Recommende setup for renovation (lighting switching mainly)

Hello Everyone,

I’m new to Home Assistant, however I do have some simple automation experience (smart bulbs, sensors, etc but rather on the SmartThings platform).

I’m renovating a recently bought house and my electrician informed me that I will have to rewire my electricity from scratch. Of course this provides me some opportunities as well.

After doing several hours of research, I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the options as things like Zigbee, smart switching etc are all new to me.

I’m listing a few of my “requirements”:

  • I like a mix of smart bulbs (for color scenes mainly) and regulard bulbs (I don’t need color scenes in my utility room or garage)

  • I would prefer to work with wireless lighting switches, but it is not a hard requirement if my setup wouldn’t work.

The idea I have is to do the following:

  • Have a power cable run from every light point or group of lights to the fuse box to provide the lights with power

  • Connect the power cables not directly to the fuses but use something like Shelly/Zonoff in this box so I can control normal bulbs

  • If I use smart bulbs, I need to be able to program the relay to keep the power on the lights because a smart bulb without power is useless

  • For both scenario’s work with wireless Zigbee switches

So my questions are:

  • Does it make sense what I’m doing?
  • Any recommendations in terms of brands for me on lighting switches and/or the smart relays? (I live in Belgium)

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
BeeGee