Smart Home & Business Automation
Intelligent spaces.
We design and install premium automation systems that make your home and business respond to the way you live and work.
We C2 Automation
Preparing the house
A day, run by your home
The house starts your day.
Blinds ease up with the light. The bathroom is already warm. The kitchen radio comes on, quietly — the morning you'd set up for yourself, if you had the time.
Your home notices you've left.
One action at the door: lights off everywhere, heating down, alarm set, cameras on. No round-the-house checks. No "did I leave the…"
It's ready before you are.
The house sees you coming home. Warmth ahead of you, lights to evening levels, your music where you left it — the welcome, automated.
"Goodnight."
One word, or one tap. Doors locked, lights off room by room, heating trimmed, alarm on. The whole house, put to bed.
Lived-in, even when you're not.
Lights follow familiar patterns while you're away. Anything unusual comes straight to your phone — and you can check any room, from anywhere.
A day, run by your home
From first light
to last lock.
The house starts your day.
Blinds ease up with the light. The bathroom is already warm. The kitchen radio comes on, quietly — the morning you'd set up for yourself, if you had the time.
Your home notices you've left.
One action at the door: lights off everywhere, heating down, alarm set, cameras on. No round-the-house checks.
It's ready before you are.
The house sees you coming home. Warmth ahead of you, lights to evening levels, your music where you left it — the welcome, automated.
"Goodnight."
One word, or one tap. Doors locked, lights off room by room, heating trimmed, alarm on. The whole house, put to bed.
Lived-in, even when you're not.
Lights follow familiar patterns while you're away. Anything unusual comes straight to your phone — and you can check any room, from anywhere.
Your space should work for you — not the other way around. We build automation that just works — simple, reliable, and genuinely personal.
Light & climate
Light that knows the hour.
Scenes for morning, evening and everything in between — and warmth that's ready before you are.
- Scenes per room — bright for mornings, warm for evenings, low for films.
- Heating around your routines — every room at its right temperature, every season.
- Ready before you wake — the bathroom is warm before the alarm goes off.
Security & access
Locked, watched, calm.
Smart locks, cameras and presence detection that protect what matters — quietly.
- Locks and cameras in one place — every door and lens in a single view.
- Presence detection built in — the house knows arriving from leaving.
- Alerts that matter — the unusual reaches your phone. The routine doesn't.
Energy
See every watt.
Live monitoring, smarter schedules — and heating that only runs when it should.
- Live usage, room by room — where the money goes, as it goes.
- Waste, flagged — the heater somebody forgot about, found.
- Schedules that pay for themselves — heat and light follow your hours.
And more
The rest of the house? Also yes.
Audio & visual
Multi-room audio and one control for Apple TV, Sky and your streaming services — throughout your space.
Robotics
Autonomous robots for cleaning, garden maintenance and more — managed without lifting a finger.
Blinds & shading
Blinds that follow the sun — cooler summers, warmer winters, softer mornings.
Ownership
Yours. Entirely.
Most premium automation is rented from a platform. Ours belongs to you. Four deliberate choices make the difference.
No lock-in. No rent.
The system in your own home is locked to one vendor and one dealer — with platform licences to keep paying, and nowhere to go if the relationship sours.
We build on open technology. 1000s of integrations, no vendor lock-in, and no subscription to keep your own space working. You'll stay with us because you want to — never because you're trapped.
Private by design.
Cloud-first systems stop working when your internet does — and send what happens inside your home to someone else's servers.
Your system runs locally, in your building. It keeps working when the internet doesn't, and what happens at home stays at home.
A technology group behind it.
Smart-home installers usually come from the AV world — strong on speakers and screens, thinner on networks, systems and security.
We're part of the C2 Technology Group: an enterprise IT company, a software house, and our own private-cloud facility — 24 racks, redundant power and connectivity. Your automation is engineered with the discipline we bring to business IT every day.
Built and kept by the same people.
Sell, install, move on — then a support line that's never seen your house.
The team that designs your system installs it, and the people who install it look after it. We're part of an employee-owned group with no outside investors — been at it since 1996 — and we build systems we're happy to stand behind for decades.
Technology
Open. Powerful.
Future-proof.
We build on open-source technology — no vendor lock-in, no limitations. A platform that grows with you, adapts to your needs, and stays firmly under your control.
- 1000s of integrations — your devices work together, whatever the brand.
- One system, everything connected — lighting, heat, security, AV and energy as one considered whole.
- Yours to keep — open technology can't be discontinued out from under you.
Business automation
Buildings that run themselves.
From smart offices to hospitality venues — we automate commercial spaces to reduce costs, increase comfort, and keep things running properly.
- Meeting rooms that ready themselves — climate, screens and lighting set before the first booking.
- Opening and closing, without keys and checklists — one routine unlocks, lights and arms the building.
- Energy that follows your hours — heating and lighting on your schedule, not a wall switch someone forgot.
- Access, monitoring and energy in one system — not four subscriptions and four apps.
Our approach
Listen
We start with how you live and work — your routines, your space, what matters most. No assumptions, no templates.
Design
A system shaped around your space and your day. Nothing generic, nothing off the shelf — every scene, schedule and control chosen deliberately.
Build
Installed and configured by our own UK-based team, with every detail considered — from the wiring to the way a room greets you in the evening.
Support
Looked after by the same people who built it. A system that keeps working, and keeps up — as your home, your business and your life change.
Systems you're free to leave. Support that makes you stay.
Every system comes with the people who built it — UK-based, on hand, for as long as you want us.
What we do
Every detail,
considered.
From lighting that adapts to the time of day to climate systems built around your routines — we make spaces that just work, from the moment you walk in.
The best automation is the kind you stop noticing.
Questions
Asked, answered.
The things people sensibly want to know before putting technology in their home or business.
Almost certainly. We build on an open platform with thousands of integrations across brands — if it connects, we can usually automate it. Before any work starts, we'll confirm exactly what carries over, so nothing you already own goes to waste.
Your system runs locally, in your building — not in someone else's cloud. Scenes, schedules, heating, lighting and security all carry on working without an internet connection. Remote access returns when the connection does.
The best automation is the kind you stop noticing. We design your system around routines you already have, so the house does the right thing — if you never open the app, that means it's working. And there's always simple manual control for everything, too.
Yes. From smart offices to hospitality venues, we automate commercial spaces to reduce costs, increase comfort and keep things running properly. We're part of a technology group that works with business systems every day — commercial requirements are familiar ground.
Across the UK, from our base in Nottinghamshire.
Every system is bespoke, so there's no price list — the cost depends on your space and your ambitions. You can start small and grow the system room by room. The conversation costs nothing, and there's no obligation.
The C2 Technology Group
Part of something
bigger.
Three specialist companies — IT, software and automation — one shared standard. When your ambitions grow, the same group grows with you.
We C2 IT
IT support, Microsoft 365, cybersecurity, connectivity, and systems management. The backbone of the group.
We C2 Software
Bespoke development, system integrations, and workflow tools — built around how your business actually operates.
We C2 Automation
Smart home and business automation — control systems, security, lighting, heating, AV, energy and robotics.
Ready?
Let's build your intelligent space.
Every project starts with a conversation. Tell us what you're imagining — or just what's frustrating you — and we'll talk through what's possible. No pressure, no obligation.