SMART
HOMES
The New Luxury
Must-Have
A door that automatically unlocks when you approach and locks once
you leave. Lights you can control from anywhere through your phone.
Thermostats that adjust your home’s temperature automatically
based on your habits. These innovative, high-tech features are in
demand across the country, and are found in many of Florida’s most
extraordinary properties.
In luxury real estate, smart home technology is expected, according
to Danny Hertzberg, a Previews® Property Specialist with Coldwell
Banker’s® number one team worldwide, The Jills®. Hertzberg has
marketed and sold a number of smart luxury homes in the Miami
Beach area. “It’s fascinating to see how rapidly people are adopting
technology, and from all demographics,” he says. “The typical smarthome consumer used to be young and affluent. Now, the technology
is becoming much more accessible and desirable to people of all
ages, with a broad spectrum of lifestyles and incomes.”
Smart home technology is becoming an integral part of our everyday
lives by solving problems great and small. For luxury homeowners,
there are innovative products on the market that can make even the
most spectacular estates more impressive.
Want help managing your groceries? The Samsung Family HubTM
refrigerator includes a Wi-Fi enabled touchscreen and three cameras
that take a photo every time the refrigerator door closes. You can use
Offering smart home
technology and 105 feet of
waterfront, this spectacular
residence is located in
Gulfport. See page 13.
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