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The lights talk to Google. The switch in the hallway controls the downstairs zone. The ethernet in the office is a gig. Your wifi router isn't fighting a losing battle with the brick wall. This is the wiring layer that makes all that work — done once, done properly, while the walls are open if you're smart about it.
Quick framing
Most people asking about "smart home" mean the devices — Google Nest, Alexa, Philips Hue bulbs, the app. That stuff sits on top. What I do is the layer below: the wiring, the switches in the wall, the data cable in the ceiling. If that layer is solid, everything upstream gets easier. If it's not, you're patching over it for years.
I'm not here to install your Google Home. I'm here to make sure when you do, it actually works.
What I install
Cat6 or Cat6a ethernet run from a central patch panel to every TV, office, and access-point location. Terminated on RJ45 keystones, labelled, tested with a Fluke. Wifi mesh is a band-aid — hardwired backhaul to ceiling APs is how you get fast internet everywhere.
Typical: 4–8 points in a 3-bed home. New build or retrofit through walls where possible.
Clipsal Iconic Wiser or C-Bus depending on scale. Wall switches that look normal, act normal, but pair with the app for scheduling, scenes, and remote control. No hubs you'll lose in a drawer — the switch itself is the brain.
Typical: main rooms + entry. Dimmer or on/off, single or multi-gang.
During a reno or new build, I plan circuits so future automation slots in without rewiring. Neutral at every switch (most older homes don't have this). Dedicated feeds for heated towel rails, pool pumps, and gates. Conduit stubs to the roof for future solar or EV circuits.
Best time: before plasterboard goes up. Costs almost nothing extra to do now.
Not sure what you need? I'll come out for a scoping visit, look at your floorplan, and give you a shortlist: what to wire now, what to add later, what's genuinely useful vs what's marketing. No pressure to book the install with me.
From $380. Credited toward the install if you proceed.
What it costs
Consultation + plan: $380. Smart switch install: from $240 per room (gear + labour). Full-home structured cabling: from $1,800 for an average 3-bed, depending on wall types and access. New-build first fix is the cheapest time to do any of this — pre-plaster runs are hours faster than fishing cable after.
If you're doing a renovation or buying off-the-plan, let me scope it early. I'll flag the cabling to add during first fix so you're not drilling into new plasterboard in two years.
Bigger projects? Send a floorplan and I'll quote properly.
Smart home FAQ
Smart bulbs and Google Home sit on top of your wiring. Smart home wiring is the layer underneath — data cable in the walls, smart switches at the mech, circuits planned for automation. Get it right at the wall and everything upstream gets easier. Get it wrong and you'll be fighting dropout and dead zones forever.
Mostly yes. Clipsal Iconic Wiser uses the same wiring as a normal switch — swap the mech, pair the app. A few older homes don't have a neutral cable at the switch (needed for the smart mech's standby power) which means pulling one. I'll test before I quote.
Cat6 handles gigabit over 55m runs and is fine for 95% of Sydney homes. Cat6a handles 10 gig over 100m — worth paying the small premium if you've got a home office, media room, or you're planning ahead. Cheap to choose now, painful to upgrade later.
You'll regret not putting Cat6 in the walls while they're open. Every reno I walk into where the owner skipped it ends up with wifi mesh nodes in every corner trying to paper over the issue. Costs almost nothing during a reno. Thousands after.
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