I recently had Forrest (owner/partner at Synaptic Homes) come out to help solve a couple of challenges I had at my home. The first was making sure our garage door is shut when it's supposed to be. So often, I or my husband would leave the house in a rush and forget to close the garage door - or it would start to close then reopen and we wouldn't notice. A couple of times it was open the entire day and we only found out when we got home in the evening (thankfully, we are in a safe neighborhood and nothing went missing!). Forrest's team installed a simple device that connected our garage door opener to our smart-home hub, set up a couple of rules and now the door will automatically open when either of us approaches the house, automatically closes when we leave and alerts us if it could not close for some reason or if it remains open longer 5 minutes if we are home and no motion is detected in the garage. Great! The other concern I had was they one of us would sometimes forget that we had food cooking on the stove and end up with burned pots, a kitchen full of smoke and the smoke alarm going crazy. The Synaptic Homes team installed a device on our old (electric) stove to detect if it was on (or if the oven was on), set up different timings for each and somehow tied that into the motion sensor on the smart wall-switch they installed in our kitchen. Now, if the stove is on and there is no one in the kitchen for more than 5 minutes (we can easily change that setting in the app) or if the oven is on and there is no one in the kitchen for more than 30 minutes (we can change that time too), we get a text alert on our phones. If there is still no motion detected in the kitchen in the next 2 minutes, the entire stove is shut off and we get another alert on our phones. I survived a house fire many years ago - this added safety is SUCH a relief in our very busy, chaotic house! Next week, Forrest's team is installing smart wall switches in the rest of our house and will set up rules to turn all the lights on in the house if a smoke alarm goes off between sunset and sunrise so we can see how to get out if there is really a fire. They say that we'll also be able to set rules to turn lights on and off at random to make it look like someone is at home even when we are away on vacation. I know I'll sleep better when it's all done! The Synaptic Homes team is super-knowledgeable and gave lots of options to bring safety, comfort and convenience to our home (which is getting smarter every time they visit). read more

Just had Forrest come over and install my new Nest doorbell. He made it easy through text to make appointment. Great friendly and professional service! AND....he followed up to see how doorbell was working out!! Who does that?! This guy! We'll have him back again for more home automation in the future! Thanks Forrest! read more

The team at Synaptic Homes is great! I initially called to get a quote on a couple of smart WiFi cameras so I can keep an eye on my place when I am traveling. They came out the next day, sat down with me and started by identifying what my real objectives and priorities were (short- and long-term), what my kind of budget I wanted to stay within and assessing the property for potential vulnerabilities. I got a report back two days later detailing several options to consider, with emphasis on getting the right infrastructure in place first, then adding components over time (as I am on a bit of a tight budget). They explained the pros and cons of cloud-based camera solutions vs a local solution, network security concerns, options in case of power outages and how each approach can be integrated with my other smart-home devices like my August smart door lock - and how they can all be controlled through Alexa. They also provided a bunch of links to articles showing how having video alarm systems and other smart-home tech can reduce home insurance premiums and increase the resale value of my home (which was probably a bit self-serving, but still valuable to me). A week later, they installed 6 cameras (wired with network cables, as I live in a town-house complex and they explained the performance issues WiFi cameras can experience and/or cause). The cabling is super-concealed, neat and tidy. They even hid the ugly cluster of wires around my TV and sound system. They were super efficient and set up different rules that automatically shut off the 2 internal cameras whenever I am home and switch them back on whenever I leave - awesome! They'll be back again soon to install smart switches in my walls to control my lighting - can't wait! I'd recommend these guys anytime. read more

This company is amazing!! Forrest Holleman (The Owner) and his team turned my ordinary house into an exciting "smart home" literally overnight and best of all he made the process simple, effective and a breeze! In my endeavors to find the right company to do the installation I found many competitors either unresponsive, unprofessional and downright overpriced. However, I found the complete opposite when I called Synaptic Homes. Forrest was professional, intelligent, on time for the job, made me feel confident from the get-go that he was the right guy to install my Nest Products (which included Security Cameras, Video Doorbell, Thermostat, Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm and Door Locks) and best of all his prices were the most reasonable of all the companies I interviewed. Look at all the neat things I can do now that my house is a "smart home". 1) With the Nest Security Camera's, I can see my house inside and out from my iPhone while I'm at work or on vacation. It even saves the videos on the cloud for up to 30 days so I can review the clips later. 2) With the Nest Video Doorbell, I can see who's at my door (neighbors, friends, housekeeper, my kids coming home from school or someone delivering a package) 3) With the Nest Thermostat, I can change the Temperature inside the house from my bed or even away on vacation all from my iPhone. 4) With the Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm, I now know my family is safe if I am home or away. I even feel safer when my kids are cooking at home alone because I know my Nest Smoke Alarm will notify me if something is wrong. 5) With the Nest Door Locks we no longer need keys to enter the house, (THAT IS HUGE)!! In addition, the doors lock behind us automatically when we enter or leave the house. My wife loves that the house keepers now have their own password to enter the house without giving them a key and Forrest even programmed the lock so that the house keepers can only enter the house on Wednesdays from 10 am to 3 pm (isn't that cool)? Clearly, I'm a BIG fan of my new "smart home" and I owe it all to Forrest w/Synaptic Homes who took the pain out of "me" installing the Nest Products myself (which might have taken me months if not years to have accomplished if I attempted to tackle the project alone) Thank you Forrest!!! You made the process Turn-Key PS Don't be surprised if you hear from me again soon to install the lighting in my garage and surround sound in my family room!!! read more