Spotlight

Felix and Janet Guillen of Compass Home Innovations

BEFORE: Original distressed property

AFTER: Brand new 2-unit smart home

New Homes Shine with Smart Tech

Customers: Felix and Janet Guillen, Owners of Compass Home Innovations (real estate services)

Problem: Felix and Janet Guillen had purchased a distressed property in Napa, California. They wanted to build a two-unit smart home filled with modern features. See the "Before" photo!

Solution: AvidWorks Technology was thrilled to be selected to install smart technology in these two brand new homes. We coordinated with Felix to plan the project and time the installation to take place just as soon as the necessary infrastructure was in place. AvidWorks installed smart:

Video doorbells
Door locks
Lighting control systems, and a smart
Sprinkler controller

The homes also have smart thermostats, a garage door controller, range/oven, and even a smart refrigerator. The new homeowners will enjoy the security, cost savings, and convenience of having a plethora of smart devices already installed in their new homes. See photos below!

Located at 2830 Sacramento Street in Napa, this property is for sale now! Click here for more information about purchasing the homes.

In their own words:
"Everybody’s leaning toward smart homes these days. It's the thing!"

What smart technology the Guillen’s plan to install in the next home they build: “We’re gonna do it all! You guys [Avidworks] are gonna do it all and we’re gonna go the whole nine yards.”

Contact: For details about the installation of smart devices in your home or office, send email to [email protected] or call (800) 701-9021.

Check out photos of smart home devices installed in both the main house and the mother-in-law suite. (Click to enlarge photos.)

See more photos of these new homes. (Click to enlarge photos.)

Mandi Egli, Owner, Snap Fitness Walnut Creek

Camera #2

Snap Fitness Gym

Customer: Mandi Egli, Owner of Snap Fitness Walnut Creek

Problem: The cameras previously installed in the gym had very poor resolution, her network video recorder software was not user friendly, and she had to drive all the way to the gym to see the video footage on a monitor there.

Solution: AvidWorks Technology installed 5 Nest Cam IQ Indoor high resolution cameras for Mandi. We selected camera locations that would provide the best possible views of the gym while working with the existing infrastructure. Our technician, Will Gates, performed the installation work between the hours of 12:00 am and 5:00 am to minimize the disruption to Mandi's business.

Now, for the first time in the 11 years she's been in business, Mandi can keep an eye on things in her gym remotely from her smartphone. She can also communicate with gym members through the camera microphones and speakers if desired. The Nest app is much easier to use than her previous network video recorder software. And, by subscribing to Nest Aware, she has facial recognition and video look back features as well.

Mandi can even go a step further and put a live feed from her Nest cameras online. She can use it both as a marketing tool and to enable members to check the website to see whether the gym is crowded or not.

In her own words: “The Nest cameras at my house are great, so it just made sense to get them…I plan on recommending them to other gym owners.”

“I met Will and I looked up the [AvidWorks] website and thought he could help me do all of this, and so we just went from there…He’s a friendly person and I felt comfortable working with him.”

“You guys were great. I’d definitely recommend you to anyone.”

Contact: For details about installing cameras or other smart home devices, send email to [email protected] or call (800) 701-9021.