Imagine This designs, installs and supports sophisticated home technology for properties throughout East and West Sussex.
From country houses and sensitive period properties to contemporary residences, coastal homes and architect-led new builds, every system is individually designed around the building, its occupants and the way they want to live.
The finest home technology should enhance the property without competing with its architecture or interior design. Lighting, entertainment, climate, security, shading and networking should work together naturally, with simple controls that conceal the sophistication behind them.
Imagine This brings these elements together under one technically accountable team. We consider the complete system from the outset, coordinate the necessary infrastructure and document every detail before installation begins.
Our involvement can start during the earliest design stages of a new home or major refurbishment. We can also modernise an existing property, upgrade an inherited system or resolve technology that has become unreliable or unnecessarily complicated.
A well-designed smart home gives you effortless control over the technology throughout the property.
As an experienced Crestron integrator, we create tailored systems that can bring together lighting, heating, audio, television, security, blinds and curtains. Control can be provided through elegant keypads, touchscreens, handheld remotes and mobile devices, with each interface designed around the household rather than a generic template.
Individual rooms can operate independently, while whole-home scenes allow several systems to respond together. One command might prepare the house for entertaining, create a relaxed evening atmosphere, close the property at bedtime or place it into an energy-conscious away mode.
Carefully designed lighting can transform the appearance and atmosphere of a home while making it more comfortable and practical to use.
We design and install Lutron lighting control systems that make it easy to create balanced scenes for dining, entertaining, relaxing, working or watching a film. Discreet keypads replace rows of conventional switches and can be selected to complement the surrounding finishes.
Automated schedules and occupancy settings can also help manage energy use and provide the reassuring appearance of occupancy when the property is empty.
Our team works alongside architects, interior designers and lighting designers to ensure that controls, decorative fittings, architectural lighting and electrical infrastructure are properly coordinated.
Imagine This has an international reputation for home cinema design and engineering. Our principal designer, Guy Singleton, is the creator of The Cinema Designer, professional design software used by cinema specialists around the world.
Each cinema is considered as a complete performance environment. We model room geometry, seating positions, viewing angles, acoustic behaviour, speaker placement and system headroom before coordinating projection, lighting, ventilation, interior finishes and control.
This approach allows important decisions to be tested and documented before work begins on site.
Whether you are planning an intimate screening room, a discreet media room or a dedicated high-performance cinema, our team can manage the entire process from initial concept and technical modelling through to installation, calibration and final commissioning.
For clients who care deeply about music, we create high-performance audio systems and dedicated listening spaces in which the room, equipment and installation work together.
We consider loudspeaker placement, room acoustics, equipment support, power, network infrastructure and access to both physical and streamed music. A system can be designed around a treasured existing collection or developed entirely from the ground up.
High-quality audio can also be integrated discreetly throughout the wider home, allowing music to be enjoyed without introducing visually intrusive equipment into carefully designed interiors.
Motorised shading can improve privacy, control glare, protect furniture and artwork, and help manage solar heat gain.
We design and install premium Lutron and Crestron shading systems, including roller blinds, curtain tracks and specialist solutions for large, high-level or unusually shaped windows. A broad selection of sheer, privacy and blackout fabrics allows each treatment to be chosen for both its practical performance and its appearance.
Blinds and curtains can operate independently, as part of a lighting scene or automatically according to the time of day and the needs of the household.
The network is the foundation upon which much of a modern home depends. Entertainment, lighting, security, communications and environmental systems all require dependable connectivity.
We design robust residential networks and Wi-Fi systems to provide reliable coverage throughout the property and its grounds. Our work can also include CCTV, access control, video door entry, multi-room audio and video distribution, and integration with heating, ventilation or wider building-management systems.
This careful planning is particularly valuable in larger Sussex properties, where thick walls, outbuildings, landscaped grounds and multiple technical systems can place greater demands on the network.
Sussex contains a particularly varied collection of homes, from historic townhouses and listed country properties to converted agricultural buildings, coastal residences and ambitious new builds.
Each presents different considerations. A new-build project provides the opportunity to plan infrastructure from the beginning. A period or listed property may require a more sensitive installation approach, with particular care given to its structure and original features. Coastal homes may present different requirements around solar control, security and the protection of equipment.
Our role is to find the right solution for the property rather than impose a standard specification upon it.
Early collaboration gives technology the best opportunity to become a seamless part of the finished home.
Imagine This works directly with homeowners and alongside architects, interior designers, lighting designers, developers, main contractors and electrical contractors. We can produce detailed technical designs, coordinate cabling and equipment requirements, and ensure that technology is considered at the appropriate stage of the project.
This preparation reduces uncertainty on site and helps ensure that keypads, screens, loudspeakers, cameras and equipment spaces are properly integrated into the design.
We undertake projects throughout Sussex, including Rye, Hastings, Eastbourne, Lewes, Brighton and Hove, Haywards Heath, Horsham, Crawley, Worthing, Arundel, Chichester and the surrounding towns, villages and rural areas.
Our services can encompass a single specialist system or the complete technology package for a substantial property. In every case, our approach is based on careful design, meticulous installation, thorough commissioning and clear documentation.
Home technology is best understood through experience. Clients are welcome to visit our showroom and experience centre by appointment to explore intelligent lighting, home cinema, high-performance audio and integrated control in carefully designed surroundings.
A private visit provides the opportunity to compare different solutions, discuss materials and finishes, and consider the possibilities for your Sussex property without pressure or obligation.
Our responsibility does not end when the system is handed over. Imagine This provides structured aftercare to help keep the property and its technology operating as intended.
Depending on the systems installed and the client’s requirements, support can include remote monitoring, weekday first-line telephone assistance, priority reactive response, planned preventative maintenance and secure disaster-recovery copies of programming and configuration information.
This long-term approach gives clients the reassurance of knowing that their home is supported by an experienced team familiar with both the technology and the original design.