Smart Cottages Muskoka

Arrive to a cottage
that is already awake.

Heat, light, locks and cameras that respond before you turn down the driveway. Installed across Muskoka.

Call 705-205-0303 Sketch a package
Relight the cottage
  • Free estimatesOn site, no obligation
  • Locally ownedBased in Muskoka
  • Cottages and rentalsBoth, done properly

The drive up.

Four moments between the city and the dock. The cottage handles each one before you get there.

Friday, 4:10 Leaving the city

The cottage has been holding at eight degrees since Sunday.

Sensors under the sinks and at the water heater have been quiet all week. If they were not, you would already know.

6:20 Off the highway

Forty minutes out, the heat starts climbing.

The thermostat knows the drive. It does not wait for you to remember it.

6:58 The driveway

Path and dock lights come on as you turn in.

The driveway camera has already seen the car. The porch is lit. The dock is lit. Nobody touched a switch.

7:00 The door

Your code. Warm inside. Nothing left to do but unpack.

The same lock gives the cleaner a Tuesday code and a guest a weekend one, and forgets both when they are done.

A lakeside cottage glowing warmly at dusk, reflected in still water

The lake does not change. The cottage learns.

What we install

Eight systems. One quiet cottage.

Hover a card, or tap one, to see what each system does at a cottage in particular.

Smart locks

Keyless entry

Smart locks

Codes that exist only for the booking, the cleaner, or the contractor, and expire on their own. No key under the mat.

  • Keypad
  • Fingerprint
  • App
  • Auto lock
A small white security camera on an interior ceiling

Cameras

Monitoring

Cameras

Driveway, dock and entry. Never inside a rental. A video doorbell that shows you who is there from wherever you are.

  • Driveway
  • Dock
  • Doorbell
Low sun through window blinds beside a plant

Lighting and shades

Scenes

Lighting and shades

Indoor, outdoor and dock lighting with motorised blinds, on a schedule, on motion, or on one goodnight button.

  • Dock
  • Path
  • Blinds
  • Scenes

Thermostats

Heat and frost

Thermostats

Warm before you arrive, frost safe the moment you leave. Baseboard, forced air and most propane systems.

  • Remote
  • Frost mode
  • Schedules
A laundry room with a washer, dryer and utility sink

Leak sensors

Water

Leak sensors

Under sinks, behind the washer, at the water heater and the pump. A phone alert the moment it starts, not when the floor is soaked.

  • Sinks
  • Heater
  • Pump
  • Shut off

TV and home theatre

One remote

TV and home theatre

Mounted with the cables inside the wall, streaming set up, one remote for the room. Projector and screen for the rec room if you want it.

  • Mounting
  • Hidden cables
  • One remote
  • Projector
A small smart speaker on a bright shelf

Audio

Inside and out

Whole cottage audio

Speakers wired through the attic or crawlspace, inside and on the deck. Group rooms, cap the volume for the kids.

  • Deck
  • Kitchen
  • Grouping

WiFi

Whole property

WiFi and networking

Mesh that reaches the bunkie, the boathouse and the dock, through thick walls and metal roofs. The thing everything else depends on.

  • Mesh
  • Outbuildings
  • Cabling

Every device reports to one place.

Locks, sensors, lights and cameras talk to a single hub. The hub talks to your phone. That is the whole architecture.

LOCK CAMERA LIGHTS HEAT LEAK WIFI HUB YOUR PHONE

One app, not eight.

Every system we install lands in the same place on your phone. No juggling.

Works when the internet does not.

Schedules, scenes and the frost setting run on the hub itself.

Yours, not rented.

We tell you which products expect a monthly fee before you buy, and steer you away where we can.

Two builds we install most.

Named so you can point at one. Every cottage is different, but most start close to one of these.

A modern glass fronted cottage glowing warmly at dusk

Family cottage

The Weekender

Summer weekends and a few weeks in winter. The cottage keeps itself safe between visits and warm for the next one.

  • Thermostat with frost mode
  • Leak sensors, sinks and heater
  • Dock and path lighting, sunset schedule
  • Door sensor with alerts
  • Smart lock for family and cleaner
  • Mesh WiFi to the bunkie
Usually one visitStart from this build
A covered cottage deck with a dining table, lit by low evening sun

Short term rental

The Host

Guests at four, out by eleven. Codes that only work for the booking, and a place that resets itself between stays.

  • Lock with per booking codes
  • Driveway and entry cameras, never inside
  • Temperature and lights reset between stays
  • Guest tablet with WiFi and house rules
  • Noise and entry alerts to you
  • Live status from anywhere
One to two visitsStart from this build
Configure

Sketch your package.

Three questions. What comes out is a scope, not a quote. The number gets set on site, once we have seen the walls.

  1. Property
  2. Systems
  3. Package

What is the property?

We suggest a starting set of systems for each.

Which systems?

We have pre selected what usually makes sense. Add or remove freely.

Your sketch,

Complete

    What happens next

    Send this through and we come out to look at the property. The estimate is free and there is no obligation.

    1. Site visit, usually within the week
    2. A written plan with the products named
    3. Install, most builds in a day
    4. Walkthrough on your phone before we leave

    How it goes.

    Four steps. You are involved in the first and the last.

    1. 01

      Site visit

      We walk the property with you, look at the panel, the walls, the outbuildings and where the signal dies.

    2. 02

      Plan

      A written scope with every product named, what it needs a subscription for, and what it does not.

    3. 03

      Install

      Cabling run cleanly, gear mounted, everything paired to one hub and one app. Most builds are a day.

    4. 04

      Walkthrough

      Before we leave, you run every scene from your own phone. If something needs a call in July, you call us.

    What owners say.

    • “Could not be happier with the smart home installation at our cottage. The process was easy, and it gives us peace of mind while we are away.”

      Dave ReddingtonCottage owner

    • “We had our Airbnb outfitted with a smart home installation. I can give guests new codes, and make sure the lights and water go off when they leave.”

      Amelia BanksShort term rental host

    • “Now we can control our thermostat, lighting and locks from our phones. I no longer have to ask myself if I turned off the lights. Plus I am saving money.”

      Kenny StutesHomeowner

    Swipe for more

    Across Muskoka.

    Free on site estimates from Gravenhurst to Huntsville, and the lakes between.

    • Bracebridge
    • Gravenhurst
    • Huntsville
    • Port Carling
    • Bala
    • Muskoka Lakes
    • Lake of Bays

    Building or managing, not just owning?

    We work alongside builders, designers and rental managers.

    How that works
    Get in touch

    Tell us about the cottage.

    Where it is, what you would like done, and a good time to call. We reply personally.

    This opens your email app with the details filled in, addressed to muskokasmartcottages@gmail.com. Prefer to talk? Call 705-205-0303.