Have you considered integrating home automation components such as smart switches[1] in your residence? Allow my experience to serve as a cautionary tale.
Earlier this year, I completed a multi-year dream project: My very own wet bar for entertaining. The project required demolition of the floor to accommodate new sanitary lines for hot and cold water, as well as new plumbing for a sink, a dishwasher, an icemaker, and an espresso machine. The project also required a lot of new electrical circuitry for integrated dimmable LED lighting.
While I was at it, I decided to make electrical upgrades to the rest of our home. In addition to updating fluorescent and incandescent lighting fixtures to LEDs, we would be installing. Lutron Caseta smart dimmer switches[2] to replace out old-fashioned, manual switches.
A journey into home automation
My journey into home automation began about seven years ago when I became an early adopter of smart thermostats (Ecobee[3]), smart plugs, and smart switches, using Linksys' Wemo system[4]. I also bought a first-generation Amazon Echo[5] with Alexa.
Since then, I have added more Amazon Echos[6], a Sonos Beam[7], and a second connected thermostat, Google's Nest,[8] to control a mini-split in our bedroom. I've installed smart fans made by Haiku[9] (Big Ass Fans[10]) as well as a connected garage door opener (myQ[11]) and even a connected pool/spa control system (Zodiac iAqualink[12]). We've also experimented with Philips Hue bulbs[13], and have also installed an Amazon Ring