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Considerations When Buying a Smart Home

By
Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty

In today’s home market many home buyers are building new homes using smart technology.  This allows the homeowner to enjoy more security, convenience, and peace of mind.  If a home buyer shops wisely they can build a home that suits their needs and desires.  This can all be done without spending a fortune.  Following are a few suggestions on how to achieve the above goals:

Make it cost effective – Today’s energy-efficient features help make the investment more cost-effective and affordable to a larger number of home buyers.  Intelligent features help to improve the use of solar energy through the use of thermostats regulating the environment.  This will reduce your utility bills, therefore, giving the homeowner payback on his investment.  

Customization of house – First, make sure the house will suit your needs.  It is easy to generate a list of must-haves when starting house hunting.  Double check your must-haves and reduce the list if possible.  This can have the effect of reducing frustration and paying for items you do not need.  Finally, make sure you have included all your deal breakers prior to signing on the dotted line.

Stay within budget – You want to enjoy comfort without breaking the bank, therefore, get only the items you need and will use.  There will be plenty of enticements from sales to encourage you to purchase whistles and bells that you probably will not use for the long run.

Buy the right home and location – Do not let all the automated technology features coerce you into to sacrificing on location, neighborhood amenities, and schools.  Always think about resale value, there will be a day you will want to sell the property.  Remember the automated features you purchase today may be obsolete when you are ready to sell, unless you continuously update.  Finally, do not purchase items you will get tired of, or will not be using continuously.