Texas residences are large in a way few other regions are. Ranch typology and metropolitan estate share the same client base, the same climate extremes, and the same expectation that the system will quietly absorb both. Long axes and deep porches; subsystems that have to coordinate across distances most platforms were not designed to span; HVAC loads that earn a serious DDC layer.
We programme for that. Custom Crestron written for the scale of the residence, not configured down to fit a template. Native BACnet IP for the climate plant. Lutron tied into the scene engine for shading and lighting. The same senior engineer attached to the residence from first commissioning through every refinement that follows.
Three things, consistently — whether the residence is a Hill Country property, a metropolitan estate, or a Gulf Coast house.
One named programmer attached to the residence for the life of the system. The same person writes the lighting scenes, the touchpanel layout, and the climate logic — and returns when the household’s pattern changes.
No middleware abstraction. Crestron written natively on SIMPL / SIMPL# / C# or CH5; Lutron HomeWorks written natively on its own toolchain; the two systems tied together at the scene engine, not at a translation layer.
Handover happens in person, on the residence. Refinement visits over the life of the system happen in person, on the residence. Remote support exists; it does not replace the engineer arriving with the household.
We have completed residences in Texas in service. The residences are held in confidence. The senior engineer of record remains the household’s point of contact for refinement, expansion, and the long relationship that follows handover.
For households deciding between Crestron Home and a fully custom system, we design and manage on both platforms — the framework we use is published.