system stays yours, not a vendor’s.
Video survey · drawings · device list · remote commissioning
We design home automation remotely for clients outside Mumbai and Hong Kong: a video survey, drawings, a bill of materials, an installer brief and remote commissioning. A local electrician or integrator does the physical work. The system runs on a local hub, so it keeps working when the internet or the designer is on the other side of the world.
Remote design is quoted per project after the survey; the fee is credited against installation if we commission it.
01 — How it works
Remote is not a video call and a shopping list. It is a survey with a checklist, a design that a local electrician can follow without guessing, and a commissioning process that tests every device before the invoice is paid.
What you want to stop doing by hand, the building, the local power and network, and who is on the ground. If there is nobody competent, we say so before you pay for a design.
A checklist walk through the property with the person on site: switch boxes, distribution board, AC units, ceilings, blinds, network entry, meter. Photographs and measurements follow the call.
Room-by-room device list, scene list, network and addressing plan, cable schedule and installer brief. Drawings are dimensioned, not mood boards.
We meet the local electrician or integrator on a call, walk through the drawings and answer questions. If they cannot follow the brief, that is a finding, not a failure.
The local team installs to the schedule and sends photographs at each stage. We review the switch boxes, the board and the network before the ceilings close.
We programme the hub, test every device, tune scenes and hand over on a video walkthrough. Documentation, credentials and a support number go to you, not to the installer.
02 — What travels
Remote works because the expensive part of a good system is the thinking, not the drilling. It stops working when the local installer is asked to invent the design on site.
Travels
Stays local
03 — Who it suits
The remote model is not for everyone. It works best when the owner is not on site, the local trade is competent, and the plan has to survive a handover to someone who has never met the designer.
A flat in Mumbai or a villa in Goa, managed from Dubai, Singapore or London. The system has to be legible to a local caretaker and to you on a phone.
Mumbai →You have the client and the drawings; you need the automation specified and commissioned without adding a full MEP team.
Homes →A house that is empty for months, in a place where the local trade is thin. Leak detection, cooling and access matter more than scenes.
Short-lets →A 20–60 key property without an in-house controls team. The design has to be maintainable by the local engineering staff.
Hotels →A repeatable unit specification for a small development, with a local installer and a handover pack per unit.
Property →White-label design and programming for a firm that has the site and the client but not the automation depth.
Buildings →04 — The honest part
Remote projects fail for boring reasons: a weak installer, a part that cannot be imported, a voltage that was assumed rather than checked. These are the ones we plan for.
A good electrician who follows a drawing is worth more than a bad integrator with a showroom. We ask for references and photographs of previous work before we brief anyone. If the only local option is not competent, the honest answer is to wait or to simplify the scope.
A device that is right for India is not automatically right for Brazil. Voltage, frequency, plug type, certification and the radio band all have to match the country. The bill of materials is built for the destination, not copied from another project.
Import duty, customs clearance and a three-week shipping delay can break a programme. We plan the order before the first cable is pulled, and we specify local alternatives where a part is hard to import.
The system is documented so a local integrator can take it over. Remote support uses a tunnel the owner enables, not a permanent backdoor. If we disappear, the house does not.
05 — Questions
The ones that come up before a remote project starts. If yours is not here, a call is a better use of ten minutes than another page.
Yes, if there is a competent electrician or installer on the ground. We do the survey, drawings, device list, network plan and programming; the local installer does the physical work; we commission remotely and sign off on a video walkthrough. If there is no one competent locally, we will say so rather than sell a design that cannot be installed.
A 60–90 minute video call with the person on site, following a checklist: switch boxes, distribution board, AC units, ceilings, blinds, network entry point and the meter. They send photographs and measurements afterwards. For larger projects we ask for a measured plan, or have one drawn.
A design-only engagement is quoted per project after the survey, and the fee is credited against the installation if we also commission it. Hardware is line-itemed at actuals, so the design fee is the only fixed professional charge before you commit to buying anything.
We write the installer brief, review photographs at each stage and test every device during commissioning. If the wiring is wrong, it is fixed before we sign off. We cannot warrant another firm’s labour, but we can refuse to commission work that does not meet the brief.
Yes. The design specifies devices for the local voltage, frequency and plug type. The hub and network gear are chosen for the country, and radio devices are specified for the local frequency band where that matters.
Yes, with a local-first system. The automations run in the home, so a dropped connection does not stop the house. Remote support uses a secure tunnel that the owner enables, and the documentation is written so any competent local integrator can take over.
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Send the country, the building type, a few photographs and the name of the electrician or contractor you already trust. We will tell you what can be designed remotely — and what genuinely needs someone on site.
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