Smart Home Designer & Technology in Eden Prairie
You want a smart home designer in Eden Prairie who plans the system before a single wire gets pulled, not a retailer who sells you a box and leaves. That is what we do at New Age Technology. Owner Chad designs every Eden Prairie smart home system around how the house is actually wired, from the new builds going up south of Pioneer Trail to the coax-only homes in Bearpath, Bryant Lake, and Prairie View. We're certified dealers for Control4, Savant, Crestron, and Lutron, and every platform runs live in our Plymouth showroom at 15070 23rd Ave N before you commit. Call 952-204-7222 for a free design consult.
Here is the part most Eden Prairie homeowners get wrong: smart home technology is a design problem, not a shopping problem. The established neighborhoods, Bearpath, Bryant Lake, and Prairie View, are mostly homes built between 1990 and 2010 with coax-only wiring that was never meant to carry 4K video, multi-room audio, or a reliable control network. We don't paper over that with a pile of Wi-Fi gadgets. We design the Eden Prairie smart home system first, decide what gets a hard cable pull and what rides a wired mesh network, then program Control4 or Savant so lighting, climate, audio, video, and security all answer to one app.
When your Eden Prairie home is new construction, the smart home designer's job starts at framing. The developments south of Pioneer Trail are going up fast, and the builders there will rough-in structured wiring if your plans reach them before the walls close. We've partnered with several Eden Prairie builders to pull Cat6A, speaker wire, and HDMI conduit during the framing phase, with oversized conduit and pull strings so the next upgrade doesn't mean tearing open finished drywall. Get us in at the pre-wire walkthrough and the smart home technology is ready the day you move in.
Smart home systems in Eden Prairie should answer to one app, and that is the whole point of designing around a single platform. We program Control4 or Savant as the hub so lighting, climate, audio, video, security cameras, and door locks all run from one interface instead of five competing apps. Control4 carries the widest device support, Savant has the more refined interface, and both are excellent; we help you pick based on your house, not a sales quota. We can fold in Lutron Palladiom and Hunter Douglas PowerView motorized shades so the glare on a south-facing Prairie View great room drops on schedule without anyone touching a cord.
Outdoor lighting control is where Eden Prairie smart home systems earn their keep after dark. We build outdoor lighting control on Lutron RadioRA 3 or HomeWorks QSX, and the key feature is astronomical-sunset scheduling: the processor tracks the real sunset for your exact location, so path, facade, and landscape lighting comes up as the sun actually sets rather than at a fixed clock time that drifts wrong across a Minnesota year. Path lighting can step down after midnight, an away schedule can randomize interior lights so an empty house doesn't look empty, and because the processor runs locally, those schedules keep firing whether or not your internet is up. That is outdoor lighting control in Eden Prairie done the way it should be, part of the smart home, not a separate timer box in the garage.
Our Services in Eden Prairie
- Home Theater & Media Room Design
- Smart Home Automation
- Multi-Room & Outdoor Audio
- Lighting Control Systems
- Security & Surveillance
- Video Distribution
- Golf Simulators
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work as a smart home designer in Eden Prairie, or just an installer?
Both, and the design comes first. Owner Chad designs the Eden Prairie smart home system before any wire is pulled: deciding what needs a hard cable run versus a wired mesh network, which platform fits the house, and how lighting, climate, audio, video, and security tie together. We're certified dealers for Control4, Savant, Crestron, and Lutron, so the design isn't limited to one brand's catalog. Every system we specify runs live in our Plymouth showroom at 15070 23rd Ave N before you buy it. Call 952-204-7222 to start a design consult.
What smart home technology do you install in Eden Prairie homes?
We build Eden Prairie smart home technology on Control4 or Savant as the central hub, with Lutron for lighting control and motorized shades. One app controls lighting, climate, multi-room audio, video distribution, security cameras, and door locks. For the coax-only homes in Bearpath, Bryant Lake, and Prairie View, we mix new Cat6A cable pulls with a wired mesh network so the system is reliable without gutting the walls. We don't install consumer DIY platforms as the backbone of a whole-home project, because they aren't built for that complexity.
Which smart home system is best for an Eden Prairie home, Control4 or Savant?
Both are excellent, and the right Eden Prairie smart home system depends on your house. Control4 has the widest device support, which matters when you want to pull in a lot of third-party gear. Savant has the more refined interface. We're certified dealers for both plus Crestron and Lutron, so we recommend based on how your home is wired and how you actually use it, not on which brand we're pushing. Entry-level packages start around $15K; full-home systems with theater, security, and whole-home audio typically run $50K to $150K.
Can you set up outdoor lighting control in Eden Prairie?
Yes. We build outdoor lighting control in Eden Prairie on Lutron RadioRA 3 or HomeWorks QSX, integrated into the smart home rather than run off a standalone timer. The core feature is astronomical-sunset scheduling: the system tracks the real sunset for your location, so path, facade, and landscape lighting comes up as the sun sets instead of at a fixed clock time that drifts across a Minnesota year. Path lighting can step down after midnight, and away schedules can randomize lights so an empty house looks lived in. Because the Lutron processor runs locally, the schedules keep firing even if your internet is down.
Do you pre-wire new construction in Eden Prairie?
Yes. For the new developments south of Pioneer Trail, we coordinate with your builder to pull all low-voltage wiring during rough-in, Cat6A, speaker wire, and HDMI conduit, and we attend the pre-wire walkthrough. We spec oversized conduit with pull strings at the design stage so future upgrades don't require opening finished walls. Get us in before framing closes and the smart home technology is ready the day you move in.
Can you integrate motorized shades with my Eden Prairie smart home system?
Absolutely. We install Lutron Palladiom and Hunter Douglas PowerView motorized shades and fold them into your Control4 or Savant system, so shades, lighting, and climate all run from one app. On a south-facing Prairie View or Bryant Lake great room, we schedule the shades to drop glare automatically through the day without anyone touching a cord.