Two stunning two-bed penthouse apartments at The Blakes Quay development in Reading the benefit from a full systems integration package designed and installed by London-based custom installer LINK Media Systems. The company specialises in high-end residential work and over the years has come to appreciate the benefits of working on such new build projects.
Each apartment’s custom install features full lighting control, a 5.1 home cinema system, multi room audio, automated blind control, and plasma screens in both the main bedrooms and bathroom. The system also has the flexibility to integrate security monitoring as well as pc networking and video servers.
All of which are simply controlled by the Crestron system. Audio and video distribution on the project is a full multi-source / multi-zone system with six sources, including DAB radio DVD, satellite TV and VCR - distributed to 7/8 zones/rooms with in-wall and in-ceiling speakers utilised throughout.
Sohan Perera from Link Media Systems explains: “The quality of kit from Crestron enables us to design and install a comprehensive home automation and entertainment system relatively quickly. Crestron offers us the most reliable and flexible system on the market today and backed up by their fantastic support programme, we hardly ever use anything else – it gives us everything our customers’ want – and more!”