I have recently just finished my Control4 setup, and yes I did a huge amount of it myself. I just set up the structured wiring dropping all speaker wires and cat5e run throughout the house to the central closet. At this point I bought a C4 8 zone amp an HC-300 a 10 dimmer pack, and a 7 inch touch screen. (all online) Dimmers were easy to put in. I than cut into the drywall and powered up the 7 inch touch screen. Now this is as far as I really wanted to go, I than called a local dealer to come over and basically activate all of the dimmers and equipment with Composer Pro. It took 4 hours at 90 per hour. So you can do a lot yourself it depends on your comfort level, However do not underestimate the power of a good intergrator/dealer , some of these guys are great and are worth every penny But as mentioned in this post, I easily saved myself 20,000 to 30,000 But if the dealer had to do all the wiring work and installing speakers etc... that hourly rate can run up real fast. My advice to people who are considering Control4 is to get a budget in mind and work within it, I personally Love what I have done for under 10,000 including all the hardware I purchased I currently have 11 - dimmers 1 - 6 button keypad 1 - 8 Zone amp 12 speakers, including two on the patio 1 - netgear media player 1 - 2 terabyte NAS drive 1 - apple airport extreme 1 - cable box 1 - Basic Sony receiver that does HDMI passthrough So yes you can do it yourself, but don't be afraid to get help at the appropriate time
