> I considered these systems when my house was built, and am very glad I didn't get them. You don’t need an elaborate, complex system to get a pretty big benef

> I considered these systems when my house was built, and am very glad I didn't get them. You don’t need an elaborate, complex system to get a pretty big benefit from a little automation. I just built a home, and bought and had the electrician install Lutron Caseta light switches for most of the switches (just the ones we might want to automate, not switches like closets or bathrooms). Doing this has allowed us to even just turn off lights that were left on without having to get up, or turn on some exterior lighting at sunset/off at sunrise. Pretty easy to set up, just works, and no overhead/undoing if you want to just use them as normal switches.