When it Comes to Smart Home Technology Options, More is Better
14 June 2017 - 12:00AM
The future of home automation is here, and for buyers of Toll
Brothers homes, it’s on the menu. The national luxury home builder
began offering home security monitoring services more than 20 years
ago through its ancillary business, Westminster Security. Today,
Westminster Security has expanded its offerings with innovative
products and services related to home automation, and recently
changed its name to TBI Smart Home Solutions. “While the name
change for us is new, we’ve been in this space for many years and
think we have created something no other builder can match,”
explains Felicia Ratka, president of TBI Smart Home Solutions.
Still providing home security monitoring for more than 7,000 Toll
Brothers homeowners nationally, TBI Smart Home Solutions has seen a
steady rise in the desire for smart home control. In response, Toll
Brothers built home automation into the process of choosing options
for the home. TBI Smart Home Solutions provides each buyer with the
opportunity to consult with one of its low-voltage contractors at
either a Toll Brothers Design Studio, or in a model home in their
community of choice. Buyers are given a selection of home
technology options available for their home to begin making the
technology choices that will positively impact life in their home.
“The expansion of our platform of services has allowed Toll
Brothers to become the first national home builder to offer this
level of smart home products in all of our communities,” says
Ratka. “And with more than two decades of experience in home
control and automation, we have a strong understanding of what it
takes to prepare a home, coordinate installation of systems, and
most importantly, expertly execute setup of these systems.”With a
goal to deliver a “smart home” that meets the needs of each buyer,
TBI Smart Home Solutions offers choices ranging from a home
security system—which Toll Brothers homeowners receive for free
with the purchase of a monitoring agreement—to smart home systems
which allow the buyer to control security, lighting, room
temperature, locks, and more, through their web-enabled device. All
systems have the ability to integrate voice control through both
Amazon’s Echo speakers with Alexa and with Google Home Devices.Much
like the Toll Brothers approach to home building, the TBI Smart
Home Solutions approach to building a home automation system is
about offering buyers choice. With two platforms to choose from
(Alarm.com and Control4), Toll Brothers home buyers can make
selections that meet their smart home goals, and their budget.
“Smart home control is such a highly personalized thing,” states
Ratka. “What matters to me in home control might not matter
to someone else. Offering a solution to fit each buyer’s demands is
not easy on a national scale. We are proud we have been able to
accomplish that.”If a buyer is uncertain about their preferences,
they can demo almost all of the solutions at one of the Toll
Brothers Design Studios or in the model home in their community of
choice. With specialties including security and video, comfort and
energy savings, and audio and video for entertainment, Toll
Brothers provides buyers with the expertise they need to get what
they want. Ratka explains, “True home automation innovation in home
building requires a ton of research to find the right selection of
products and services which can be leveraged across all home types,
in all communities, and will meet the buyer’s wants and needs, not
just today, but also five years from now. Plus, it needs to be
easy, which is probably the hardest part about offering home
technology.”Home control solutions are offered to buyers in all
single-family, estate, and carriage collections, as well as
townhome communities. An award-winning Fortune 500 company
founded in 1967, Toll Brothers embraces an unwavering commitment to
quality and customer service. Toll Brothers is currently building
in 20 states nationwide and is a publicly owned company whose stock
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TOL). For three
years in a row, Toll Brothers has been ranked the #1 Home Builder
Worldwide on the FORTUNE Magazine “World’s Most Admired Companies®”
list. The company was also honored as national Builder of the
Year by BUILDER magazine, and was twice named national Builder of
the Year by Professional Builder magazine.
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Cheryl Spais
Toll Brothers, Inc.
215-938-8221
cspais@tollbrothers.com
Kira Sterling
Toll Brothers, Inc.
215-938-8220
ksterling@tollbrothers.com
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