It’s sleek, sassy and minimalist. Your new house is just as you wanted! But bloody hell, it is so noisy!! Truth be told room acoustics are far more complex than most people realise. It is also sadly a forgotten area in some new build and renovation projects. You don’t need to dedicate weeks to it,…
The glossy advert pimps the house as ‘smart’. You have a vision that it ticks all of your boxes – remote-this, auto-that … you start dreaming of life in this house. Snap out of it, how smart is ’smart’? You just don’t know until you visit the house, but the challenge is even at the…
Luckily this is an option for some. The majority of solar solutions do not afford this luxury to a very large rental market, or even those owners in multi-storey dwellings. I have often thought we just need a commercialised solar farm you can buy into it and reap the benefit of solar power even when…
Last week I caught up with an ex-colleague who works at NBN. We got onto the subject of my move to NBN internet services with the usual questions came up of why did you move, what worked and what didn’t work? Why did I migrate to NBN? My ADSL service was woeful! No other ADSL…
This is a genuine point of frustration with renovations and ‘upgrades’. Everyone has a different acceptance level and you better be tuned in with your partner before ordering that ‘thingy’ for your smart home. I am sure you have heard some of these PAF comments before: That looks ‘ugly’ e.g. a large wall mounted control…
Apparently we are holding onto our homes for longer, now at 10.5 years in Sydney, up 3+ years over the previous decade (refer https://www.corelogic.com.au/…/the-typical-home-in-australi…). I would bet if you owned a place for 10 years you will do some change to it more substantial than just a coat of paint. ‘Smartifying’ your place does not…
Yes I am sure there are lots of people who can correctly identify what the IoT acronym is – Internet of Things. The irony is that only now we believe all electronic gadgets are connectable. Years ago without WiFi or Bluetooth many electronic gadgets still talked to each other. Granted not as much as they…
Every purchase these days has to be ‘smart’. If its not you are left feeling life would be so much better with the ‘smarter’ option. Smart environments really are horses for courses. Please don’t be told otherwise! Have a good think about what you really want in your smart habitat and also what you can…
The lucky country, Large houses, large blocks of land, usable rooftops, entertainment areas and a driveway – what else is there to have. A solar road. Earlier this year the first commercial solar road installation was launched. Where? Broken Hill, Toowoomba or Geraldton maybe … not quite, try Normandy in France. Expensive = yes, commercial…
Several weeks ago I saw many smart home lock options at a security tradeshow. I am not convinced that installing ALL external access doors with electronic locks is a great idea. Many producers are focused on the front door lock. Controlling access when you are home is easy, what do you do when you are…