Re: Have you sold a home with HA features?

["Dandelion Acres" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think rather than "home automation", the home may be marketed in a
practical sense, with technology being the effector of that practical-ness.

"Energy Efficient" through the use of "intelligent heating and cooling
controls" and the convenience and savings in "lighting control system".
Everybody likes "whole house music" and "home theater", and "intercoms" are
popular anyway. Just because the intercom uses the whole-house music
speakers for the chime and paging and the telephone is integrated into that
audio path is, or may be, irrelevant to an "average" buyer.

I emphasize security, and what better feature to show than the "simple" yet
very effective camera view of the front drive that has dinged your bell and
turned on the lights so you can see...

All stuff we may like to do, that may be complex on the inside yet can be
innocuous and normal to an average Joe.

I thinks it's all about marketing, and marketing is simply communications.
How are you communicating?

"California dude" <not-here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 3 Apr 2005 19:11:41 -0700, "Matt" <mattmorgan64@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>When I listed my house, buyers eyes just glazed as I showed thjem all
>>the X10, HVAC, alarm features... etc.
>>
>>Added resale value: $0.
>>
>>_most_ people just don't understand yet, have some ort of paranoia of
>>their home being too smart, and/or it just us geeks that get a kick out
>>of it.
>
> Just for kicks, I had a broker do a walk-through and run "comps" on my
> house.  I live in a "decent" town in Silicon Valley.  House needs some
> work.
>
> OK, after I got over the shock of hearing the current market value
> ("No one would pay me THAT MUCH for my house!!!), I asked about
> upgrades.
>
> Kitchen, bath, yup, those are good investments,  You get your money
> back and maybe then some.  Air conditioning, poor return.  Home
> Theater-ready wiring.  Another good investment.
>
> I didn't ask about home automatiion as such, since I can spell X10.  I
> even read articles about it in Byte Magazine about 25 years ago.
> Yeah, it's on my "round tuit" list.  Only problem is, The only "tuits"
> in the stores are square!
>
>