Pre-wired during framing, not retrofitted after. Lighting, climate, security, audio, networking, and hurricane automation on a single backbone, one app, one rack, one warranty. The smart tier is a Blohm tiny home with full technology integration built in from day one. Starting from $200K.
Pre-wired, not retrofitted
The most common failure mode we see in Florida smart homes is not a bad router or a glitchy app. It is a house that was framed, drywalled, and finished by one team, then handed to a low-voltage contractor who ran speaker wire along the baseboards and called it done. Blohm Builders runs the low-voltage infrastructure during framing, the same way we run plumbing and electrical, with the same care, in the same walls, behind the same trim.
Every Blohm smart home ships with a single media rack in a conditioned closet, a labeled conduit to every device location, and a one-page system map the client keeps on the fridge. If a hurricane knocks the network out, the homeowner can find the breaker, the battery, and the manual in under a minute.
A smart home should survive the storm it was built for, and the next one.
What is included
Six systems, one infrastructure, one app. Every Blohm smart home includes the full backbone below, what changes between projects is the scale of each subsystem, not whether it exists.
Investment
Smart home technology is a line-item on the build budget, not an upgrade at the end. The four tiers below are what we typically spec into Blohm homes, the dollar figure is the smart scope only, not the construction budget.
Tier 01
From$80K
Structured wiring, managed network, hard-wired access points, and a single media rack. The right starting point for a 600 square feet custom tiny home or a Key West build where the client wants clean Wi-Fi and one app, but not full automation.
Tier 02
From$135K
Everything in Connected, plus lighting control, climate zoning, motorized shades, and a security panel. The typical spec for an Aspen build, family home, full smart, no custom engineering.
Tier 03
From$200K
Everything in Automated, plus whole-home audio, full camera system, hurricane shutter automation, generator, and battery backup. The default for a Marco or any coastal home east of I-95.
A fourth tier, "Bespoke", covers custom engineering for clients who want voice-first control in every room, a dedicated home theater, or a fully off-grid capable system. Quoted per project.
Why pre-wire
Closed walls are unforgiving. A retrofit, fishing wire through finished walls, mounting exterior cameras into stucco, adding a keypad where there is no gang box, is three to four times the cost of running the same wire during framing. And it never looks as clean. A Blohm smart home is one where the homeowner forgets the technology is there, because the wall plates look like wall plates, the speakers are invisible until the music starts, and the hurricane shutters close from the bedside.
What it runs on
We are platform-agnostic. The most common stack we deploy is a Control4 or Crestron backbone, a Ubiquiti or Araknis network, and a Honeywell or DSC security panel. The right answer depends on the home, the budget, and how the client wants to interact with the system. Jerry walks through this on the design call, not the sales call.
The deliverable is a one-page system map, a labeled rack, and a phone number Jerry answers.
In the home
Keypads that look like switches. Speakers that disappear into the ceiling. Hurricane shutters that close from the bedside. The point of a Blohm smart home is the technology, then the experience of forgetting it is there.
Send the lot, the rough square footage, and what you want the home to do. We respond within one business day.