Howdy, first time poster. Building a new two-storey house and am pretty keen on getting it prepped for some level of home automation with the ability to expand the system later. I got some info from one crowd who told me they could pre-wire by running cable everywhere in the house. Another crowd told me that pre-wiring wasn't an option because of the way C-Bus worked. What I'm stuck on is whether or not its possible to wire conventionally and pre-run the C-Bus cable. Then later, replace the switch with a C-Bus switch, hook it up to the C-Bus cable and join the conventional cables which can then be hidden back in the wall? Obviously this would mean not every light in a room might not have an individual home-run which would mean 'limited' control of a rooms lighting etc however this seems like a logical option. Ideally I'll have the living areas, master, media and security on the system up-front but as with most mere mortals am mindful of budget so would prefer to expand the system easily later. It seems strange I've not found much information about partial, scaleable installations without going wireless - which surely has its own limitations (not my fave idea...) Any experiences and advice appreciated! :confused: :D