Creating a smart home is an investment in the future. It’s one that encompasses your lifestyle but also improves the potential value of your home.
And it’s an investment that factors in more than just the latest products and gadgets. Creating a truly smart home involves laying the right foundations to ensure your home is intuitive, adaptive and functional now and into the future.
Here’s how to make smart decisions as you establish a smart home.
What do you want your home to do?
The first item to consider when looking to create a truly smart home, is what do you want it to do? Is security a priority, automated lighting, entertainment or all of the above?
A truly smart home will have the ability to automate commands and set scenes, linking smart items so a home is responsive to your needs and lifestyle.
Areas to consider include:
- Smart entertainment
- Automated fixtures and fittings like blinds and curtains
- Climate control
- Ventilation
- Remote locking
- Security and CCTV
- Automated interior and exterior lighting
- Automated garden care like weather sensors and irrigation
- Smoke alarms and emergency sensors
- Features to assist the elderly or people with a disability.
- Energy efficiency
- Remote access
Meanwhile, further consider what you would like your smart home to do in the future. A main aim of savvy smart home investment is to create an ecosystem that works now but can be added to as smart technology increases over time.
Consider your network
By nature, a smart home is only as good as the internet network underlying it, which means looking to the strength and function of your network. How good is your internet connection and the wireless capability of your home?
If you have blackspots you may need additional wireless extenders.
Creating the ecosystem
The smart home operates and communicates via sensors and modules as part of a smart ecosystem. Sensors allow you to ascertain the current state of your home, while modules are the enablers that allow items to operate via switches, dimmers and controls.
And this is where a truly smart home differs greatly from just connecting gadgets available off the shelf. You’re looking to lay a foundation that will cater to the desired function of your home and will also adapt to its future needs.
That means the type of ecosystem you select as a basis is critical as this will determine what your home will be able to do and whether your system is compatible with other devices.
At Lera Smart Homes our ecosystem of choice is Fibaro due to its compatibility with a wide range of leading smart home technology, voice activators, and appliances. Fibaro also has the ability to be easily added to over time, and features simple plug and play technology.
Programming
A properly connected smart home will allow you to set scenes such as a series of actions that occur when you come home, when you awake, when you entertain or when you are on holidays.
Look to gadgets
The final piece of the smart home puzzle is the appliances and gadgets you connect to the system. The main thing to look for is whether they will talk to your ecosystem and meld into the design and seamless operation of the smart home.
The Lera advantage
At Lera Smart Home Solutions we design and create seamless smart homes that simplify your lifestyle. Our process is based on over 20 years experience in IT, networking and smart home technology.
It involves:
Step 2: Consultation
We take your house plans and help you design your smart home to provide a solution that fits your needs, budget, and lifestyle.
Step 2: Programming
Once your solution has been designed our programmers will then program the solution based on your consultation to create your smart home solution.
Step 3: Smart Home Reality
The final step in the process is to install the system. With Lera smart homes there is minimal need for additional wiring and minimal disruption to your home. Once completed, our technicians demonstrate and show you how to use the system.
About Lera
Lera Smart Home Solutions is a leading installer of smart home technology in the greater Sydney region. Our team boasts over 20 years’ experience in IT networking, programming, and the electrical industry.
We have sourced the most reliable and cost-efficient solutions from around the world to provide the very best in smart home solutions and work with our clients to understand their needs.
You can learn more about transforming your house into a smart home here, or contact us directly for further advice.
