Home Cinema and Smart Home Installation in Minchinhampton

Hidden Home Technology designs and installs home cinemas and smart home systems for houses in Minchinhampton and the villages around it. We have worked in and around Minchinhampton and Amberley since 2017, and the family home described below is one we wired and fitted out in the town itself.

Our founder Dan has designed and installed home technology since 2001 and the company has traded from Bath since 2004. We are a CEDIA member (A-356536). Since 2021 our installations have won four of URC’s Unsurpassed awards for Best International Installation, including Gold in 2025.

A family home in Minchinhampton

The work was planned around the family’s move. Before they moved in we pre-wired the whole house for a smart home and installed the essentials they needed, which left cable in place for anything they decide to add later.

Everything in the house relies on the network. A rack holds a Luxul router and a Luxul switch made for audio and video, and Ruckus access points carry Wi-Fi through the whole house. The annex has its own switch and access point.

The main media room has Sonus faber speakers and a Loewe TV on a Future Automation bracket, and the room is run by a URC control system. The second room is a relaxed media room and den, with a Sony TV on another Future Automation bracket and a Bluesound soundbar.

At the gate a DoorBird video intercom sends video of the caller to the family’s phones.

What we do for homes in and around Minchinhampton

Home cinemas and media rooms

A dedicated cinema is designed as a room first. Seating and screen size are settled alongside the speaker positions, and the acoustic treatment is built into the finishes. A media room suits a room that has to keep its everyday life, as the den in this house does. Our page on home cinema design and installation explains how a project runs, and our home cinema in a Cotswold period house shows a cinema inside an old building where the rest of the technology stays out of sight.

Hi-fi and listening rooms

We are a hi-fi dealer as well as an installer, so a system can be chosen by ear and then set up properly in the room where it will live. For a dedicated listening room we design the acoustics and the lighting together with the system.

Smart home and lighting

Lighting control is where most whole-house systems begin, with scenes in place of rows of switches. Blinds and heating can join the same system when the house is ready for them. For new builds and major renovations, our page on whole-home smart home design covers what a complete system includes and how we plan it with your architect.

Networks and Wi-Fi

Every system on this page depends on the network, which is why the house in Minchinhampton has its own rack and professional access points. Old stone walls are thick and weaken Wi-Fi, so we decide where each access point goes from the layout of the house.

Gate entry and intercom

Video intercoms such as DoorBird let you see and speak to a caller from your phone. They can work on their own or as part of a wider control system.

Around Minchinhampton

We also work in Stroud, Nailsworth, Amberley, Avening and Tetbury. For the wider area, see home cinema, hi-fi and smart home installation in the Cotswolds.

Hearing a system first

A system is best judged by ear. Auditions in our listening room in Bath are arranged by appointment, and the room is fully acoustically treated, so what you hear is the system. If it is easier, we come to you in Minchinhampton to see the house and talk it through.

Frequently asked questions

Do you cover Minchinhampton from Bath?

Yes. Minchinhampton is a straightforward drive up the A46 from Bath, and we have worked in and around the town since 2017.

Is it worth pre-wiring a house we are renovating?

Yes, if a smart home is likely later. Cable is far easier to run while the building work is under way than once the rooms are finished, and pre-wiring is what we did in the Minchinhampton house above.

Can you use equipment we already own?

Often, yes. For our garden-room cinema in Gloucester the client supplied the speakers and electronics they already loved, and we designed the room around them.

Talk to us about your Minchinhampton home

Tell us about the house and what you would like it to do, whether that is one room or all of it. Get in touch to arrange an initial consultation.