Home automation planning and costs

I am of the (unpopular) opinion that it is all hype

If I consider a long overdue technology in the house as a hype, then I would say back to the Stone Age. Why an electric stove, a fire in the cave is enough.

Just compare your car with your house.

In my opinion, underfloor heating and electric blinds are simply comfort features today that, like electric windows in a car, simply belong in a new building. And as soon as something like that is installed in the house, a solution with KNX is cheaper than the classic one.

Why nail switch orgies to the wall when, in the end, it is cheaper to do KNX right away. And I get more functionality on top of that for free.

You just have to educate yourself a little so that you can slap the electrician's hand when he wants to artificially make the topic expensive with 'moon prices'.

But is KNX really cheaper? After all, the electrician has to lay everything in a star topology, which he wouldn't normally do. This costs not only more material but also much more labor time. Or am I seeing this wrong? I would like to use KNX to control the blinds centrally and because of the nicer switches, but I'm afraid it will be too expensive.

I also have heating and electric blinds. The heating is so sluggish that I can't really adjust anything anyway, the blinds have switches - whether they were more expensive than KNX, I don't know. I don't really need KNX for either.

I am of the (unpopular) opinion that this is all hype

I doubt that, because KNX is such a niche product and will remain so in single-family homes in the long run – the picture is just somewhat distorted in forums.

I think KNX is cool, but for me it remains a gimmick that I do not need. The repeatedly mentioned possibilities of extensions and replanning are only done by the freak in real life, and ultimately not even by them anymore. Anyone who depends on a professional definitely does not tinker with it...

Synohr is also funny, but I still maintain: as strange as the voice control of the phone.

I like switch batteries – honestly. The installation combined with motion sensors is just fine.

When searching for a home provider, it has already become apparent that home automation is taking up an increasingly larger part of the offers and construction descriptions. I have also looked at the construction service description with which we are building and the new construction service description of our provider. The demand is growing continuously. Although proprietary systems are still in use at the moment, they are far from being a smart home, but somewhere it has to start. KNX is struggling here with many prejudices and ignorance among electricians, which does not exactly contribute to faster adoption. If someone recognizes this gap, it is certainly not bad for business.