Your home runs without the cloud
We lean on Home Assistant, Proxmox and a box in your house, so the lights still work when the internet doesn’t — and nobody else holds the keys.
Smart-home consultancy · Norfolk, UK
Smart homes that work for you —
and stay yours.
Professional setup, troubleshooting and advice for homes and small businesses. We keep control local, stay neutral on brands, and put privacy first. Start with a free, informal chat to see if we can help.
WHENyou're new to smart home→THENwe start with the right hub
WHENyour setup is misbehaving→THENwe remote in and fix it
SINCE2008 — our first setup ran LightwaveRF & X10
How we work
Consultancy at every stage of the journey
Whether you’re starting out or untangling a setup that’s grown unwieldy, the principles are the same.
No brand lock-in
Get the right hub in place and you can mix and match on compatibility. We recommend what fits the job, not what we’re tied to selling.
Security built in, not bolted on
UniFi networks and OPNsense firewalls, designed so your smart home is private and segmented from day one — not patched up later.
Services
What we do
Smart Home @ Home
WHENyou're setting up at home→THENwe recommend, install & automate
From a first smart plug to a whole-house Home Assistant setup: recommendations, installation and troubleshooting. Plugs and bulbs, power monitoring, heating, automations, security, voice assistants — the whole range, matched to what you actually want out of it.
Smart Home @ Work
WHENyour business has a tricky problem→THENsmart automation solves it
Smart tech isn't just for homes. We've fitted hospitality and retail with smart lighting for setting the mood, integrated music, smart plugs for hard-to-reach spots, and full point-of-sale systems. We've designed office systems too, including meeting-room management. The right automation gives a small business a real edge.
Networking
STATEa stable network→ISthe foundation for everything else
A solid network is the key to any smart-home deployment. We favour UniFi for switches and Wi-Fi and OPNsense for firewalls. With a mini PC or VM running Proxmox you can host Home Assistant, your firewall and your network controller on one small box — 100% local. For smaller setups, a Raspberry Pi 4 with an SSD runs Home Assistant happily.
Hardware & Software Advice
WHENyou're choosing kit→THENhub first, then mix & match
We're not tied to one brand. Get the right hub in place — Alexa or Home Assistant — and you can mix and match on compatibility from there. We suggest a cheap dedicated Android tablet (the Nokia T10 is a current favourite) to keep all the apps off your phone and run a wall dashboard, plus physical buttons like Aqara and Flic for people who'd rather not reach for an app.
Rates
Simple, honest pricing
Remote support
£25per hour
We remote in and fix it from afar.
In-home or business
£65per hour
On-site across Norfolk and nearby.
GUARANTEE
90-day warranty on all work
We're confident we can help — and we back it. If it isn't working the way we said it would, if we can't get to the bottom of your issue, or you're simply unhappy with the work, we'll refund you.
Brands we work with
- Home Assistant
- Amazon Alexa
- Google Home
- Node-RED
- UniFi
- OPNsense
- Proxmox
- Raspberry Pi
- Philips Hue
- Sonoff
- Tuya
- Aqara
- Flic
- LightwaveRF
In their words
What clients say
Thanks to SSH my holiday home is now smart — I can monitor the cameras, turn on the heating and control the lights, locally and remotely.
I wanted to keep an eye on an elderly relative without invading their privacy. SSH suggested a kettle companion that alerts me if the kettle hasn't been switched on by a certain time.
Everyone said smart tech wasn't suitable for my small restaurant. SSH proved them wrong — smart lighting for the right atmosphere, integrated music, smart plugs for awkward spots and a new point-of-sale system.
I'd already started my smart-home journey and wanted more automation across different makers. Rather than start again, Michael set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi and showed me how Node-RED worked. Over the moon with the result.