I am in the fortunate position to be building a new home. The home is rural and so I want to be able to fully manage the system myself.
I will be using Home Assistant, as well as Ubiquity, to act as the brains and hub of the smarthome.
I’m looking for a advice to make sure I plan ahead appropriately to get all the proper wiring in place, and also to get a sanity check on the system I’ve designed – I think I have enough questions that it is fair to pay for this service, and wondering if anybody has used a provider they would recommend to finalize their design.
Does anybody have a trusted consultant they’ve worked with?
For more info, here are some supporting docs:
The main questions I have at this point are:
- What am I not planning for that I should be (i.e. should I be putting PoE to certain places that I’m not?
- What am I planning for that I should NOT be (i.e. is there anything that isn’t worth it)
- Am making final decisions on a few most likely products for blinds and light switches, and I’m not sure what maker to go with (Inovelli, lutron)
- Am making final decisions on light bulbs and placements, and wondering if it is worth to go with more customizable, or tried and true
- I’m not clear if I need to make a decision related to matter, zigbee, zwave, etc., and if so, what hub I need to plan for
- Any other input I’m not thinking about that will be easy to plan for now, but would be expensive for later.
Thanks so much for reading!
-Mark