“Smart home technology increases the value of a home, and Linxura was able to deliver great features for an incredible price, maximizing our sale price with a modest investment. We look forward to working with them on all our future builds.”
Revolution Builders has been building custom luxury homes for over 17 years, with over 600 projects, serving the western Chicago suburbs. Founded by Steve Jeffers and his wife, they built their business upon a strong foundation of communication, attention to detail, and unwavering dedication to creating the highest quality homes for the given budget.
Jeffers sought to be a leader in smart home technology as a way to differentiate Revolution Builders from others, by offering the convenience, energy-saving benefits, and security that a smart home can offer. Customers had been inquiring more frequently about smart homes, and this will soon become an assumption that homes have smart features built in.
Yorkville, IL
- Custom builder and developer
- Builds 10 homes per year on average
- Homes range from $700K-$1.5M
The Challenge
Participating in their second Northern Illinois Home Builders Association Cavalcade Tour of Homes event, Revolution Builders wanted to present a new home model that featured smart home technology as part of its core design. Many of the existing home automation systems cost tens of thousands of dollars and required special programming that could only be performed by expensive integrators with knowledge of systems coding languages. Should a homeowner want to add devices after purchasing the home, proprietary technicians would have to be called out to make the integrations. Jeffers used expensive and complex home automation systems in the past, but needed to incorporate a smart home solution that not only would be easy to use for the homeowner but also easy enough for them to update it with additional devices on their own if they were so inclined, without being required to hire expensive technicians.
The Solution
Linxura was tasked with integrating lighting, sound, and security that would all be controlled by the portable Linxura Smart Home Controller. Dramatic lighting effects were achieved using PureEdge smart lights in multi-bulb fixtures configured by Linxura to have timed offsets between each bulb when turning on or off. With the open floor plan ideal for entertaining, those areas were filled with high-quality sound by Sonos. Yale smart locks were installed for enhanced access and security, which includes inviting guests to use the lock, pin code access, and usage history.
The Results
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