Re: Have you sold a home with HA features?

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yep, i'd have to concur, i'm pulling out my elk m1 and replacing it with a
plain jane vista20, I'm not doing any x10 all with it either, i'll stick a
plug timer on the lamp post feed, what a waste, all that work, oh well, I
learned something I guess. People are stooopid.

"BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Interesting point. We called it a Smart Home and showed off cameras,
> security and the like but, while people thought it was nice, they
> already expected the security system and beyond that they just glazed
> over.
>
> From: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
> > news:n7d151h8kcc4f37ao8v5bi9avhub9suj0d@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> 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!
>
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