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Home cinema installation, designed around the room you actually have.

Dedicated cinema rooms, media rooms and garden-room cinemas across the East Midlands. Screen, sound, seating, lighting and blackout designed together — then wired, calibrated and handed over working.

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Most home cinemas disappoint for the same reason: the kit was chosen before the room was measured. A projector throw that doesn't fit the space, speakers pointed at the wrong seats, and a light switch by the door that floods the screen every time someone fetches a drink. We start from the room — its dimensions, its windows, its seating positions — and specify backwards from there.

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What's included

Room survey, seating layout and screen-size calculation
Projector and screen, or large-format display, specified to throw distance
5.1 / 7.1 surround with in-ceiling or in-wall speakers
Acoustic treatment where the room needs it
Blackout blinds, integrated and automated
One-tap movie mode — lights, blinds, screen and source together
All cabling first-fixed, terminated and tested
Calibration, handover and a 14-day return visit

From £6,450

ex-VAT, supplied, installed & commissioned

Home cinema room with projector, screen and tiered seating — Throw distance, seating and speaker positions are decided together or not at all.

01 · Specified backwards

The room sets the kit, not the other way round

Screen size is set by your actual viewing distance, not by what was on offer. Speaker positions are set out at first fix so cables land where they need to. Blackout is designed in rather than bolted on.

And the lighting is part of the cinema, not a separate system — one press dims the room to 10%, closes the blinds, drops the screen and starts the film.

Screen size calculated from seating distance
Speaker positions fixed before the plaster
Blackout designed in, not added later
One-tap movie mode across every system

Garden room interior set up as a cinema space

02 · Three ways to build it

Dedicated room, media room, or garden room

A dedicated cinema, a media room that still works as a family living space in daylight, or a garden-room cinema.

A lot of our work is the third one, because an outbuilding gives you acoustic isolation and blackout that a spare bedroom never will — and nobody has to give up a bedroom to get it.

Dedicated rooms with acoustic treatment
Media rooms that still work in daylight
Garden-room cinemas with real isolation
Converted garages and lofts where they suit

Engineer commissioning an installed system on site

03 · Handover

Calibrated, explained, then revisited

Every install is carried out by our own Loxone-certified engineers, never sub-contracted. We calibrate the system before handover and walk you through it properly.

Then we come back at fourteen days to adjust whatever isn't sitting right once you have actually lived with it — which there always is.

Our own engineers, start to finish
Calibration before handover, not after a complaint
Proper training, not a folder of manuals
A 14-day return visit built into the price

Why it's worth doing properly

Home Cinema Installation, done once and done right.

One button, not five remotes

Movie mode dims the lights, closes the blinds, drops the screen and switches the source. No juggling remotes in the dark.

Sized to the room, not the catalogue

Screen size comes from your seating distance. Too big is as bad as too small — you shouldn't have to scan a picture to watch it.

Lighting that's part of the cinema

Step lighting, dimmed wall washes and a pause-mode that brings the room up to 30% instead of blinding everyone.

Cabling done at first fix

Speaker and HDMI runs go in before plaster. No trunking down the wall, no visible cable to the projector.

It still works as a room

Media rooms are designed to look like a living space in daylight and a cinema at night. You don't lose a room to get a cinema.

No subscription on the control layer

The automation runs locally on a Loxone Miniserver. Your streaming services are your business — the room control costs nothing monthly.

Certified installers, never sub-contracted

Same week

Site visit availability across the East Midlands

£0 / mo

No subscription, no cloud fees, ever

12 months

Parts and labour warranty on every install

Works best together

Related services

One Miniserver runs all of it. Most customers combine two or three of these rather than installing them as separate systems.

Blinds & shading

Motorised blinds · Curtains · Sun tracking · Blackout

Multiroom audio

Whole-house audio · Ceiling speakers · Outdoor zones

Smart lighting

Lighting design · Scenes · Dimming · Circadian control

FAQ

Home Cinema Installation — common questions

How much does a home cinema cost in the UK?

A garden-room cinema with 5.1 surround, automated lighting and blackout starts at £6,450 ex-VAT. A dedicated cinema room inside the house typically runs £12,000–£30,000 ex-VAT depending on screen technology, seating and how much acoustic work the room needs. A media room that doubles as a living space usually lands between the two. All our prices are fixed in writing before we start.

Projector or a large TV — which is better for a home cinema?

It depends almost entirely on light control. If you can achieve proper blackout, a projector gives you a far bigger image per pound and a more cinematic result. If the room has windows you can't fully cover, or it doubles as a daytime living space, a large-format TV will look better because it holds contrast in ambient light. We measure the room's light levels at survey and tell you honestly which one your space suits.

What size screen do I need?

The usual guide is that your seating distance should be roughly 1.2 to 1.5 times the screen width for a cinematic feel. For a typical 3.5m viewing distance that's about a 100–120 inch screen. Going bigger than the room supports means you scan the image rather than take it in, which is tiring to watch. We calculate this from your actual seating positions at survey.

Does a cinema room need acoustic treatment?

Most rooms need some. Hard parallel walls, laminate floors and plasterboard create flutter echo and boomy bass that no amount of expensive speakers will fix. The good news is it's usually modest — absorption at the first reflection points, something soft underfoot, and bass trapping in the corners. In a garden room it's often simpler because you're building the interior anyway.

Can you put a cinema in a garden room?

Yes, and it's one of the best places for one. An outbuilding gives you acoustic isolation from the rest of the house, easy blackout because you control the window spec, and no compromise over losing a bedroom. We do a lot of these — our Cinema & Gaming garden room package at £6,450 ex-VAT covers a room up to roughly 4m × 5m.

How long does a home cinema installation take?

A garden-room cinema is typically 4–5 days on site with a 4–5 week lead time for kit. A dedicated cinema room inside the house is usually 2–3 weeks, and needs to dovetail with any building or decorating work — we first-fix the cabling before plaster, then return for second fix and calibration.

Do you supply the seating?

We can specify and source cinema seating as part of the design, but plenty of customers prefer to choose their own sofas. Either way we set out the seating positions early, because speaker placement, screen size and step lighting all depend on where people actually sit.

Will the cinema integrate with the rest of my smart home?

Yes. If you have or plan a Loxone system, the cinema becomes a room within it — the same app, the same wall panels, and scenes that reach beyond the room. Movie mode can mute the doorbell chime, dim the hallway and stop the multiroom audio in adjacent rooms. If you don't have a wider system, the cinema can run standalone and be absorbed into one later.

Where we work

Home cinema across the East Midlands

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