Independent Home Cinema Advisory
Zebra Home Cinema — Independent advice for an uncompromised experience.
Explore our workHow it works
Three roles.
One rule: your agenda, always.
Fully independent. No agenda but yours.
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Your Independent Advocate
Honest advice about where to spend for maximum impact — and what to skip entirely. We sit on your side of the table, every conversation.
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Budget Protection
Acoustic treatment transforms a room. Star ceilings don't. We tell you the truth about where your money matters, even when it isn't what you want to hear.
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The Black Book
When it's time to build, we open our network of trade-only integrators. Every one already vetted — the specialists we'd stake our name on.
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Home Cinema Design & Installation
Bespoke home cinemas, designed independently and installed by specialists.
Zebra Home Cinema designs dedicated cinema rooms, media rooms and garage and loft cinema conversions, writes the specification, and oversees the vetted trade integrators who install them, right through to final calibration. Founded by Dr. Atif Ghaffar, the practice has offices in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield and Barrie, Ontario, and advises clients worldwide.
West Midlands, UK
London & Home Counties
Recent projects
Home cinema questions, answered
What does Zebra Home Cinema do?
Zebra Home Cinema is an independent home cinema design practice founded by Dr. Atif Ghaffar. We design dedicated cinema rooms, media rooms and garage and loft cinema conversions, write the technical specification, and oversee the vetted trade integrators who install them, through to final calibration. We never sell equipment, so every recommendation is made for your room and budget.
Do you install home cinemas?
Yes, through our network. Zebra designs and specifies the room, and a vetted trade integrator carries out the installation to that specification while we oversee it from the first design meeting to the final calibration check. You have one independent point of contact rather than a salesperson whose margin depends on what you buy.
Where does Zebra Home Cinema work?
Our UK office is in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, and most of our completed UK projects are across Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham and the West Midlands, with further work in London. In Canada we are based in Barrie, Ontario, covering Toronto, Muskoka and the surrounding regions, and we advise clients worldwide.
How much does a home cinema cost?
Our completed UK projects show the range: the AV in a Walsall media lounge was £10,000, a Four Oaks lounge cinema came to £63,400 including construction and furnishings, and the AV in a Shrewsbury Steinway Lyngdorf media room was £145,500. Room size, construction and acoustic treatment move the budget as much as the equipment does.