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Smart home + AV for builders and Cheshire new-build developers

Sonor partners with high-end residential builders and new-build developers across Cheshire, the Wirral and North Wales — delivering smart home, lighting, cinema and AV as a coordinated first-fix package that lifts the spec of the home and the sale price.

The smart-home spec that sells homes

Modern luxury buyers expect smart home integration as standard — but few builders want to manage 4 separate AV / lighting / network / security trades, hold the risk on calibration, and field the support calls after handover. We solve that. Sonor takes the whole smart-home, AV, cinema, lighting and network scope as one package, coordinates with your first-fix electricians and M&E, hands over directly to the buyer, and owns the aftercare relationship from then on.

That means: cleaner first-fix coordination, a fixed-price scope you can quote into the sale price, no orphaned handover snagging, and a finished home that buyers fall in love with at viewings. It also means a sales-spec upgrade option you can offer at exchange — turning the AV/automation scope into a margin lever instead of a cost line.

How a Sonor build-spec usually works

Design at planning stage

We attend a design meeting at planning / scheme stage. Smart home, lighting and AV scope is defined for the site, costed at three levels (standard / upgraded / premium), and baked into your build pack.

First-fix coordination

Cable routes, back-boxes, riser positions, network cabinet, AV plant locations — coordinated with your electricians and M&E so first-fix flows cleanly with no last-minute holes.

Standard, upgraded, premium tiers

Three smart-home spec levels you can offer buyers as part of the sale. Lifts perceived spec without locking you into bespoke costs.

Showhome standard

For your showhome we install the premium tier — lighting scenes that demo at every viewing, integrated cinema in the master suite, multiroom audio throughout. The single biggest emotional driver at viewing.

Buyer upgrade path

At exchange we can offer the buyer a paid upgrade from standard to premium tier — taking marginal cost and turning it into add-on revenue for you.

Aftercare independent of you

Post-handover, the buyer is a Sonor support customer, not a builder support call. Your snagging team gets their evenings back.

What we install on developer projects

Why developers work with Sonor

Where we work

Developer + builder projects across Chester, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Prestbury, Tarporley, Nantwich, Sandbach, Heswall, Caldy, West Kirby, Hoylake, Llandudno, Conwy, Abersoch and surrounding areas. For larger schemes we travel further — Liverpool, Manchester, mid-Wales.

Start a conversation

If you've got a Cheshire residential development on the boards — single luxury new build or a multi-unit scheme — we'd love to come in at planning stage and price the smart-home spec for you. Email projects@sonor.co.uk with the site address, plot count and target completion, and we'll come back within the day. See also our design partners network.