Experience with Apple Home

Apple Home Connect
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Hi All. Over the last 10 years I have moved twice (a 3rd coming up in the next 2 years), and so have built a smart home twice. I never buy new homes, preferring the masochistic approach of dragging old homes into the 21st century. My current home is a 1850 stone built in Cornwall (Fun drilling holes!), The one before was a wooden frame 1916 Bungalow in San Jose, California.

I write a blog on my experiences, and it goes into what I did and why. So, it is not a review site. I discuss things like what presence is better than motion detection, for example.

It’s also not just Aqara devices.

Just for @DEChrisE there are even some videos!

If you are interested, the blog is at https://practicalhomekit.blogspot.com

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Haha :joy: :rofl: thanks @siobhanellis you are worrying about me and my concerns! I really appreciate it :x2fozabcpx9xrbxmdpseb3_61:

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Hi @siobhanellis bravo!!!
Incredible amount of work on describing a smart home. Thanks for the link.

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Thank you for sharing! It’s always fun/interesting to start a new smarthome. The challenges with retrofitting can be a pain but very rewarding in the end.

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Thanks. It’s been fun writing it. However, as it now spans 10 years, keeping it up to date as technology and my ideas change can be a pain.

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Thank you for sharing! This is actually super helpful.

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That’s really nice to know. Thank you.

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