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davidcole:Dratsab:richms:sir1963: I have a real issue with "smart" technology.I have liven in a house that was 100 years old, still had the same locks on the doors, the old round light switches and a couple of rooms had pull cords for the light switches.
It worries me that people still have houses with that old stuff in them.
Heh - my house turns 165 in January. There's a resonable amount of 'old stuff' in it, in fact one of the door locks (J A Carpenter, No 60) is even older having been manufactured sometime during the reign of William IV (1830-1837) according to the brass plate on it. I had the levers in another lock rearranged not long after buying the house. A locksmith (collector) saw it and offered $350 on the spot plus free replacement/fitting.
I have an issue with smart technology too: I want some but think it'd be too hard to install in my old house. I need someone like @davidcole to come round and advise what is/isn't feasible. Replacing the above locks probably falls into the latter category :-)
i haven’t done locks. But yes could come look at what else you want to do.
Our ‘modern’ house (b. 1910) falls in the same boat hence wanting to hide the smarts. We have an August lock from our last house but for the same reasons as you our locks are remaining dumb. Our current renovations have led me to some Aeotec nano dimmers to hide as my two dips into the water of automation (or as I sink down the rabbit hole). Unfortunately I’m not as smart as some of my fellow geek zoners so have gone down a more plug and play route for now but @davidcole has had plenty of good advice to give. Some of which I haven’t heeded for a number of different reasons but it would be good if there were people/companies who could build your bespoke system with rasp pi etc without the need to have to learn it all yourself as I am time poor for the foreseeable future!
Will no doubt come crawling back to ask how to set up Vera at some stage...
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