A HOME WITH MANY DIFFERENT FEATURES CREATES A CUSTOM EXPERIENCE FOR ALL
Ultimate Crestron Home winner demonstrates how the platform can do it all by balancing work and life in a residence that doubles as a family home and a showhouse.
Located in Rye, New York, this impeccable family home is also a showhouse. This home stands out from the rest, as interior designers and a design-build contractor had a hand in its development. The showhouse, Stoneledge, has the perfect balance of luxury, functionality, and technology.
THE CHALLENGE:
The homeowner envisioned this project as a space that would capture the family’s fun and laid-back lifestyle while also providing a comfortable life for them. They needed technology that would blend with their daily activities and enhance their way of living. Since this home doubles as a showhouse, it was also important to implement an automation system that could grow continuously with the business and family.
THE SOLUTION
Alpesh Patel, founder of Enhanced Home, wanted to turn his personal living space into a showroom that would demonstrate the advanced abilities of home automation technologies and serve as a useful tool for his business. The Enhanced Home team fully embraced the vision and the two roles this living space is meant to serve. Patel and his team tailored the automation system to his family’s specific requirements while designing a flexible system that could easily be expanded or altered, as necessary.
THE TECHNOLOGY
The core of the automation setup relied on the Crestron Home® OS, providing a centralized and intuitive interface for controlling and managing all aspects of the home. From family home to showhouse, this masterpiece includes an impressive home gym, a serene home office, spacious walk-in closets, playful bedrooms, and entertainment areas galore. The Crestron Home system is flexible, easily integrating with other technologies to create one cohesive smart home platform. Throughout the indoor entertainment spaces and the outdoor patio and basketball court, Crestron touch screens, keypads, and the Crestron Home app are control points for the family to manage their experience.
The homeowners use Crestron DM NVX® AV-over-IP technology to distribute seamless streaming of high-quality video content throughout the home. Pairing the video content with Crestron DM NAX™ Audio-over-IP technology synchronizes audio with video in various areas of the house, delivering immersive entertainment further amplified by the home’s vaulted ceilings for a perfect surround sound experience. The distribution of audio and video ranges from the bedrooms and the living room to the outdoor entertainment area.
Fitting neatly within the residence are the lighting and shading elements simplify everyday life for the homeowners. Crestron Cameo® keypads are placed in each room for lighting and shading control. Automated lighting, which is present throughout the home and boasts its own set of lighting scenes and schedules tailored to various times of day, enhances the ambiance. The homeowners prioritized energy efficiency and privacy and installed custom motorized shades and drapery. Custom shade pockets ensure a clean and discreet appearance when the shades are not in use. To prevent light from entering the bedrooms, shades have integrated side channels to facilitate a complete blackout experience.
Fitting neatly within the residence are the lighting and shading elements simplify everyday life for the homeowners. Crestron Cameo® keypads are placed in each room for lighting and shading control. Automated lighting, which is present throughout the home and boasts its own set of lighting scenes and schedules tailored to various times of day, enhances the ambiance. The homeowners prioritized energy efficiency and privacy and installed custom motorized shades and drapery. Custom shade pockets ensure a clean and discreet appearance when the shades are not in use. To prevent light from entering the bedrooms, shades have integrated side channels to facilitate a complete blackout experience.
RESULTS
Stoneledge serves as a complete family home while also being an office for Enhanced Home and a demonstration area for clients, perfectly highlighting the capabilities of the Crestron system. Whether clients want to experience new products or the full home automation experience, the space provides an immersive and powerful showcase of seamless integration by advanced solutions.
“In the first year following the home build, we changed the custom system to Crestron Home. This has been a game changer for Enhanced Home and the homeowner, as it has made the system more approachable and easily scalable to homes of any size,” says Cortney Combs, Design and Client Relations Specialist, Enhanced Home.
A graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, Doug has been in the Technology industry since 1976 and actively oversees Fearing’s daily operations. Along with his wife, Lois, and three others, Doug started Fearing’s in a 600 square-foot facility in Portage, Wisconsin. In the 25 years since, the company has grown to over 30 employees with offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doug likes to say he’s a “TV Technician with a dream� going back to his history with the family’s original business-Fearing’s TV and Appliance.
Doug values time with family, watersports, hiking, snowshoeing and skiing. In addition to being a devoted member of his church, Doug serves as Board President for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County, Board member of Schools for Haiti and Scripture Chair of the Gideons-Portage camp.
A graduate of MATC, Lois oversees Fearing’s daily book keeping along with various HR responsibilities.
Along with Doug, Lois is deeply connected to community outreach, serving as a Board member and Fundraising Committee Chairperson for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County. She also serves on the Schools for Haiti Fundraising committee. In addition, Lois’ ongoing passion and commitment to provide care for the elderly comes from her 10-year history of working in a Reedsburg, Wisconsin Nursing home.
Lois enjoys singing, hiking, sunny days on the pontoon, and spending time with her 4 grandchildren.
Ehren drives Fearing’s technology by continually seeking out trends to enhance capabilities while supporting Sales, Engineering and Installation teams. Throughout his years with Fearing’s, Ehren’s talent and vision have joined forces to create a wide variety of projects and strategic solutions that exceed expectation.
Ehren loves music, family time, movies, nature, sustainability efforts and electric vehicles.
With 10 years with Fearing’s and over twice that long in the industry, Ben continues to lead, coordinate, and develop the Commercial AV team.
By consistently delivering an outstanding experience and outcome, Ben contributes to the Fearing’s legacy of long-lasting partnerships that truly make a difference. Whatever the Commercial AV need may be, Ben and team deliver at the highest level.
Ben is an avid fisherman and photographer. He enjoys coaching his sons and other youth.
Chris has been with Fearing’s for 20 years and in the industry for over 2 decades. As a Certified leader in Sales Acceleration and trained in EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems), Chris successfully utilizes his skills to lead the Fearing’s Salesforce. Chris and team are motivated and driven to develop new client partnerships while continuing to reinforce loyal long-term relationships with ongoing Service excellence.
Married for 19 years with 3 children, Chris enjoys skiing, hiking, fishing, boating, hunting, camping and golf. He’s also been actively involved as a Youth Football and Softball coach for his family and others.
