Home automation

Wired or wireless: it depends on your situation

A wired bus system is the most reliable and easy to expand, but it's best planned for a new build or a major renovation, while the walls are open anyway. For an existing home there are wireless systems without any breaking work. The choice of system is hard to reverse, so we take the time up front to see what suits your home.

• Wired: reliable and expandable, ideal for a new build or major renovation
• Wireless: for existing homes, without major breaking work
• Best to settle the choice of system up front

Managing energy and tying into your electrics

Through the P1 port of your digital meter, your home automation system reads your live consumption, for example to stagger heavy loads. Many systems run locally, so your controls keep working if the internet drops. The home automation goes straight into your consumer unit, with neat wiring, and passes the inspection in line with the AREI.

• Read the P1 port for energy management, free to activate with Fluvius
• Runs locally, keeps working if the internet drops
• Built into your consumer unit and inspected to AREI

Grants and VAT

For renovation work on a home more than ten years old, 6% VAT applies instead of 21% when a contractor supplies and fits the work, including the electrical installation. Mijn VerbouwPremie offers support for preparatory work on electrics. Check your situation through Mijn VerbouwLoket; I'll give you a proper invoice.