Build to Rent - Audio Visual & Entertainment

Displays, digital signage, audio and remote control across your amenity spaces, delivered and supported by one partner.

Bespoke AV projects designed and installed for high-impact amenity spaces across your development.

Challenge

AV completes the amenity spaces that help developers charge a rental premium.

Amenity spaces earn a premium

Amenity spaces influence how built-to-rent competes for residents. The gym, cinema room, co-working space and lounge all need to drive an exception brand experience. A display that doesn't work will quickly undermine it.

Wayfinding that works for the building

Digital signage, marketing displays and wayfinding help people find their way around and get the most from the building, from the lift lobby to the basement. Left as an afterthought, they’re a revenue opportunity left on the table or an operator frustration.

The gaps between suppliers

Content management systems, lighting control, audio management and door entry all sit between AV and building access, and when several suppliers are involved that’s usually where faults get hard to fix.

TECHNICAL PARTNERS

We engineer with market-leading equipment brands.

Solutions Overview

What we deliver within Audio Visual & Entertainment

Amenity AV for shared spaces

We design and install AV across lounges, gyms, screening and cinema rooms, and co-working spaces.

Digital signage and wayfinding

Signage is run from either a remote or local content management system, so the operator updates every display from one place.

Networked AV distribution

AV is distributed over structured cabling, so the system scales and is maintained rather than rewired.

Simple control for operators and residents

Control systems make amenity spaces straightforward for operators and residents to run.

Door entry and video intercom

Door entry and video intercom are integrated with building access and the resident technology.

Supported after handover

The team that specified and installs your AV also supports it, with one contract and one named contact.

The HiiLIFE Process

We deliver scheme wide AV the operator can manage without a specialist on call. Here is how we specify, install and support AV across schemes big and small.

Specify

We design and deliver AV an operator can manage, for schemes big and small.

Install & Integrate

One team across displays, digital signage, audio, content management and cabling, delivered to your fit-out programme so amenity spaces are ready for residents when you open.

Commission

We commission each space to your specification and use case, set up around how your team runs the building, whether that is presets, schedules or manual control. Content and control are tested end to end, and you receive evidenced install records so the operator knows what is where and how it’s managed. Where an operator has more than one building, the same set-up is migrated across, so the controls feel familiar on every site.

Support & Aftercare

We maintain AV across the scheme under a defined service level agreement, with the appropriate managed service chosen by you to cover all necessary requirements.

Case Studies

Proven across complex environments.

PBSAPBSASouthwark

Avonmouth Street, SouthwarkAvonmouth Street, Southwark

Carrier heat pumps and bespoke hot water cylinders deliver hot water for all apartments, with 360 kW LTHW and 2 × 3000 L buffer vessels.

Read Case Study 226 Bedrooms
Commercial · HotelCommercial · HotelSilverstone

Escapade, SilverstoneEscapade, Silverstone

Samsung VRF heat pumps and heat pumps support bedrooms, reception, gym and meeting rooms, with 150 kW cooling and 300 kW hot water.

Read Case Study 150 kW Cooling
PBSAPBSAGuildford

Guilden Village, GuildfordGuilden Village, Guildford

Samsung VRF air conditioning and hot-water heat pumps serve 533 bedrooms, with 900 kW space heating/cooling and 235 kW DHW.

Read Case Study 533 Bedrooms
Commercial · HotelCommercial · HotelGatwick

Ibis Styles, GatwickIbis Styles, Gatwick

Samsung VRF heat pumps provide domestic hot water for 182 rooms, with split-stage DHW generation up to 80°C.

Read Case Study 182 Rooms
House of WorshipHouse of WorshipEdgbaston

St Germain’s Church, EdgbastonSt Germain’s Church, Edgbaston

Samsung VRF heat pumps provide LTHW space heating, replacing an external diesel generator as part of the church’s decarbonisation plan.

Read Case Study 160 kW LTHW
PBSAPBSALeeds

Threadworks, LeedsThreadworks, Leeds

AV systems support reception, games room, gym, private dining and study spaces, with Samsung Hospitality TV and commercial signage.

Read Case Study 548 Bedrooms
PBSAPBSALeeds

The Store House, LeedsThe Store House, Leeds

AV systems cover reception, games room, co-working, gym, karaoke and cinema rooms, with Samsung Hospitality TV and commercial signage.

Read Case Study 369 Bedrooms
LeisureLeisureClapham

Arma BJJ, ClaphamArma BJJ, Clapham

Proposed AV, display, camera streaming, control and digital signage systems for dojos, amenities and co-working spaces.

Read Case Study Gym & Amenities
Build to RentBTRBirmingham

Moda Living, BirminghamModa, Birmingham

Samsung smart integrated appliances and SmartThings AI Energy support 720 homes across 39 floors.

Read Case Study 720 Homes
Build to RentBTRBirmingham

Sphere Group, One Eastside, BirminghamSphere, Birmingham

Energy-efficient smart-connected appliances support 581 apartments across 51 floors.

Read Case Study 581 Apartments
Build to RentBTREdinburgh

Goodstone Living, EdinburghGoodstone, Edinburgh

Energy-efficient Contract Range appliances support 338 apartments, with SmartThings AI Energy integrated fridge freezers.

Read Case Study 338 Apartments
Build to RentBTRCardiff

Watkin Jones, Central Quay, CardiffWatkin Jones, Central Quay, Cardiff

Energy-efficient Contract Range appliances support 718 apartments across two interlinked 23-storey towers.

Read Case Study 718 Apartments

See integrated building technology in action.

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Testimonials

What our clients are saying.

“They help us design, they help us execute, they know what we are after. They help us design spaces efficiently in the way we wanted to really perform.”

Amir Mirmotahari Development Manager, Dandi

“The main benefit of HiiLIFE is a lot of companies are very specific in one area, so you’ll have an AV provider, a climate provider, a white goods provider. We like working with them because they deliver a one-stop shop service for construction and also really easy to project-manage with them.”

Paul Barnes Chief Operating Officer, Dandi

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