Soldato
I'm tagging @lucid in right from the start here, and am likely to touch on details outside of AV so either reign me in, or tell me to go pay someone instead of taking up too much time! Like wise i'm not sure if part of this belongs more in the Home and Garden sub forum.
We're currently around 95% sure that we'll be building a house having not seen any that fits exactly what we're after. This means i can get exited about a lot of built in stuff that has never really been possible in previous houses without extensive amounts of work/cost.
Here is a likely finished build render, although i may work on trying to get some more "classic design" touches on the outside as i'm not a huge fan of white box houses. I think they'll age poorly.
Interior floorplan
Having seen a finished example, i know that the "Lavadero" will likely include a server cabinet which will contain batteries for the solar system, but will have space for any switches needed too (heat permitting).
Ideally the plan would be to have a drop down projector in front of the sofa. There'll be a tv unit which will likely have our soundbar on it. I don't see a need to replace that. I'm then unsure whether to ceiling mount a projector or just have a short through one. Likewise i might also just stick with our existing tv. It's 65" and is perfectly fine (maybe both - Projector for films and tv for general back ground use. Budget will likely come into play here as we have a lot of "wants" for this house which will likely stretch the budget as it is.
Ultimately the crucial thing would be for ceiling speakers. Likely with 2 zones, the kitchen area and the terrace. I plan to have an actual music room/office and so will have a main hifi in there and so it'll only be for background music. Whether the soundbar by the tv could be used for the kitchen i'm not sure, but feels like it could end up being overly loud.
The last time i had ceiling speakers, i wired them into a small Denon DM38 which was connected to a Squeezebox. I only had 1 zone and so it was fairly simple. However i imagine things have moved on a lot since then. We'd also only probably be using Spotify as a source. So unsure if there's just some kind of powered Ceiling speakers you can group into Zones and do away with anything overly complicated?
We plan for the house to have electric shutters on windows so there's going to be an element of home automation involved for lighting etc, so unsure if there's a complete solution here, but ultimately i'd like to avoid having too many separate systems in play where one thing controls one thing, and something else controls another.
I should also point out 3 things.
1. I'm cheap
2. The builder is unlikely to be an expert in this
3. I like to do things myself
As such i'm likely to attempt most of the install/setup myself so will likely be jumping all over the place as can probably be gleamed from this opening post. I have a lot of "wants" and need steering in a correct direction. I assume there are better solutions than just having lots of things which sync into Google Home?
We're currently around 95% sure that we'll be building a house having not seen any that fits exactly what we're after. This means i can get exited about a lot of built in stuff that has never really been possible in previous houses without extensive amounts of work/cost.
Here is a likely finished build render, although i may work on trying to get some more "classic design" touches on the outside as i'm not a huge fan of white box houses. I think they'll age poorly.
Interior floorplan
Having seen a finished example, i know that the "Lavadero" will likely include a server cabinet which will contain batteries for the solar system, but will have space for any switches needed too (heat permitting).
Ideally the plan would be to have a drop down projector in front of the sofa. There'll be a tv unit which will likely have our soundbar on it. I don't see a need to replace that. I'm then unsure whether to ceiling mount a projector or just have a short through one. Likewise i might also just stick with our existing tv. It's 65" and is perfectly fine (maybe both - Projector for films and tv for general back ground use. Budget will likely come into play here as we have a lot of "wants" for this house which will likely stretch the budget as it is.
Ultimately the crucial thing would be for ceiling speakers. Likely with 2 zones, the kitchen area and the terrace. I plan to have an actual music room/office and so will have a main hifi in there and so it'll only be for background music. Whether the soundbar by the tv could be used for the kitchen i'm not sure, but feels like it could end up being overly loud.
The last time i had ceiling speakers, i wired them into a small Denon DM38 which was connected to a Squeezebox. I only had 1 zone and so it was fairly simple. However i imagine things have moved on a lot since then. We'd also only probably be using Spotify as a source. So unsure if there's just some kind of powered Ceiling speakers you can group into Zones and do away with anything overly complicated?
We plan for the house to have electric shutters on windows so there's going to be an element of home automation involved for lighting etc, so unsure if there's a complete solution here, but ultimately i'd like to avoid having too many separate systems in play where one thing controls one thing, and something else controls another.
I should also point out 3 things.
1. I'm cheap
2. The builder is unlikely to be an expert in this
3. I like to do things myself
As such i'm likely to attempt most of the install/setup myself so will likely be jumping all over the place as can probably be gleamed from this opening post. I have a lot of "wants" and need steering in a correct direction. I assume there are better solutions than just having lots of things which sync into Google Home?
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