Smart-home installation in Chicago
Thermostats, locks and cameras, lighting, energy monitoring and whole-home automation — designed and installed by specialists, scoped in writing before any work starts.
Coverage in Chicago
No installer has been onboarded for Chicago yet. Requests from Chicago are still received and answered by email; we tell you plainly when we do not have a local specialist rather than send someone unvetted. Installers: apply here.
What we install
- Smart thermostats — Comfort and lower heating-and-cooling bills
- Security & cameras — Whole-home protection set up by someone who thinks about dead batteries, Wi-Fi dropouts and who has which code
- Intelligent lighting — Bulbs are easy; switches, dimmers and three-ways are where DIY stalls. We do the wiring and the scenes.
- Whole-home automation — Thermostat, locks, lighting, cameras and voice working as one home
- Energy monitoring — Circuit-level monitoring and smart plugs that show the real load
- Voice integration — Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri tied to the devices you own, with names and routines people actually remember.
Before you hire anyone in IL
Line-voltage work (switches, dimmers, panel-level energy monitors) is licensed work in most jurisdictions. Check the license first: Illinois IDFPR license lookup. Permits for electrical work in Chicago: Chicago Department of Buildings.
Chicago by the numbers
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Chicago city, Illinois (ACS 2020-2024; population estimate July 1, 2025 (V2025)), quoted as published — source. Owner-occupancy matters here: smart-home retrofits are usually an owner decision.
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Last reviewed: 2026-10-05. Census figures describe the city, not SmartHouse or any installer. See disclosure & privacy.