Black Lion Group
Automation
From the ground up and beyond
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A Black Lion Group company
Fully integrated Control4 smart homes for luxury residences — designed, installed, maintained and supported entirely in-house, from a brand-new build to an upgrade of the home you already love.
Operating from Pretoria with active expansion into the United States, we fit out luxury developments and private residences with full home-automation systems to one signature standard.
We predominantly build on Control4 and hold direct dealer agreements with the world's leading brands. Every system is designed, installed and supported by our own team — never sub-contracted — so the people who design your home are the people who keep it running.
Whether you're building from scratch, upgrading an existing home, or just need something put right, we cover the whole life of the system.
Full design and installation for new builds and major renovations — first-fix pre-wire, second-fix during finishing, then commissioning and a move-in-ready handover.
Extending or modernising an existing home — adding rooms and systems over time, upgrading older Control4 and other platforms, and retrofitting into finished homes with minimal disruption.
Proactive care that keeps everything running — scheduled health checks, software and firmware updates and annual service, so small issues never become big ones.
When something needs attention we respond fast — remote diagnostics, on-site fault-finding and repairs, and taking over and rescuing systems installed by someone else.
A complete smart home is the disciplined integration of every sub-system into one daily experience. Here is what we bring together.
Dedicated theatres and multi-use media rooms — 4K laser or reference projection, motorised screens, acoustic treatment and immersive Dolby Atmos surround — the whole room on a single 'Movie' touch.
Multi-room, multi-zone music throughout the home and outdoors, from discreet in-ceiling and in-wall speakers to the patio and pool — each space with its own source and volume, all from one app.
One central library of sources — streaming, satellite, Apple TV, security cameras — sent to any television over an HDMI matrix or TV-over-IP, with hidden and motorised TVs where you want the screen to disappear.
Run every system from one app, elegant keypads, in-wall touchscreens and voice — with scenes for morning, away, entertaining, movie night and goodnight that set everything at once.
Architectural dimming, tunable circadian white, designer keypads, motorised blinds and blackout shades, daylight harvesting and landscape lighting — scheduled to the time of day and the way you live.
Integration of air-conditioning and HVAC, smart thermostats and zoning, underfloor heating, ceiling fans and pool heating — scheduled, app-controlled and tied into your scenes so every room is right before you walk in.
IP CCTV with cloud and on-site recording, alarm integration, door and motion sensors, and instant alerts and live views on your phone, wherever you are.
Video doorbells, electric gate automation, smart locks, biometric entry and room-to-room or gate intercom — see and speak to whoever's at the door from anywhere.
The invisible backbone everything depends on — enterprise-grade Wi-Fi, structured cabling and a resilient network, designed for whole-home coverage and managed and monitored remotely.
Solar PV, hybrid inverters and lithium battery backup with energy monitoring and load management — keeping the home and every system running, on or off the grid.
Scenes are not features — they are the moments of a daily life, automated.
Shades part at the hour you set. Kitchen lights warm. The coffee machine pre-heats. The morning news plays softly in the background.
The driveway sensor reads your arrival, the gate and garage open, the hallway lights wake, climate steps up and your music resumes.
One button. Shades fall, lights dim to amber, the screen descends and surround engages — the lounge becomes a cinema in under thirty seconds.
The house steps down with you — lights fade by floor, doors lock, the alarm arms and bedside lamps hold their glow until you're ready.
From the first site walk to the system's tenth year, the same team designs, installs and supports every project.
An on-site walk-through, understanding the home, the household and the way it will be used — before any equipment is specified.
System architecture, equipment selection and infrastructure drawings, delivered with an itemised proposal ready for sign-off.
Pre-wire, second-fix and commissioning, all carried out by our in-house team — never handed to a sub-contractor.
Ongoing maintenance, updates and remote aftercare for the life of the system — the system we commission is the system we keep running.
Authorised dealers across more than fifty premium brands — so every choice is the right one for the project, not the one we're forced into.
…and more than forty more across audio, video, lighting, climate, networking and security.
The best automation is the kind nobody sees being installed. We join at the design stage, work from your drawings, and coordinate with every trade so the technology is built into the home — not added to it afterwards.
Containment and infrastructure drawings issued early and kept current as the design evolves.
A pre-wire schedule mapped to your first-fix programme, with cable, data and power loads specified before the walls close.
A single, clean set of as-built drawings at handover.
We coordinate directly with the electrical, joinery and ceiling trades, pre-wiring during first fix and returning as the finishes go in.
Equipment is concealed, with no surface conduit or afterthought boxes.
From the first drawing to the final demonstration, one team carries the project, so there is never a question of whose responsibility the technology is.
If your question is more specific, get in touch and we'll answer directly.
On a greenfield build, six to eight weeks alongside the trades. On a finished home, two to four weeks depending on scope and access.
Yes. Most disciplines retrofit cleanly using wireless protocols or accessible ceiling voids — we do a complimentary site visit before quoting any retrofit.
Often, yes. We assess what's there, document it, fix what's failing and bring it under our care plan.
It's a proven, long-supported platform that ties every brand and sub-system into one consistent experience — and we maintain it for as long as you own the home.
New installs, upgrades, maintenance or a call-out — get in touch.
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