[indemnity]

When we built our 2015 house our requirements were simple: well insulated, whole-house ducted heating/cooling, and CAT6 to every room. Everything that has an Ethernet port gets wired. Our front door still requires physical keys. Our TV is dumb. Dishwasher has no screen just knobs, likewise the oven and fridge. Heating has one panel to control everything, buttons not touch screen. Comfortable house, all my tech works and basically never dies. Not reliant on some buggy software that never gets updated from company thats out of business for my lights or heating or dishwasher or fridge to work.

Lost my uptime today due to a power outage, first one in years. The house in the OPs article sounds like absolute hell.

[toomuchtodo]

This is the way. May you enjoy your home.