Why HarborKit

Apple Home, not Control4. Yours, not a dealer's.

Most Eastside homeowners considering home automation get pushed toward one of two extremes: a luxury Control4 system that locks them into a proprietary app and a single dealer, or a handyman who installs one device at a time without ever designing a system. HarborKit is the middle path that didn't exist — Apple-first, specialist-grade, and entirely yours.

Control4 / Crestron dealers

Wipliance, VIP Smart Homes, Elite Automation

Interface
Proprietary apps, dealer remotes
Ownership
Dealer-locked. Leaving usually means re-buying.
Best fit
New construction & luxury estates ($50k+ projects)
Investment
Five figures up; support plans from $500/mo

HarborKit

Apple Home specialists for the Eastside

Interface
Apple Home app & Siri — the tools you already use
Ownership
You own every account, credential, and piece of hardware. Cancel any time.
Best fit
Affluent all-Apple households, $1M–$3M established homes
Investment
Integration projects from $1,500. Care plans from $59/mo.

Electricians / handymen

Local trades, device installers

Interface
Whatever app the device came with
Ownership
You own it — but you also own every problem
Best fit
Mount a single device, no system design
Investment
Hourly device installs
Two promises we don't break

You own your home.

Every account, every credential, every piece of hardware is in your name from day one. No proprietary lock-in. No scenario where firing us means re-buying anything. If you cancel the care plan tomorrow, your home keeps working — we'll even hand you the documentation to run it yourself.

We publish our response times.

Care-plan SLAs are spelled out, not vague. Same-business-day on Essential and Plus, same-day 7 days a week on Estate, with on-site response measured in days, not weeks. When something needs attention, you should know exactly when a human will be there.

Already in Apple? Stay in Apple.

Book an Apple Home Assessment — 60–90 minutes, in your home, $249 fully credited toward any integration project booked within 30 days.

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