Automated Home 2.0 – #05 Choosing Our Architect
The original Automated Home was built in 1999. We were young and enthusiastic, but perhaps lacked some life experience which meant we didn’t get everything…
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Homey Announce v2.0 Plus Homey Pro – Z-Wave, ZigBee, WiFi, BLE, IR, 433 & 868 MHz
Review: KitSound ‘District’ Wireless Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones
Automated Home 2.0 – #04 Awesome PTZ CCTV Camera to Watch Our Self Build Remotely
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2018
Review: Sandisk Extreme Portable 1TB SSD
New POPP Z-Wave Smart Home Sensor Can Detect Mould
Automated Home 2.0 – #03 What Tech Is Good Enough to Take to the New Build?
Video: New Loxone iPad Wall Mount Brings Contemporary Cool to Your Smart Home
Useful Gadget of the Week: Samotech Light Switch Cover for Philips Hue Dimmer
Here’s an adapter that looks very useful. The Samotech devices will converter your UK double wall switches to hold either 1 or 2 of the…
Automated Home 2.0 – #02 The Checklists We Used to Move House
Although there’s no tech here (next time we’ll be checking out what tech is good enough to take to the new build) hopefully these are practical…
Exclusive Interview: ‘Home On’ Host Richard Gunther on The DIY Smart Home
This time we talk to Richard Gunther (@richardgunther), host of the HOME: ON Podcast, a show about DIY home control and automation. Hi Richard. Can…
Smart Home Black Friday Deals
It’s that time of the year again! Click here for the very latest Black Friday Smart Home Deals from Amazon! And here’s a great deal…
Automated Home 2.0 – #01 The Pre-Move Sort, Sell, Salvage, Purge & Pack
So we’ve moved out. Back when the Automated Home went up for sale we got straight into cleared all the detritus we had accumulated over the…
Review: New Google Home Hub – Perfect Smart Display For Your Bedroom?
The MadeByGoogle event last month launched the Pixel 3 as expected. But there was a surprise or two as well, not least the new Home Hub….
Intrinsic’s New Driver Brings IP Control to the Apple TV
Intrinsic Group has introduced a new Apple TV range of IP controlled driver modules, enabling full integration and convenient access to the feature-rich experience of…
Our Cheat Sheet on the New MacBook Air, Mac mini & iPads Pros
Apple’s keynote earlier today at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York, brought a raft of new and updated product announcements. Here’s our cheat…
Give Away: TP-Link WiFi Socket with Energy Monitoring & Voice Control
Thanks to the guys over a TP-Link we have one of these cool WiFi socket to give away! The HS110 is a Wi-Fi Smart Plug with…
The End of an Era for Automated Home
It’s the end of an era for the Automated Home. We moved in just a few months shy of 20 years ago and while our…
Drayton Wiser Smart Heating Controls Review Part 4 – 1 Year Older & Much Wiser
It has been 12 months since we removed our traditional heating controls and started to install the Drayton Wiser smart heating system. So now is…