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We publish blogs on a wide range of topics, about smart home solutions and home cinema rooms, that fall into various categories:

Useful Information about Smart Homes

'At Home' Campaign

Top 10 Reasons to WATCH at Home

Company News

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Automated Spaces Presents CEDIA 'NextGen' Initiative to Pupils at Long Field Spencer Academy

By Alan Matthews • 30 Mar, 2023

Melton Mowbray based smart home installation businesses Automated Spaces and Stuart Westmoreland Ltd. were the first companies in the U.K. to present the new CEDIA Smart Home ‘NextGen’ initiative to pupils at Long Field Spencer Academy

2022 CEDIA Awards Integrated Home Level II - Highly Commended

By Alan Matthews • 18 Oct, 2022

Automated Spaces achieves the 'Highly Commended' designation at the 2022 CEDIA Awards in the Integrated Home Level II category

Automated Spaces Earns Elite Global Designation

By Alan Matthews • 22 Sep, 2022

Automated Spaces has been named a CEDIA Member of Excellence in recognition of its continuing education, customer service, and community service and outreach. Automated Spaces has also met industry benchmarks in certification and craftsmanship. CEDIA Member of Excellence is the highest designation a member company can achieve from the home technology industry’s only accrediting organisation.

2022 CEDIA Awards Finalist

By Alan Matthews • 22 Aug, 2022

Automated Spaces is honoured to announce that we have been shortlisted in the 2022 CEDIA Smart Home Technology Awards as a Finalist in the ‘Integrated Home’ category (EMEA)

Automated Spaces Winner of Control4 Circle of Excellence Award 2022

By Alan Matthews • 16 Apr, 2022

Automated Spaces winner of the Control4 Circle of Excellence Award 2022

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Top 5 Outdoor Enhancements For Your Home

By Alan Matthews • 12 Jun, 2021

Summer is here, now is the time to learn how to make the most of the outdoor spaces at your home. We can help you free the potential of your garden or patio space to become an extra room in your home. Be that by creating an enjoyable space to entertain your family and friends or creating a tranquil setting you can escape from hustle and bustle inside the house. Perhaps by providing a unique way, in the fresh air and sunshine, to watch the deluge of major sporting events taking place over the next few months. The enjoyment of the outside spaces at your home should not be limited to only daylight hours, we can also help you extend your usage of your garden into the late evening long after the sun has set, with the right type of outdoor lighting and heating solutions. In this blog we will detail our top 5 outdoor enhancements for your home: 1. Music Everywhere 2. Outdoor Televisions 3. Exterior Lighting 4. Strong Wi-Fi Signal 5. Outdoor Heating

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25 Year Warranty for Network Cabling Installations

By Alan Matthews • 27 Apr, 2021

We are very excited to announce that all our clients, where we install a new network cable infrastructure into their property, will be able to enjoy peace of mind with a 25-year warranty. This warranty not only includes the necessary parts but also covers the cost of any labour required, to repair or replace a failed component. In this blog we detail some of the elements of our data network implementations that allow our clients to benefit from this fantastic 25-year warranty. It will include information about the first step in any installation which is our professional network design. It will then cover some of the key components of our intelligent installation service. We will then discuss the different types of cable testers available and how we utilise only the highest level of comprehensive cable testing for our installation work. Finally, we will highlight some of the high-quality cable and cabling infrastructure components we use as part of our network implementations.

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Smart Home Show House Reopen

By Alan Matthews • 12 Apr, 2021

Automated Spaces announce that their smart home show house is reopen

Top 5 Practical Benefits Of A Smart Home

By Alan Matthews • 27 Jan, 2021

Implementing Smart Home solutions into your home can have almost endless practical benefits. In this blog we provide some real-world tangible examples of our Top 5 practical benefits.

Top 10 Reasons to WATCH at home

By Alan Matthews • 25 Jan, 2021

In these COVID 19 times, the experience of going to the cinema has dramatically changed, in this blog we summarise the Top 10 reasons you should WATCH at home

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We are very proud to announce that Automated Spaces has been selected by Control4 as a winner of it's Circle Excellence Award 2022.

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CEDIA, the global trade association for companies that design, manufacture, and integrate technology in the home, empowers members with education, certification, and advocacy. Its members deliver technology solutions that allow families to experience their best moments in life in the comfort of their own homes. CEDIA Members make up the most powerful home Technology network, but not every company is the same.

The CEDIA Member of Excellence status is the highest designation a member company can achieve from the home technology industry’s only accrediting organisation. Only given to CEDIA Advanced Members with a record of award-winning craftsmanship, and a dedication to advanced industry certifications. It places Automated Spaces among the
upper echelon of our global peers in residential technology integration areas.

Automated Spaces is one of only 10 companies in the U.K. and 15 globally to achieve this level of designation.

CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) https://cedia.net