ᐅ Existing Property – Controlling Lighting, Temperature (Underfloor Heating), and Roller Shutters

Hello everyone,

My parents’ house (both 63 years old) is going to be upgraded to be smarter. Unfortunately, they renovated the house just 3 years ago and did not consider any preparations for smart home systems at that time.

They only became interested since they received an Echo Plus with 2 Philips Hue bulbs.

Here is the current situation:

- Detached house, 160 sqm (1,722 sq ft)
- Underfloor heating in all rooms
- Electric roller shutters in all rooms
- Amazon Echo Plus and 2 Philips E27 bulbs available

Goal:

- Control underfloor heating intelligently via app and wall thermostat (voice control via Alexa is not a must, as I don’t think underfloor heating is suitable for quickly changing the temperature by voice)
- Control lighting in living/dining room, ground floor hallway, 3 bedrooms, and first floor hallway via Alexa voice commands
- Control roller shutters on the ground floor via app and preferably program presets (e.g., vacation mode)

It can be said that no additional components should be added beyond this.

As inexpensive as possible, but as expensive as necessary.

Thank you in advance

Best regards

Somfy also offers retrofit options in combination with the TaHoma Box to convert existing electric roller shutters to radio control and, for example, manage scenarios in connection with the TaHoma Box. Somfy can also be partially operated using Alexa.

For the heating, a NEST, for the lighting even more Hue. For the roller shutters, you need to check what kind of system is installed.

Thank you for the answers.

Mycraft schrieb:
For heating, a NEST; for lighting, even more Hue. For the roller shutters, you have to check what is installed.

If I understand correctly, can I buy a Nest thermostat for each room I want to control?

This is just a suggestion. There are many other smart thermostats available.

For example:

- tado
- elgato
- eqiva
- netatmo

and so on. There is really a wide selection. The NEST is unbeatable in terms of design and user interface, which is why I recommended it.

If my daughter ever comes up with plans like that for us, I'll disinherit her.