Relevant past thread: "The 10 Reasons I Ripped Out a £6k Lighting System" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25099615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2

Relevant past thread: "The 10 Reasons I Ripped Out a £6k Lighting System" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25099615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25099615 tldr: unreliable hardware + bugs ... results in endless hassles On the other hand, you have the ultra-high-end of smarthome tech with systems like Crestron. It seems ok but it's very expensive (million dollar mansions/estates budgets) and the custom programming is proprietary so the homeowners can't modify it themselves.