Will your smart home attract more buyers?
The world has woken up to the fact that resources are precious; electricity, water, and even time are precious commodities that we just can’t afford to waste. Enter the age of the smart home. New age solar power systems are so much more efficient than before. They use the power of the sun to charge new-generation batteries that can power your home.
Program your appliances
Smart apps allow you to program your appliances to operate when you have your best access to free electricity. The latest systems will allow you to be virtually independent of the power grid. That represents a huge cost saving – but also means you are not at the mercies of Eskom.
Remember the days of dial-up internet? Then came ADSL – and now access to fiber will soon become the norm. What’s the benefit to you? Lightning fast internet will mean you may not need or want DSTV. You will stream what you want when you want it, directly to your own entertainment box.
Is traffic a problem? That long commute to work that robs you of three to four hours of precious time every day - time that could have been spent with your family. With a fiber internet feed to your home you may not even need to get to the office? Work from home, visit customers, and then pop into the office outside of peak traffic hours. What’s an extra 20 hours a week worth to you?
Security features
Worried about security? Your security system can stream live camera footage to your phone 24/7. Program your lights, your air-conditioners or heating systems, or whatever you want, when you are fully connected.
The technology is all there – at the touch of your fingertips on your tablet or smartphone. All you need to do is plug right into it. And it’s not just for the millennials. The reality is that everyone wants to save money. Everyone wants more time. Everyone wants to save natural resources. When your smart home hits the market and competes against other non-smart listings, yours will win every time.
Embrace the future! It need not freak you out. There are significant benefits to you right now.
About Steve Caradoc-Davies
Steve Caradoc-Davies is Harcourts Platinum Principal. He has 25 years of real estate experience. Featuring in the Top 20 agents in the Group in South Africa for eight consecutive years, Caradoc-Davies now coaches and manages his team and has received international training. In July 2009 he was awarded the Property Association Young Lion Award - in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the property industry and acknowledgement as a future industry leader.Related
