Smart Home Pre-Wiring Solutions for Custom Builders
Smart Homes Are the New Standard
Today's buyers expect technology to feel like a natural part of the home, not an afterthought added once construction is nearly complete. GHT Group works alongside custom builders, architects and designers early in the process to plan smart home infrastructure, lighting, shading, entertainment, security, networking, and prewiring and residential electrical services around the architecture and the homeowner's lifestyle. Our design-led approach includes two dedicated in-house lighting designers who can provide renderings, CAD drawings and photometrics to help every detail feel intentional. From a well-planned pre-wire to intuitive home automation system, we help you create homes that are easier to live in, easier to expand and ready for what comes next. Since 1989, builders throughout Alabama, the Florida Panhandle/30A, Georgia and the greater Southeast have trusted GHT to bring technology into their projects without compromising design.
Partnership
A Technology Partner Who Works the Way Your Team Does
Together from Start to Finish
The best technology projects begin long before wires are pulled. GHT collaborates with builders, architects and designers during planning and design to coordinate infrastructure, lighting, shading, AV, networking and automation with the rest of the construction team. Once a project moves forward, a dedicated Project Manager helps guide it through installation, programming and final turnover. At handoff, a member of our service team joins the walkthrough so they understand the home from day one, including its hidden wiring, junction boxes, controls and unique details. That continuity helps protect your schedule during construction while giving your buyers a knowledgeable team they can rely on long after move-in.
Solutions
Thoughtful Technology Designed Around the Home and the People Living in It
Create a Smart Home Experience
A true smart home is defined by the experience it creates, not by the number of devices inside it. We design connected environments where lighting, shades, climate, entertainment, security and more work together naturally through one intuitive platform. Solutions can be tailored to the scope of each project and the expectations of each homeowner, giving builders the flexibility to deliver a polished experience without forcing every client into the same technology package.
Infrastructure
A well-designed home begins with the right foundation. We coordinate smart home pre-wiring and low-voltage infrastructure during construction to support reliable networking, audio, video, security, lighting control, motorized shades and future technologies. By planning pathways, equipment locations and expansion needs early, we help reduce last-minute changes, avoid unnecessary rework and give homeowners room to adapt their technology over time.
Lighting and Shading
Lighting should reinforce the architecture, not compete with it. GHT's two in-house lighting designers work directly with builders, architects and designers to develop thoughtful plans that can include renderings, CAD drawings and photometrics. As a full-turnkey lighting partner, GHT coordinates wired and wireless lighting solutions, fixtures and window treatments as one cohesive scope. The result is cleaner walls, intuitive control and lighting that feels intentional in every room.
Distributed Audio Video
Entertainment should be easy to enjoy without dominating the design. Our audio and video solutions are planned during the design phase so speakers, displays, equipment and wiring can be placed strategically or concealed where appropriate. Homeowners can enjoy music, television and other media throughout the home through simple, centralized control while builders preserve the look and feel of the finished space.
Security and Surveillance
Our commercial-grade security solutions give homeowners greater awareness and control without adding unnecessary visual clutter. We coordinate surveillance cameras, alarm systems, door locks, gate access and other security features into the broader smart home experience, allowing homeowners to monitor important areas and manage access whether they are home or away.
Craftsmanship
Quality During the Build. Dedicated Care After It.
Built for Long-Term Trust
You hold high standards for your craft, and so do we. GHT has been serving homeowners and trade partners since 1989, with a team built around consistency, careful documentation and long-term relationships. But our responsibility does not end when the project is finished. Each office has a dedicated Service Director and technicians whose focus is service, not installation work squeezed between other projects. Clients also have access to 24/7 on-call support and the proprietary GHT App, which keeps service requests organized so issues do not fall through the cracks.
Every service request receives a 12-24 hour callback commitment, and GHT proactively checks in with clients at six months, one year, two years and five years after completion. That gives builders confidence that the homeowners they introduce to GHT will continue to be taken care of long after the keys are handed over.
Qualifications
Decades of Experience Backed by a Team Built to Last
Experience and Industry Recognition
- Serving homeowners and trade partners since 1989
- World's Largest Control4 Dealer
- Lutron Sapphire Dealer
- CE Pro 100 integrator
- Ranked among the Top 5 growth firms nationally
- Approximately 90 certified technicians
- Approximately 25,000 lifetime installations
- More than 80 branded service vehicles across GHT's footprint
Industry Memberships
- CEDIA Member
- HTSA Member
- ASID Member
- Active in the ASID design community
Education
Helping Trade Partners Stay Ahead of Technology and Design Trends
CEDIA Courses
Stay current on home technology standards through educational opportunities led by knowledgeable professionals. GHT supports ongoing industry education that helps builders and design partners better understand how integrated technology fits into today's construction process and homeowner expectations.
Lunch & Learns and Manufacturer Education
GHT actively invests in the design-build community through Lunch & Learns and educational opportunities with leading technology manufacturers. These sessions give builders, architects and designers firsthand exposure to evolving approaches in automation, audio/video, lighting, security, home networking systems and other integrated technologies so they can make more informed decisions during design.
Custom Training Programs
Every firm works differently. GHT can tailor educational conversations and training around the technologies, design challenges and project types most relevant to your team, helping you understand where infrastructure should be planned, what should be specified early and how technology can support rather than interrupt your design intent.
Become a Partner Today
Bring Technology Into the Conversation Earlier
The best smart homes begin with thoughtful planning. Bring GHT into your next project early, and our team will work alongside your builders, architects and designers to create a technology plan that respects the architecture, supports the buyer's lifestyle and remains serviceable for years to come.
Smart Home Pre-Wiring & Builder Partnership FAQ
Smart home pre-wiring creates the low-voltage infrastructure needed to support networking, audio and video, security, lighting control, motorized shades and other connected technologies. Planning this infrastructure during construction gives homeowners a reliable foundation they can use immediately and expand over time without unnecessarily opening finished walls.
Planning technology before drywall helps reduce costly retrofits, protects the design of the finished home and makes it easier to coordinate devices, wiring and equipment with other trades. It also gives buyers the flexibility to choose the level of automation and technology that fits their lifestyle instead of limiting them to what can be added after construction.
GHT joins the project early and collaborates with the entire design-build team rather than treating technology as a separate layer. Our system designers and two in-house lighting designers can coordinate plans, renderings, CAD drawings and photometrics around the architecture, while a dedicated Project Manager helps carry the technology scope through installation and turnover.
A comprehensive pre-wire often supports:
- Structured networking and Wi-Fi infrastructure
- Distributed audio and video systems
- Security, surveillance, and access control
- Lighting control and keypad wiring
- Motorized shades and window treatments
- Future expansion points for additional technologies
- Home automation and climate control
Every plan is tailored to the home, its design and the homeowner's priorities.
Smart home pre-wiring primarily addresses the low-voltage infrastructure needed for networking, AV, security, automation and other connected technologies, while electrical work provides the high-voltage power those systems and the rest of the home require. GHT understands both sides of that coordination, allowing our technology team to plan power requirements and wiring pathways early with the construction team rather than solving conflicts after walls are closed.
The goal is not to fill a home with technology. It is to make the home easier and more enjoyable to live in. A well-designed system lets homeowners control lighting, shades, climate, entertainment and security through simple interfaces and personalized scenes while much of the underlying technology remains out of sight.
Lighting and shading should be considered alongside the architecture from the beginning. GHT has two dedicated lighting designers who collaborate with architects, builders and designers on layouts, renderings, CAD drawings and photometrics. GHT can then carry that vision through fixtures, lighting control and motorized shades for a more coordinated finished result.
We identify entertainment areas during the design phase and coordinate speaker locations, displays, equipment, wiring and concealment strategies before construction progresses too far. This allows audio and video to feel integrated into the architecture while giving homeowners easy access to entertainment throughout the home.
Solutions may include indoor and outdoor cameras, alarms, access control, gate integration, smart locks and remote monitoring. These features can be incorporated into the broader home automation experience so homeowners can check their property and manage access from intuitive interfaces at home or remotely.
GHT combines decades of experience with a structured handoff and service process. A dedicated Project Manager oversees the technology scope, and a service team member participates in the final turnover to learn the home's unique details from the beginning. Detailed documentation, clean installations and long-term employee retention help ensure clients continue working with people who understand their homes rather than starting over with a new technician every time they need help.
GHT has served clients since 1989 and has completed approximately 25,000 installations with roughly 90 certified technicians and more than 80 branded service vehicles. Current industry recognition includes World's Largest Control4 Dealer, Lutron Sapphire Dealer, CE Pro 100 recognition and placement among the Top 5 growth firms nationally.
Yes. GHT supports the design-build community through CEDIA education, Lunch & Learns, manufacturer education and custom training opportunities. The goal is to help builders, architects and designers understand new technologies early enough to incorporate them thoughtfully into their projects rather than having to accommodate them later.
Start with a free, no-obligation conversation about your upcoming projects and the way your firm works. GHT can review plans, identify infrastructure and design considerations, develop a technology approach appropriate for your buyers and remain involved from early planning through installation, turnover and long-term homeowner service.