Aaron Parecki

@aaronpk sounds expensive 😬

Do the new ones do any sort of energy reporting? What home automation platform have you landed on!

@aaronpk do you have a plan for light/wall switches yet? If I were building a house I think something like a Shelly relay would be my default go to to connect my lights. Could be a few switches where I’d use a special switch but I really like our Shelly’s. Cost effective too, especially multigang switches.

@aaronpk I can only think of a pneumatic tube system, although it's unlikely to be a last minute addition.

@aaronpk Time capsule!

@aaronpk A separate low-voltage DC net to power all those ESPs?

@aaronpk pretty much the wires for the contact sensors (doors, windows), the fire alarm wiring and the wires from the alarm box to the horn and the touchscreen panels themselves

@aaronpk Some sort of metallic object at a consistent height that you’ll remember for locating studs. It could be something as simple as a nail at doorknob height on all of them. Extra points if you can figure out some sort of way to note where your wires and pipes are, like maybe a magnet flipped so that it repels when you use a stud finding magnet. If I could make any upgrade to the walls of my house, that would be it by a mile.

@aaronpk if you're going to have a wired security system, having the security company installer come and do that before the walls closed up would be good.

@aaronpk yes - we added them when we renovated the bathroom and it's great. Also a power outlet by the toilet for a heated toilet seat, and another inside of the bathroom cabinet for charging razors (so they don't have to be out on the countertop all of the time).

@aaronpk also: speaker wire for wherever you will want speakers. We put ceiling mounted speakers above the sink in our master bathroom and they get used daily.