The Brief
A four-season chalet near Craigleith Ski Club for a family wanting one-touch arrival mode, integrated lighting and audio, and remote security monitoring during the long weekday gaps. The home sits within easy reach of Blue Mountain Village and is used heavily through ski season.
Scope
- Lutron RadioRA 3 whole-home lighting control
- Sonos distributed audio across living, kitchen, primary suite, and deck
- Ajax wireless intrusion with verified video
- UniFi networking and WiFi with Starlink failover
- Smart locks and remote arrival/away scenes
The Approach
We started with a pre-construction consult to coordinate keypad locations, speaker placement, and low-voltage runs with the builder. Lutron RadioRA 3 became the backbone for lighting. Engraved keypads at every entry replaced standard switch banks. The owners ski mid-week and arrive late, so arrival scenes were programmed to match real weekend patterns at this Slopeside-area chalet.
Sonos zones run alongside Ajax intrusion and verified-video cameras, all surfaced through one owner app. The UniFi network was designed with Starlink failover, so the chalet stays online during regional outages — a real risk for properties tucked into the escarpment near Castle Glen and Mountain House at Windfall. Remote arming and unattended weekday weeks were the driving requirement.
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Results
- One-touch arrival scene warms the chalet, raises shades, and disarms in a single tap
- Owners arm, monitor, and verify the property remotely from any city
- Zero downtime during winter ISP outages thanks to UniFi plus Starlink failover
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does Lutron RadioRA 3 hold up across a large chalet near Craigleith?
RadioRA 3 covers most chalets in the Blue Mountains without trouble. The mesh extends well across two and three-storey homes near Craigleith Ski Club and Castle Glen. We add a wireless repeater when the floorplan is long or the build uses heavy stone. Engraved keypads replace standard switch banks at every entry. For larger estate homes, we move to HomeWorks QSX wired, but RadioRA 3 is the right call for most four-season chalets in this market.
Will Starlink work as a backup for a Slopeside chalet during ski season?
Yes. We pair UniFi as the primary router with Starlink as a secondary WAN through dual-WAN failover. When the cable provider drops — common during winter storms in the Blue Mountains — the network rolls over to Starlink within seconds. Streaming, security alerts, and remote scenes keep working. We bypass the Starlink router and use UniFi as the network brain, so VLANs and guest networks behave the same on either WAN.
Can guests use the WiFi without seeing the owner's smart-home network?
Yes. We segment the network into VLANs — owner devices, guest WiFi, IoT, AV, and cameras each live in their own lane. Guests get a clean, fast network with no path to the lighting, security, or thermostat systems. Bandwidth limits keep one heavy guest from saturating the link. The same setup is used in chalets near Mountain House at Windfall and Slopeside, where the home cycles through different friends and family every weekend.
How does the one-touch arrival scene work when the family arrives Friday night?
An arrival routine triggers from the owner's phone or a key fob as they reach the driveway. Lutron raises path-of-travel lighting, Ajax disarms the intrusion zones, the thermostat shifts from away to home, and Sonos starts a kitchen playlist. The chalet is warm, lit, and unlocked by the time bags are out of the car. Departure is the inverse: one tap arms the system, dims everything, and pulls back the thermostat for an empty week.
Do Ajax cameras keep recording if the cable internet goes down?
Ajax MotionCam sensors capture short clips on every event and store them on the hub itself, so verification keeps working without a cloud connection. Live streaming pauses during a true outage, but with Starlink failover that gap is usually under a minute. The intrusion side keeps running on cellular backup regardless. Owners of chalets in Castle Glen and the Slopeside area rely on this combination for week-long absences during shoulder season.
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