New Build: House Tour and Smart Home Plans with Home Assistant

Today we are going around my new construction house and talking about Home Automation plans.

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[ZackBarett]

What was your favorite product/brand in the drawer?

[makeitworktech]

4:35 Nice choice of motion sensor! 👌
Fun video!

[leonardomoraes]

Hey Nick thanks for the home tour but I cant help but notice that you did not introduce your dogs. Is this something you'll cover in a later video?

[stephenlittman]

Ha ha, love the shake at the beginning, I do this everyday before work 🤣

[zrkzvsc]

Great video! Hope that you will also make a video on your home entertainment setup and home networking setup! That will be cool!

[brianwood]

Very nice! It will be fun to watch your progress. I recently switched to Home Assistant and have been consuming as much information as I can. I've was running Indigo for 10 years. It was the first home automation software that I found that ran on OS X. HA is so far beyond Indigo's capabilities, it's not even funny.

Congrats on the job with Nabu Casa and thanks for making these informative videos.

[mathesonstep]

Loos incredible, I am very excited to see whats next. Also super cool it already came with some smart devices you could use

[boomsig]

Nice pad! Have a similar setup to yours with ubiquiti cameras, etc. I went with an ELK alarm system. Alarm window, door, etc sensors are reported real time in HA so they serve double duty for automations.

[zyghom]

1 year ago I had no idea what automation is. Recently, when my power supply went down, I was almost not able to survive in my house without it ;-) - no, all sockets are still with possible manual intervention but... Same for heating system but... So, one designing the entire home should pay as much attention for "plan B(when all is down)" as for the "plan A (when all is working)". Btw nice house

[tharealmb]

Looks good! I don't see any crazy automations yet, but i'm sure they will come with time and actually building and living in the house. Cant wait to see the videos.

I use the energy monitoring for dryer and washing machine (and dishwasher) in the same way and it's great. It seems like a stupid automation to do, but it's really useful and helps doing laundry more efficiently. And you don't need an expensive "smart" dryer/washer that might only work with online services.

[bobdurk]

Hi Zack! I can't wait to follow along with your journey. I would suggest a flood sensor in the laundry and possible furnace room. I had a small water issue when the laundry tub overflowed recently. I will soon have an automation to shut down the washing machine if water is detected on the floor, if all goes to plan that is!

[perihelion]

So this is more like a preview of what you want to have rather than what you actually have ;)

[mysticsilent]

Nice house! I should warn about the toeplate outlets in the kitchen but especially in the bathroom. In case of a flood it can be dangerous. You should mount it inside the cabinet and run cables through there. ;) But very nice work and well thought out!

[zabjemcja]

What smart plug do you use for energy monitoring of your washer and dryer? I assume it has to be something rated for higher voltage plugs?

[blueskd]

Nice man! I also have the S7+ and am a Home Assistant nerd. I briefly looked into the integration but it seemed quite annoying at first glance with having to use the janky looking Xiaomi app and such. Would you recommend it over the standard Roborock method of interaction just to get some HA integration? Do you have a guide on that?

[dennisdksing]

Nice house Zack, congratulations! One question, you have an UDM Pro, but I saw that you are running Reolink cameras. Why did you go with that instead of Unifi cameras? And what NVR are you running with them?

[erwinsanders]

Hi Zack
Nice video
Which sensor are you using in the bathroom ?

[pfurrie]

I'd be reconsidering putting the TV above the mantel -- too far up the wall for comfortable viewing.

[navarro]

Nice future set up. Can you help me with something, which wired magnet sensors do you have and do they integrate easily with HA?