International AV Consultancy — Custom Controls Designs, You Build
Access our 25 years of home cinema and smart home design expertise from anywhere in the world
Updated June 2026 · Custom Controls · Projects delivered across Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Custom Controls has delivered smart home and home cinema installations in the UK, Dubai, Nigeria, Ghana, Portugal, France and beyond. For international clients where the full Custom Controls travel and installation service is not practical or cost-effective, we offer a design and consultancy service that gives any client — anywhere in the world — access to our expertise, our system designs and our documentation. A local installation company builds to our specification. We support the process remotely. The result is a Custom Controls system, wherever you are.
Our Services
Smart Home
Home Cinema
Mood Lighting
Security
WiFi
What the Consultancy Service Covers
Home cinema design. Our cinema room consultancy begins with the space — acoustic modelling of the room, speaker layout, projector and screen specification, seating arrangement and 3D renders showing the finished room. We have designed cinema rooms that were built and installed by contractors in Dubai, Nigeria, Ghana and France. Reference international cinema installations: the Abuja, Nigeria cinema, the Portugal home theater and the Ghana 34.7.15 Trinnov installation.
Smart home and home automation design. Crestron and Lutron systems can be designed by Custom Controls and installed by any certified local contractor. We produce the full system schematic, device schedule, programming files and commissioning documentation.
Whole-home audio video design. Multi-room audio video system design with full cable schedules, zone mapping, rack layout drawings and source configuration documentation.
Lighting design. Lutron RadioRA 3 and Crestron lighting designs with full circuit schedules, keypad layouts and scene programming specifications.
Network and WiFi design. Enterprise-grade network and WiFi designs using Cisco Meraki, Ubiquiti UniFi or Ruckus infrastructure, with full cable schedules and access point positioning documentation.
What We Deliver
A completed consultancy design package includes everything a local installer needs to build and commission the system without Custom Controls being on site:
- Full system schematics — signal paths, power distribution, control topology
- Complete cable schedules including cable identification numbering
- Equipment lists to component level with manufacturer part numbers
- Installation and cable termination instructions
- Rack build schematics with power requirements and thermal calculations
- In-room equipment layout drawings with dimensions and fixing positions
- 3D renders for cinema rooms showing the finished space
- Programming files and calibration settings where applicable
Pre-Built Rack Shipping
For clients who want to eliminate the technical complexity from the local installation entirely, Custom Controls can build, commission and test the equipment rack at our UK facility and ship it to site fully assembled and programmed. The local installer connects the rack to the room wiring infrastructure — the most straightforward part of the process — and the system is operational. We have shipped pre-built racks to Dubai, Nigeria, Ghana, Portugal and France.
Remote Support During Installation
Throughout the installation process, Custom Controls provides remote support via video call, email and remote access where the system infrastructure allows it. For complex commissioning tasks — Crestron programming, Trinnov calibration, Lutron scene configuration — we schedule remote sessions at the appropriate stage of the installation to guide the local contractor through the process in real time.
When Full Installation Is the Right Answer
The consultancy service is appropriate when the installation location makes travel impractical, when a competent local contractor is available to execute the build, or when budget constraints make the full Custom Controls travel service uneconomic. When none of those conditions apply — for clients in the UAE, Europe or anywhere accessible — our full design, supply, installation and commissioning service is available internationally. Our most ambitious international installations — the Dubai two-villa Crestron installation, the Dubai IMAX cinema — were fully delivered by Custom Controls teams on site.
If you have a project outside the UK and would like to understand whether consultancy or full installation is the right approach, contact our international projects team.
Frequently Asked Questions — International AV Consultancy
What is included in a consultancy design package?
Full system schematics, complete cable schedules, component-level equipment lists, installation instructions, rack build schematics, in-room layout drawings, 3D renders for cinema rooms, and programming files where applicable — everything a local installer needs to build and commission the system.
Can you ship a pre-built, pre-programmed equipment rack internationally?
Yes. We build, commission and test the rack at our UK facility, then ship it fully assembled and programmed — the local installer simply connects it to the room’s wiring infrastructure. We have shipped racks to Dubai, Nigeria, Ghana, Portugal and France.
When is the consultancy service the right choice over full installation?
It suits projects where travel is impractical, where a competent local contractor is available to build to our specification, or where budget constraints make a full travel-and-install service uneconomic.
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