Make your house a smart home
These days, everything comes with an app – and now, that includes your house. Home automation uses the latest advances in sensors and connectivity to customise your experience of your house, and give you control over every detail, from entertainment to saving on your utility bills.
What is home automation?
Home automation involves connecting all your devices and appliances to the internet (the Internet of Things) so that you can communicate with them (and control them online). Smart sensors in your home give you a constant stream of data about ambient conditions, water and electricity usage, and the status of all your gadgets.
This means that you make and implement decisions even when you’re not there. For an even more seamless experience, you can also set certain parameters for your house to take specific actions.
For example, you could ensure that you return home to find the lights and heating on, blinds drawn, and the geyser at the perfect temperature for your post-gym shower.
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Benefits of home automation
Welcome to a whole new world of convenience. Modern smart home systems will soon learn your routines, and set themselves up to have all your wishes met. Imagine your morning coffee being brewed the way you like it as you walk into the kitchen, or your curtains opening at the same time as your alarm goes off.
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Now you don’t need to be at home to start domestic chores like laundry or the tumble dryer, or set your robot vacuum cleaner off on its travels.
Save on costs
Home automation can save you money by automatically adjusting lighting and heating times to match your preferences, so you have everything you need at just the right time, without using excessive power when you don’t.
Your home, your way
With home automation, you can create pre-determined settings that activate or adjust multiple devices at the same time, such as getting everything ready for a family movie or sports night, or creating the ideal ambience for a romantic date night – all without lifting a finger.
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Stay safe
Security is always an important consideration and here again, home automation has got your back. Link your CCTV to your phone so you can keep an eye on what’s happening when you’re at work or on holiday, and install a smart doorbell and smart locks to monitor and control access to your property. Of course, all this technology comes at a cost, but can you really put a price on peace of mind?
A smarter way to care
If you have elderly relatives that live with you, or anyone who needs an enhanced level of care, home automation can take care of many of the daily tasks that they might otherwise find difficult. In a smart home, sight, hearing or mobility impairments don’t need to have the same impact on their quality of life.
Call the plumber!
There are few things worse than returning from a holiday to discover that a pipe or geyser has burst in your absence and flooded your house. Smart home automation makes this nightmare a thing of the past, with smart sensors letting you know immediately when they detect a water or gas leak. As soon as you get the notification, you can alert your plumber or gas technician and ask them to step in and stop a problem turning into a crisis. (And with the smart locks we mentioned earlier, you can let trusted service providers into your home).
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