Anyone Can Live in a Smart Home
Living in a home without provisions or renting a home should not be a reason not to enjoy the benefits of a smart home.
If you own an older home, you can still benefit from smart home technology. Most smart devices connect wirelessly, allowing for most of the advantages of a smart home to be enjoyed by everyone. As long as you have Wi-Fi extenders or smart home connected devices that create a mesh network, you can enjoy the benefits of home automation.
Older homes have odd corners, thick walls, or other obstacles that can obstruct Wi-Fi coverage, no matter how many extenders and repeaters you buy. In those cases, choosing a smart system that creates an internal mesh network might be better.
Retrofitting Your Home for Smart Tech:
Some professional home system integrators will argue for retrofitting your residence with home automation wiring. The argument holds merit—proper wiring can conserve energy and enable greater reliability and performance.
Retrofitting usually demands extensive electrical work and renovations. To see real success with retrofitting, without breaking the bank, prioritize your upgrades.
Going the Wireless Route:
If you’re not interested in doing a bunch of rewiring, there are other solutions that can work.
Plenty of smart devices can run on batteries or simply plug into a regular outlet—they don’t all have to be built in to the structure.
SkyHub offers a unique solution for homes without the necessary provisions or for rentals, where it will not require changes to the structure of the house, and the system can be moved to a new location if the owner decides to move in a new property.
Some of the benefits of a Smart Home:
Reduction of energy bills through custom automation:
Automating services like power, heating, and air conditioning with smart devices will allow you to optimize your appliances to your sleep and work schedule. The ability to control energy appliances remotely also means that you can keep the air or heat off for the hours you’re gone, then flip it back on with your SkyHub app as you head home so your apartment is the perfect temperature when you arrive. Similarly, you can command the lights to flip on just before you are about to arrive home, meaning no fumbling around for a light switch in the dark.
You no longer have to obsess over whether you locked up or turned the heat off while you’re out just trying to enjoy a nice meal:
We all have that one friend (or life partner) who puts a damper on an evening out after being haunted by fun questions like, “Did I leave the oven on? What about the iron? Is the garage door open?” And so on. When all of your smart devices and power are controllable on a centralized app, you can quickly verify any and all of these troubling quandaries with a few taps on your mobile device.
You will get an instant security upgrade:
Whether its protection from potential fires or a break-in, connected apartments can help you ward off “worst case scenario” hazards for you and your family. Heightened security tools such as surveillance and smart locks can provide you with instant alerts of suspicious activity, giving you peace of mind at all hours of the day. This feature can be especially helpful for the elderly or families with small children.
Your house can look after itself while you’re on the road:
Whether you’re traveling for work or for pleasure, frequent jet setters know the very specific pain point of worrying about the state of your apartment while they you are away. Rather than troubling a family member or neighbor to keep plants alive, packages secure, and a light on in the evening to ward off unwelcome guests, your smart apartment can take care of all that for you.
If you are someone that owns a home without the necessary provision or if you are renting but still interested in the benefits of owning a smart home, contact SkyHub to get a better understanding of how to turn your home smart no matter what.