Lighting & shading
Dimming, scenes and motorised blinds and curtains that follow the sun, the hour and the room's use.
Merlin Smart Home
Merlin Smart Home · Dubai
Your home, orchestrated.
Lighting, climate, shading, security, cinema and garden, designed as one system and programmed around the way your family lives. For villas, penthouses, apartments and entire communities.
KNX · Lutron · Control4No-rewire optionsOne app, every system1-year support
740+units automated by our delivery partner
40+brands, no lock-in
6systems, one interface
340villas in a single community rollout
Try it
Tap a moment. Watch the house respond.
Pick a scene, or tap any room to see what we automate there. This is how a Merlin home thinks: in moments, not menus.
Scene
19:30 Guests
Entrance, majlis and garden light up; music starts.
Rooms in this scene
Majlis · Living · Garden & pool · Gate & security · Kitchen
Tap a room in the villa for detail.
Why Merlin
We don't sell gadgets. We engineer systems.
Most smart homes fail on design and delivery, not on technology. That is the part we own.
A box of gadgets
- Starts from a product catalogue
- One app per device
- Whatever protocol the box supports
- Plugged in and left alone
- Obsolete when the brand moves on
A Merlin Smart Home
- Starts from your floor plan, routine and build stage
- One interface and one logic for the whole home
- Protocol chosen for your structure, scale and budget
- Drawn, installed and programmed by one accountable team
- Documented, serviced and upgradeable
What we integrate
Six systems. One home that behaves as one.
Climate
AC and VRF through dedicated gateways, room-by-room zoning and occupancy-aware setpoints.
Security & access
Video intercom, gate access, smart locks and cameras, tied into the home's scenes.
Audio-visual
Multi-room audio, home cinema and media rooms, run from the same interface.
Network & control
Touch panels, keypads and enterprise Wi-Fi: the backbone every other system depends on.
Energy & water
Leak detection, smart irrigation with soil and rain sensing, and pool and garden lighting on schedule.
9:41Villa · Emirates Hills
Good evening
32°C outside · 23°C insideOne app
Everything, from one place.
Keypads, touch panels, your phone and voice all run the same logic. Tap the tiles: this is the kind of interface we programme for your family.
Remote, anywhereOpen the gate for a delivery from your office, or check the cameras from a flight.
Alerts that matterA leak under the sink, a door left open, the AC running in an empty room.
Built for every memberSimple keypads for parents, full control for whoever wants it.
Protocol by brief
Tell us your project. We'll tell you the platform.
No distribution deal steers our advice. Tap your situation.
We typically specify
Wired KNX, Lutron HomeWorks, Control4
Because
Most robust and serviceable for decades
How we work
From brief to handover, one accountable team.
1
Consult
Site visit and a brief that fits your budget and build stage.
2
Design
Every device tagged and routed on your plans, with a scene list and itemised BOQ.
3
Integrate
Coordinated with MEP, joinery and fit-out. Never the critical path.
4
Supply
Hardware direct from 40+ manufacturers.
5
Install
Installed and custom-programmed by certified engineers.
6
Commission
Testing, tuning, training and handover documents. Then 1 year of support.
Every scale
From one penthouse to a 340-villa community.
7-bedroom villa · Emirates Hills
Wired KNX with Control4: full automation retrofit
Penthouses · Dubai Marina
Lutron HomeWorks with Control4 and Somfy
Apartments · Palm Jumeirah
Lutron wireless, installed without rewiring
340 villasWadi Al Safa · Zigbee mesh
329 apartmentsBusiness Bay · IP intercom
30 townhousesJVC · wired KNX
600+private villa deliveries
Merlin Smart Home projects are engineered and installed with our UAE integration partner. The projects shown are from their delivery record, with a 15-strong in-house team of engineers and field technicians.
Authorised integrator · Al-Futtaim ElectronicsAuthorised integrator · Jumbo ElectronicsLutron Pro installerKNX certifiedControl4 certified programmer
KNX · Control4 · Lutron · Crestron · Basalte · Schneider · Siemens · ABB · Jung · Aqara · Somfy · Sonos · Bang & Olufsen · Hikvision · Akuvox · Ubiquiti · Yale · Matter · Google Nest · ZennioKNX · Control4 · Lutron · Crestron · Basalte · Schneider · Siemens · ABB · Jung · Aqara · Somfy · Sonos · Bang & Olufsen · Hikvision · Akuvox · Ubiquiti · Yale · Matter · Google Nest · Zennio
Questions
Good to know.
Do I need to rewire my home?
No. For occupied homes we specify wireless systems that install without wall chasing. Wired KNX or Lutron HomeWorks is reserved for new builds and full renovations, where it is the most robust option for decades.
Which brands do you use?
We are brand-agnostic and work across 40+ manufacturers including KNX, Control4, Lutron, Crestron, Aqara, Somfy, Sonos and Hikvision. The brief chooses the platform, not a distribution deal.
Can I control everything from one app?
Yes. Lighting, climate, shading, security, audio-visual and energy run through one interface: wall keypads, touch panels, your phone and voice.
How long does a project take?
It depends on scale and build stage. A single-system upgrade can take days; a full villa is coordinated with your MEP and fit-out programme so automation is never on the critical path.
What happens after handover?
One year of support is standard, followed by tailored annual maintenance contracts. You get documentation, user training and remote monitoring.
Do you work with developers and communities?
Yes. The same approach scales from a single residence to community rollouts of hundreds of units, unit by unit, without tying automation to handover dates.