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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are talking about starting the building process in the next year.  We have several items in our house that have been added in recent years with "smart" functions but have little experience beyond Alexa, Schlage locks, ring cameras.  I would love to have smart features if we build, but where do we even start? Are there whole house systems and where would you recommend to begin researching them? Is this something the builder will know or are there separate "smart home" consultants? [/quote]

Start with a list of features that you want to be "smart" in your house i.e. lights to be turned on/off using apps, door lock, garage, appliances, etc. Do you want all of them to be centralized smart in one place or you want them individually smart with their own app? Ask builder to what level of smart that they are aware of and what can they do? Thing is they will outsource this to a sub who can do this, it's part of your building cost, so make sure you're on top of what you want and be knowledgeable about them.

Our home was built "smart" and we turned the whole system off and don't use them. The idea of the system is hacked and controlled by hacker scares us. And your behavior data is collected and used for AI. It's beyond anything we can comprehend.[/quote]

I’ve never understood this line of thinking. Hackers want data, large companies’ financial mostly, or individual money accounts, and would have zero interest in spending the time to break into your system to control your lights on and off. [/quote]

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