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Smart Homes Hamilton · Powered by 2E Electrical

A Smarter Home.
Without Starting Again.

Smart lighting, heating, hot water, blinds, gates, pools and energy monitoring, professionally installed by 2E Electrical.

Smart technology for new homes and clever retrofits for the home you already have.

Retrofit specialists/New build smart homes/Licensed electricians
Matte black architectural light switch on a concrete wall

The invisible layer

A Shelly module sits behind your existing switch.

Your home doesn't need to be new

Your home may already have everything we need.

Making your home smarter doesn't mean replacing everything. Depending on the job, compact Shelly modules can be installed behind existing switches, near equipment or in the switchboard.

Your switches can still work normally. You simply add useful features such as schedules, automation, remote control and energy monitoring.

Your lounge light can still have a normal wall switch. But now it could also:

  • · Turn on automatically at sunset
  • · Switch off when everyone leaves
  • · Be controlled remotely
  • · Form part of a "Goodnight" scene
  • · Work with other smart-home systems
See What We Can Retrofit

What can we make smart?

From one light switch to the whole house.

Seventeen areas of the home we can automate, each installed and configured by licensed electricians. Start with whichever matters most.

Smart Lighting

Existing switches, new lighting, dimming, schedules, scenes, sunset control and whole-home lighting automation.

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Smart Hot Water

Control when your hot water cylinder heats and coordinate it with household routines, electricity pricing or available solar.

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Smart Heating & Heat Pumps

Smarter scheduling and control of heating systems, heat pumps and compatible heating equipment.

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Energy Monitoring

Monitor whole-home consumption or individual circuits to understand where electricity is actually being used.

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Solar + Smart Home

Connect energy monitoring and automation with household solar to make better use of the electricity you generate.

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Pools & Spas

Automate pool pumps, filtration, heating, lighting and suitable associated equipment.

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Electric Blinds & Curtains

Automatic opening and closing based on time, sunrise, sunset or other automation rules.

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Garage Doors & Gates

Smart control and status monitoring for compatible garage doors and driveway or pedestrian gates.

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Outdoor Living

Deck and patio lighting, outdoor heaters and pumps on schedules and scenes.

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Bathrooms

Automate extractor fans, heated towel rails, lighting and suitable heating based on schedules, humidity or occupancy.

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Ventilation

Extractor fans and ventilation that run on humidity and schedules, not on forgotten switches.

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Appliances & Circuits

Automate individual appliances and circuits so gear runs only when it should.

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Irrigation & Gardens

Garden irrigation and pumps on schedules and weather-aware rules, not on memory.

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Security & Occupancy

Occupancy-aware lighting, realistic away modes and integration with compatible security systems.

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EV Charging

EV chargers on schedules, coordinated with solar, night rates and the rest of the house.

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Smart Home Retrofit

Your existing home made smart without a full rewire. Your normal switches stay exactly that.

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Architectural Homes & New Builds

Lighting, heating, blinds, energy monitoring, solar and EV charging designed in as one electrical system from day one.

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The technology we install

Why we use Shelly.

Shelly produces professional smart relays, energy meters, controllers and sensors that let electrical equipment be controlled and monitored intelligently. It's the technology we install and recommend, flexible enough to retrofit and serious enough for a new build.

Retrofit Friendly

Many Shelly devices work with your existing electrical installation, behind switches, near equipment or at the switchboard.

Keep Your Switches

Smart functionality doesn't have to mean replacing every familiar wall switch. The smart layer sits alongside normal control.

Start Small

Start with one problem and add more later. Your smart home can grow as you find more things worth automating.

Energy Monitoring

Selected Shelly equipment provides real-time power and energy information, circuit by circuit.

Local Automation

Suitable Shelly configurations can run automations locally, not only through cloud services.

Open & Flexible

Shelly integrates with major smart-home ecosystems and automation platforms.

More about Shelly

Smart Homes Hamilton is an independent installer of Shelly products and is not affiliated with or operated by Shelly.

Start with one annoying thing

You don't have to make the whole house smart.

Start with the thing that annoys you. Fix one problem first. Once the infrastructure is there, we can build from it.

Tell Us What Annoys You
  • 01The towel rail everyone forgets to turn off
  • 02The pool pump running longer than it needs to
  • 03The outside lights still on at 10am
  • 04Your hot water heating from the grid while solar power is being exported
  • 05Wondering whether you actually shut the garage door
  • 06The heat pump running in an empty room

Smart scenes

What automation feels like.

Less about the technology, more about the house quietly doing the right thing at the right time.

Good Morning

  • Blinds open
  • Selected lights come on
  • Towel rails switch off
  • Heating adjusts
  • The house gets ready with you
06:45 Sunrise

These are examples. Every installation is different, and we set scenes up around how you actually live.

Solar panels on a contemporary New Zealand architectural home

Solar + smart home

Make more of your own solar.

Generating solar electricity is one part of the equation. Smart control can shift suitable loads into the hours your panels are producing, so you run the house on your own generation instead of exporting it.

  • Hot water
  • Pool filtration
  • Pool heating
  • EV charging where supported
  • Selected appliances
  • Heating or cooling strategies

Energy monitoring

Know what's actually using the power.

See where your electricity is actually going. Depending on the installation, we can monitor circuits including:

  • Whole house
  • Hot water
  • Heat pump
  • Pool
  • EV charger
  • Kitchen loads
  • Workshop
  • Solar
  • Other significant circuits

Residential monitoring only. For advanced commercial and farm energy monitoring, see ESCOUT.

Architectural energy monitoring visualisation

Architectural homes & new builds

Build smart from the start.

Planning automation early lets lighting, heating, blinds, energy monitoring, solar and EV charging work together as part of the home's electrical design.

We work with homeowners, builders, architects and designers across Hamilton, Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

Plan a Smart Home
Interior of a contemporary New Zealand architectural new build

It still needs to work like a normal house

Smart when you want it.
Normal when you don't.

A visitor, grandparent, babysitter or child shouldn't need an app just to turn on a light. Where practical, we design systems so normal physical controls stay intuitive while automation runs quietly in the background. Technology should simplify the house, not make it harder to live in.

Integrations

Works with the platforms you already use.

We don't promise compatibility for every installation. We select appropriate equipment and integration based on your requirements. The systems below are commonly part of that.

Shelly Smart Control
Google Home
Amazon Alexa
Home Assistant
SmartThings
Homey

Plus other compatible platforms and protocols depending on hardware.

Professional installation

Smart home. Properly wired.

This isn't a DIY gadget store. Smart Homes Hamilton is powered by 2E Electrical, local Hamilton electricians with over 25 years' experience. Our team assesses your existing installation, selects appropriate smart controls, installs and configures the equipment, and shows you how to use it.

Licensed electricians

Electrical work

Professional, end to end

Installation

Hamilton, Cambridge & Te Awamutu

Service area

Architectural outdoor deck at twilightModern pool area at a New Zealand architectural home

Start the conversation

What would you like your home to do?

Tell us about your home and what you'd like to make smarter. We'll show you what's possible, with no obligation and no pressure.

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Tell us about your project

Which best describes your home?