Tasmania is the smallest State in Australia and, as such, it is largely overlooked by custom installers – if not by the rest of the country.
However, as the location of Australia’s first legal casino, oldest brewery and first telephone call, Tasmania has always been a trailblazer of sorts.
The home automation industry is still finding its feet, but a handful of installers – including John Dennison Electrical – are paving the way for high-end automation on the ‘island of inspiration’.
When Paul and Denise Sutcliffe bought a waterfront block of land in Otago Bay, they turned to John Dennison and his team to carry out the electrical work on their planned residence.
John, who has nearly 30 years’ experience in the industry and has won a NECA award for his work on the Myer Hobart refurbishment, had worked with the Sutcliffes on their other home about three years earlier. John says the couple couldn’t have been happier with the results.
“Paul and Denise were really happy with the work we did last time and decided to give us a bit of free rein on the new house.”
Construction started in July 2005, and the three-storey property took about 20 months to complete. The extensive electrical work, which included Clipsal C-Bus products, took John and his team nearly 1,200 man/hours.
The 110m² home features a swimming pool, gymnasium, bar/entertaining area and courtyard. Upstairs is the formal dining area and kitchen as well as kids’ quarters, including their own rumpus and TV room. Then there is the parents’ retreat with a walk-in robe, ensuite and home office.
Clipsal C-Bus was used for all lighting control, with three monochrome touch screens installed around the home. The Sutcliffes report that the touch screens and C-Bus switches with dynamic labelling technology (DLT) are a great help in identifying the lights.
“The ability to program scenes, and ‘all on’ and ‘all off’ functions are also great, because Paul was concerned with the kids leaving lights on around the house,” John says.
