When you own a home, you’re the one in charge of it. However, when you’re running a household and you’ve got to be in multiple places at once, it’s nice to have a helping hand.
That’s where smart tech comes in. You can set up some smart tech solutions within your property and use them to get a more cohesive level of control over what’s going on.
Of course, there’s no replacing actually getting up and doing things yourself, but you can take some of the pressure off by having a few bits of tech in place. Here are the ones we recommend.
Light Control Apps
The lighting in your home is very easily controlled by using the switches on the lamps and walls, but you can take this one step further. If you’re keen to save energy this year, and indeed, lower your electricity bill, you should think about buying smart bulbs and connecting them to a light control app you can download to your phone.
This is a great solution for anyone with young children, who tend to leave lights on and not remember to switch them off again. With a few taps, you can be sure that any rooms not in use have been turned off and are conserving energy, even if the kids are in and out and all over the place!
Remote Control Gates
Whether they’re out the front or round the back, a set of electric gates set up on your property will make it ten times easier to stay in control of the access to your home. You can be sure the garden is shut off and locked with just a few taps of a button, and you can even cordon off the front of the house with the same solution.
Most remote control gates also come with motion sensor capabilities, so you’ll get a ping on your phone every time someone comes near the gate or tries to use it. That can give you a much better overview of who’s coming and going, which can then grant you peace of mind in the later evening and nighttime hours.
Smart Speaker
With a smart speaker set up in your home somewhere, all you need to do is call out for what you want it to do and job done. Lower the volume of something? Just say so. Put some mood music on when you’re cooking dinner. Just ask!
You can also connect a smart speaker up to a virtual assistant like Alexa, meaning you can boost the radius it can operate in without having to invest in another assistant. The speakers can be a bit cheaper on a household budget, so this can be a big benefit. Then, simply call out to the speaker instead and get the message passed along.
If being the one in charge is making homeownership a bit of a nightmare, use smart tech solutions to your advantage. Save time and energy with equipment like this.