@bphillips921 wrote:
The wife and I are building a new custom home in about 6 months. I’m hoping to plan out my (initial) integration of HA during the build so I can run wires for as much as possible. If you were building a new home, what is on your list of things you would do to integrate HA and what would you pass on?
- It has to have a high WAF, since the wife is not into this stuff (unless it makes her life easier, then she doesn’t seem to mind)
- Nothing can be dependent on HA. If I poweroff HA I want the home to work as normal.
- I’d prefer to avoid “the cloud” as much as possible. I’d like devices to be local.
What I’m planning so far
- I want to use HA as the alarm system (I know this kind of breaks rule 2 above, but hear me out). I’d like to hard-wire magnetic sensors in every door and window (even interior doors) as well as hard-wire motion sensors and sirens. That way we could still use those sensors with a “standard” alarm if we wanted to ditch HA.
- I want 4-6 wall panel locations hard-wired with cat6 to handle the tablet charging (locations: front door, mud room (garage entry), upstairs hall by bedroom, basement)
- I’m going to put in a bunch of exterior IP cameras, but run them separately with Blue Iris. I’d like Blue Iris and HA to talk, though
- Every light switch will be a smart switch, but I’d like a switch that looks normal
- I plan to use Ubiquiti Unifi for my WiFi network
- Cat6 will be ran from a central location in my basement control room to several locations (office, bedrooms, TVs, etc)
- I plan to centralize all my stereo receivers, Blu-Ray player, etc in this control room (we will using a streaming TV service, so no cable boxes)
- Whole-home audio using a combination of Google Home devices and installed ceiling speakers. I’ll use Google Chromecast devices plugged into a whole-home audio amplifier in my control room to send audio to the ceiling speakers.
- Our living room will have 20ft ceilings with windows up to the top. I’d like to control blinds on these windows (and other windows) with HA. What’s the best way to do that?
- I’d like to tie my HVAC into HA, but not have it depend on HA. I assume the best way to do that is with smart thermostats, correct? Any recommendations?
Some questions:
- What smart TVs play well with HA?
- Do any whole-home audio amps work with HA?
- What would you recommend I use to send the magnetic door/window signals to HA? (Konnected, Wemos D1 Mini, etc)
Is there anything else I should consider? Or anything I listed that you would recommend that I ditch?
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