Barwon Heads 13th Beach House
Completed Mar 2024
Full home automation utilising Apple Home was retrofitted to a families beach house allowing them to control their holiday home from anywhere
Barwon Heads 13th Beach - Project Overview
Type of House: Family Beach / Golf Holiday House
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Smart Home Budget : Full automation including all light switches, alarm system, CCTV, video doorbell, climate control, audio - ~$25k
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Who Lives Here: Family with young and grown up children who love to play golf
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What was important to the home owners:
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Security and Safety of the family and home eg: monitoring their holiday home which is often vacant
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Time saving and convenience eg: being able to switch off all lights, TV's, sound systems, climate control and arm the alarm at the touch of a button on the way our the door.
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Saving on energy bills eg: ensuring everything switched off while they are away from their holiday home
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Entertaining eg: integrated audio
Ability to monitor and control a holiday home provides a level a comfort that the home is secure and energy isn't being wasted.
Barwon Heads 13th Beach Smart Home Features
Tailored to the automation solutions , these are
Garage Door & Gate
Ability to control garage door and vehicle gate via voice, from phone or via automation
Lighting
Full control of lighting including dimming, scene control eg: leave home, dinner time, chill time
Security
CCTV and Video Doorbell with facial recognition, smart alarm system that arms of leaving home
Climate Control
Full control of ducted air-conditioning, in-floor hydronic heating, ceiling fans and blinds to keep house comfortable & reduce bils
Sensors
Multiroom sensors keeping track of occupancy, temperature, lighting levels, air quality, humidity and automatically adjusting lighting, a/c etc.
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Smart Locks
Front door automatically unlocks on approaching house, keypad for guest entry, ability to lock/unlock via automation eg: auto lock at 7pm
Scene Automation
Scenes such a leaving home help reduce energy usage, save time and secure the house, automatically arming alarm, turning off lights and appliances.
