Create a smart home without forfeiting your privacy.
If you're a home owner with a DIY attitude, I can work with you to create a privacy-respecting Smart Home.
Local control
When the Internet goes down, your house continues to function.
No vendor lock-in
You have the freedom to choose products from a wide range of supported brands and technologies.
What can a Smart Home do?
Intelligent energy use
Monitor, analyse, and manage your home's energy usage, per device.
Identify devices leaking power.
Automatically and intelligently, switch on and off devices, HVAC, fans, and lights.
Automatically open and close blinds and curtains.
Personalised, per room, climate control.
Prevent property damage
Use leak detection sensors, water flow sensors, and remote control water valves, to automatically shut-off the water if flooding is detected.
Automatic, home-wide reminders when a device has finished its job or requires attention. i.e. Washer, Dryer, Dishwasher, Robot Vac, etc.
Protect your home
Monitor the security of your home while you're away; at work, or on vacation.
Lock and unlock doors remotely; enabling limited, temporary access for deliveries and trades people.
Emulate an occupied home to deter potential burglars.
Ways I can assist you
Employing my knowledge and experience with technologies and techniques used in business-grade networks, we can defend against the creep of surveillance capitalism.
Home networking
Design and implement a privacy-preserving home network.
Home Assistant
Create your own Smart Home, controlled with Home Assistant.
Home automation
Develop custom automations, and troubleshoot them.
Why I use Home Assistant
Home Assistant is the central platform I use to create private Smart Homes.
Non-profit and Open source
Protects against surveillance capitalism, buyout, and abandon-ware. Allows anyone to inspect the code to confirm there's no hidden backdoor, spyware, etc.
Local data
No data is stored or processed in the cloud, it all happens within your home, which is crucial for maintaining your privacy and security.
Local control
Home Assistant communicates with your devices locally. If you lose internet connectivity, your home continues to function.
Freedom of choice
There's no single brand that does everything well, so the freedom to integrate products from a wide range of supported brands and technologies is important.