Thank you for the warning and the advice. I basically agree with you, although in this particular case I would like to use the downtime, while I am waiting for feedback from initial consultation meetings and regarding the plot, to at least fundamentally inform myself about things that will sooner or later become relevant. I understand your argument, but I am not seeking a deeper understanding or making a decision here. And it would never have occurred to me to base the choice of building partner on marketing material or even the offered smart home solution ;)I could certainly contribute some knowledgeable input on this question, but given your previous thread history, I would consider that irresponsible. Therefore, I just want to give you this warning first: resist the temptation to "use" any downtime to inform yourself about details as long as you haven't even (figuratively speaking) "reached the basement ceiling" in building your house-building knowledge! Builders are sometimes like expectant fathers already mentally doing postpartum exercises and warming bottles long before the due date. For your choice of building partner, this particular aspect is not relevant, insofar as it is a typical specialist planner topic, and all possible systems should be considered "construction method neutral." Just don’t get the crazy idea to choose a building partner based on whether they have any smart home system listed in their catalog!
At the moment, it looks like GC/prefabricated house builder. Doing it on my own is out of the question since I have neither the time nor the experience.One fundamental question remains: Are you building with a developer, general contractor, architect, or on your own? This also affects how the electrical work is carried out and what costs arise.
And making the choice of the construction partner dependent on marketing material or even on the offered smart home solution would never have occurred to me
whereas in this particular case I would like to use the downtime while waiting for feedback from the first consultation talks and regarding the property to at least basically inform myself about things that will sooner or later be relevant anyway.
From my own experience, I can only advise to address the topic early and by no means rely on being able to properly consider this topic "during sampling" or "doing it together with the electrician on site"!
At the moment it looks like a general contractor / prefabricated house builder. Doing it yourself / self-awarded is out of the question since I neither have the time nor the experience for it.
Funny, "requirements specification" and that it would first be more sensible also occurred to me today :)I would approach the matter differently and initially ignore the different systems. For me, the first step would be: What do you want to implement "smartly"? First decide whether you only want things to be remotely controllable or a truly smart system. Write a requirements specification and then first see how to implement it.