Serious question - If you were to die tomorrow, how long would your HA implementation last before

[sburke781]

That is nice, makes your job a lot easier...

[sburke781]

@Pantheon

she would not want to live here with my "ghost" roaming around

That does make me wonder whether so called "haunted" houses in the past were not so much haunted, but just smart houses with a poor behaving sensor or network?

[velvetfoot]

Real cheerful thoughts here.
New to the Apple world, I just saw this on creating a legacy contact, lol.
Living alone (with a cat) presents other scenarios, lol.

[marktheknife]

@Pantheon

For instance, several of my closet/pantry/security lights are motion/door activated. Many of them do not have a light switch. There would be no way to turn those lights on/off without HE and webcore.

@Pantheon

Sell the house immediately, as is, explaining that there are many smart devices/services that will basically cease to function in the very near future. That would leave the new owner with the understanding that those devices/services would need to be updated/replaced as needed.

I’d be concerned that this could turn off potential buyers…

[JimB]

We expect to live in the house about 10 more years. All of the ID's for Hubitat, Google Home, etc are related to the house with our email addresses set up as users. I have created a wiki document for the new owners. If they want the setup!!!
My setup is about 18 months old after a transition from ST. Will start on HA for integration of specialty WiFi devices, with inputs going thru HADB. All control in RM.

[tmpullen]

@Pantheon

wiki document

What did you use for your wiki?

[JimB]

Google Docs with links to Hubitat. Would love to have an RM link to each rule that only shows the rule without all of the navigation menu links. Then I would have a set of links that created all of the Hubitat documentation.
I writing an overview/description of the my logic so the next owner knows where to start looking.

[danabw]

The direct answer to the question is how long would it take for my wife to get an electrician in to reverse everything.

That's actually a serious answer.

There are just a few things that have to be reversed, I've documented it all in an exhaustively detailed summary we've gone over together.

I have no issues, it's my hobby and she has no interest in automation.

I think the more interesting question is what additional things would you automate if your SO passed away first. Me? Every set of blinds and cellular shades in the house that aren't automated (10 more sets). So tired of doing those manually...

[jlv]

Almost all of my automation is passively assistive in nature. Were I to pass and things stopped working, my wife would just go back to manually switching things on.

[Pantheon]

@tmpullen

wiki

I didn't make one. I saw where another user had made one to assist others with his system. I don't want to do that.

[Pantheon]

@danabw

I have no issues, it's my hobby and she has no interest in automation.

No need for an electrician. My wife would absolutely NOT want to live in this house after I am gone. So, she would sell immediately. I don't think she would care much about how potential buyers would feel about all of this stuff.

The funny thing.....the house that we sold before building this one was sold to a retired woman who's husband had just died. He had lots of automation and stuff like that. She barely understood it and certainly could not maintain it. So she immediately sold the home and bought mine. I did not have any smart stuff in that house.

[lcw731]

i am reasonably certain it would be ripped out and shut down before my funeral.

[672southmain]

@jlv

Almost all of my automation is passively assistive in nature.

All of mine is passively aggressive as well.

[lcw731]

@danabw

I've documented it all in an exhaustively detailed summary we've gone over together.

C'mon now, you know deep down she didn't hear a word you were saying. If I start talking about the automation I can literally see the glaze filling my wife's eyes..