Delivering high-end home automation for a flagship residential scheme
Located in the heart of York,
St Leonard’s Place comprises an imposing Grade II listed crescent which, together with the adjoining Grade II listed properties on Museum Street, were acquired by the Rushbond Group in 2006.
Previously occupied by City of York Council, Rushbond drew up plans to restore the building to its original 19th century splendour, transforming the offices into 40 elegant homes, including five townhouses, 29 apartments and six mews properties.
Home automation was a key feature of the project, with a £250k budget representing the largest home automation project outside London for our automation technology partner,
Comelit.
The benefits
To further accommodate the restrictions imposed when working on a listed building we kept the wiring topology simple. This included installing a
fibre integrated reception system (IRS) alongside minimal
structured cabling. This ensures all properties had a strong signal with a full range of TV and radio services without interference from other communications and data and telecoms could be handled around the site. Our systems deliver greater capacity, over increased distances and more cost effectively than has previously been achievable.
The end user functionality at St Leonard’s Place is market leading. The automation systems allow residents to configure heating, lighting and sound to suit their lifestyle. These systems enable the creation of individual 'scenarios’, or sequences, that can include light dimming and graduated heating or cooling of the apartment. Residents can also remotely control and programme heating and lighting, and every home features intelligent data for monitoring energy consumption, even when away from home.
In addition, properties also benefit from Bose audio distribution systems: affording the ability to listen to music in every room, or choose different music in different rooms simultaneously from a range of supply sources, including online streaming services such as Spotify.
And, when it came to
access control, we combined fob entry systems with video intercom, delivering an effective global entry systems that not only gives residents security but also complete peace of mind.
Following completion of the flagship project in February 2017, demand for the properties means that only a small number of the 40 properties remain available.