Apple’s iPad revived the long-struggling tablet-computer market.

Now it’s invading the custom-home industry.

A model home in the Overlook neighborhood in Lone Tree’s Heritage Hills is equipped with two built- in iPads that can control all of the electronic systems in the home, including lights, motorized shades, music and television systems, baby monitors and closed-circuit cameras.

The iPads, featuring 10-inch screens, are designed to remain docked in the wall but can be removed.

The dual iPad control system costs roughly $5,000, said Travis Deatherage, a partner with Denver-based Solstice Multimedia, the company that built the system. Audio, video, security and other equipment takes the overall cost to about $60,000.

“The iPad has brought the entry-level price point down significantly, because an 8-inch in-wall touch screen before cost upwards of $3,000 or more,” Deatherage said. “Now we can get a $500 iPad and still provide most of the functionality that an in-wall touch panel can give.”

The brain of the system is built into the home’s mechanical room and communicates with the iPads via Wi-Fi.

The system can be controlled by a third, mobile iPad or via an iPhone or iPod Touch using an application designed for the devices’ smaller screens.

“It can run everything in your house, including your thermostat and your swimming pool,” said Dan Verdoorn, co-owner of Celebrity Custom Homes, the home’s builder. “It’s a totally integrated and flexible system.”

The base price on the 3,400-square- foot model home featuring the built- in iPad technology is $718,000.

Andy Vuong: 303-954-1209, avuong@denverpost.com or twitter.com/andyvuong