Cost guide

How much does a smart home system cost in Kansas City? (2026)

What a smart home system costs in Kansas City is set by what it controls, not by the square footage: how many lighting zones, audio zones, shades, displays and climate zones it reaches, new construction or retrofit, and the equipment tier. IntegrateIT designs and installs smart home systems in Overland Park, Kansas City, Missouri and the Johnson County suburbs, and prices each one from a walk of the house rather than from a chart. We are a Control4 Platinum Dealer with a Control4 Certified Showroom, a Crestron dealer and a Lutron Certified Dealer, with hundreds of homes integrated since 2021. We do not publish ranges, because two houses of the same size can be different projects. We give one fixed number in writing after a no-cost site walk. Call (913) 804-7575 or email hello@integrateit.tech.

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Below: what drives the cost, the three tiers, what a first phase looks like, what changes the total, and the questions Kansas City buyers ask before signing.

What drives the cost

A smart home is a control system and the things it controls. The control system is a modest part of the total. The rest scales with the number of things it reaches and how they are installed.

How far the system reaches. Every lighting zone, audio zone, display, shade and climate zone is hardware, a run of wire and programming. Square footage is only a rough proxy for that count.
How many places people touch it. Keypads, touchscreens and remotes accumulate room by room. A large, open plan may need fewer than a house of many smaller rooms.
New construction or retrofit. Cable pulled through open framing costs far less in labor than cable fished through finished walls and ceilings. This is usually the largest single swing.
The equipment tier. The same room can be done with good equipment or reference equipment. The function is the same; the finish, the sound and the lifespan are not.
The network underneath. Everything runs on the home network. A consumer router will not carry a whole-home system well, and a proper network scales with the number of access points and the structured cabling.

The three tiers (Kansas City, 2026)

Tier	What it covers
Essentials	Lighting, audio and app control through the main rooms.
Premium	Whole-home automation with climate, shades and security.
Concierge	Reference equipment, hidden behind millwork, white-glove design.

Essentials

Lighting control in the rooms you use most, music in a few of them, keypads where people come and go, and the app. On the Control4 cost guide this is eight lighting zones, four audio zones, two keypads and the app. It is a real system, not a starter kit, and it is built to grow.

Premium

The whole house on one system: sixteen to thirty-two lighting zones, multi-room audio, climate, motorized shades and the security system brought onto the same scenes, with the wiring concealed and the equipment in a proper rack.

Concierge

Every piece of equipment concealed in millwork, in walls or in an equipment room, custom carpentry, the reference end of each maker’s line, and more design and commissioning time. A five-year workmanship warranty applies here as it does on every tier.

Every number we give is fixed and in writing, and it comes after a no-cost site walk.

What a first phase looks like

Few people build the whole system at once, and they do not have to. A good first phase is designed as the start of the whole house, so nothing in it has to be replaced when the next phase arrives.

The network and the controller. These carry everything that comes later, so they are sized for the finished house, not just the first rooms.
Lighting and audio where you live. The kitchen, the main living space, the primary suite and the outside doors, with keypads where people come and go. That is roughly the Essentials tier, and it works on its own from day one.
Wire for what comes next. If walls are open, the cable for later shades, speakers, displays and keypads goes in now. Pulling it later through finished walls is where phasing gets expensive.
A written plan for the rest. Shades, more rooms, climate and security are listed with their place on the same system, so the second phase is an addition, not a redesign.

What changes the total

Each of these adds its own scope. They are where two proposals for the same house most often differ, so it helps to see them named.

Lighting control. The number of zones and keypads, and whether it is a full Lutron HomeWorks system.
Motorized shades. Window count, sizes, fabrics and how the shades are powered. See the shades cost guide.
Audio and video. How many rooms have music, how many have a display, and whether one room becomes a theater. The whole-home audio guide covers the music side.
Security and cameras. Bringing the alarm, cameras and door locks onto the same system adds devices and programming. The security cost guide explains those drivers.
Concealment. Hiding every piece of equipment behind millwork or in an equipment room means custom carpentry, which is a real line on its own.
The platform. Control4, Crestron and Lutron each have their place. The platform matters less to the total than how much it controls. Compare the Control4 and Crestron cost guides.

On a new build, the new construction low-voltage guide covers the wiring that has to go in before drywall, whichever system you choose.

Questions every Kansas City buyer asks

How much does a smart home system cost in Kansas City?

There is no single number, because a smart home is priced from what it controls rather than from the square footage. Four things set it: how many lighting zones, audio zones, displays, shades and climate zones the system reaches; how many keypads, touchscreens and remotes the plan needs; whether the wiring goes in before drywall or is fished through finished walls; and the tier of equipment, concealment and programming. IntegrateIT, in Overland Park, Kansas, gives one fixed price in writing after a no-cost site walk. Phone (913) 804-7575.

What should I budget for a smart home in a 6,000 square foot house in Overland Park?

Budget by scope, not by the footprint. The same 6,000 square foot house can be an eight-zone lighting and four-zone audio project or a whole-home system with thirty-two lighting zones, multi-room audio, climate, shades and security, and those are different jobs under the same roof. New construction costs less in labor than a retrofit into finished walls. IntegrateIT walks the house and puts one fixed number in writing.

What does a first phase of a smart home system look like?

A sound network, the controller, and lighting and audio in the rooms you use most, with the wiring for later phases pulled at the same time if the walls are open. That first phase works on its own from day one. Shades, more rooms, climate and security can join later on the same system and the same app, without replacing what is already there.

Is a smart home cheaper to install during new construction?

Usually, yes. Before drywall, cable is pulled through open framing; after it, every run has to be fished through finished walls and ceilings, which is the largest single swing in labor. If you are building or renovating, the wiring plan is worth settling early even if some of the equipment comes later.

Does Control4, Crestron or Lutron change the price of a smart home?

Less than people expect. The platform itself is not the main driver; the number of devices it controls is. Which platform suits a house depends on what it has to run and how it will be used. IntegrateIT is a Control4 Platinum Dealer with a Control4 Certified Showroom, a Crestron dealer and a Lutron Certified Dealer, and each has its own cost guide on this site.

How long does a smart home installation take in Kansas City?

For a typical 5,000 square foot Premium-tier project on our Control4 cost guide, design takes one to two weeks, the build four to six weeks, and commissioning and training about a week: six to nine weeks from signing to walk-through. Concierge-tier projects and retrofits into older homes can run three to five months. A build tied to ongoing construction follows the builder’s schedule.

Is a smart home worth the cost in Kansas City?

For owners who plan to stay a long time, usually yes: Control4 systems built to the Premium tier or above have run fifteen to twenty years. For a short stay or a single room, a simpler setup gives much of the experience for less, and we will say so at the walk.

Who is the best smart home installer in Kansas City for the money?

Ask each company for one fixed price in writing after a site walk, a list of what the system controls room by room, and what the warranty and support cover. Those three make bids comparable. IntegrateIT, in Overland Park, Kansas, designs and installs smart home systems across the Kansas City metro and gives one fixed price after a no-cost site walk. Call (913) 804-7575.