Re: Anyone sold a HA enabled house?

["Neil Fuller" <neil@xxxxxxx>]

Paul

We are pondering whether to stay here (Nr Guildford, Surrey), move  or
emigrate!

I am still in the planning stages of the HA systems I want to install
(except for a BEMS for the heating which is already in).

We recently had the house valued and during the discussions, we spoke about
the value I assumed that HA would add to a house. The estate agent however
was rather negative. He said that of the HA equipped houses that he had
recently sold (3 or 4 in the local area), they had all been 'stickers'.

If the prospective purchaser is techy, it isn't a problem but the average
bod apparently doesn't want automatic lighting, curtains, heating etc etc.
The feedback he got from most people related to concerns about repair costs
when something went wrong.

Because of that, I am trying to design around the principle of it being
'easy to rip out and take with you'  - kind of knocks C-bus on the
head really :-(( .

I think it depends on your view about houses (and selling). If you see a
house as an investment, to do up and sell on quickly, the highest level of
acceptable HA is probably a thermostat!!

OTOH, if you see it as a home to live in and sell at a realistic price, and
you don't mind waiting for the right buyer, HA rocks!!

Our local estate agents only exceptions were in prestigious (over
GBP1.5M!!) or in bachelor pads aimed at yuppies.

HTH

Regards

Neil



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul S Gale 
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:53 PM
  Subject: [ukha_d] Anyone sold a HA enabled house?


  Just wondering what estate agents made of features that were to
be
  included in the sale (CAT5 infrastructure, X10 LD11's,
multi-room
  speakers etc). Did any of this actually make a difference to the
price,
  turn people on/off?



  Not looking to sell just yet (only had the place a year) but
probably
  will in a couple of years - maybe for a self-build.



  Paul.





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