Smart Home Solutions: Making Your Home a Real Part of the Family
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Whether you own a brand-new home in a new development or a 100-year-old home in an historic Pittsburgh neighborhood, Micah Rosa’ s Smart Home Elves can convert it into a smart home.
And if you’ re just thinking smart lights, think again. The field of smart home technology has mushroomed in the past few years, giving homeowners technological solutions ranging from smart garage doors to smart video doorbells and even coffee makers. Virtually every aspect of your home can be monitored and adjusted from your wall, phone, and AI assistants like Amazon’ s Alexa.
“ Basically, we go in and people say,‘ Here’ s what we want to be able to do,’ and we come up with the right products that fulfill those needs and all work together,” Rosa said.“ We’ re technology agnostic. We’ re not paid by the brands, so we’ re building the best systems at the best price on the market and ensuring it ties into any existing technology customers may have so it’ s one unified system. A lot of my clients have Sonos already and don’ t even know they can add voice control. It’ s a cool trick to show how easy it is to make your existing tech even better.”
Rosa got into the business because he had several short-term rental properties around the region where it made more sense to control their electric, HVAC and other utilities remotely rather than driving out to each one multiple times a week. Not only
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did the technology keep his overhead down, the novelty of the systems actually allowed him to raise the prices of his bookings because people were so impressed.“ There is nothing like being able to set mood lighting in all different colors, turn up the AC, open Netflix on the TV, set alarms, and arm your security without even getting out of bed,” he explained.
“ It gives your house a personality. And people love the fact that they can make some simple, relatively inexpensive upgrades to their homes that can save them time and money in the long run. Years ago, it was expensive because you had to hardwire a whole room if you wanted smart features. That meant breaking through drywall, running wires, and repainting. Ugh. But with today’ s wireless technology, if you move, you can pack everything up and take it with you to your new home. Plus adding a new feature is as simple as finding a plug and connecting.”
But what if the power goes out? Rosa said that’ s a common question and not one homeowners need to worry about anymore.
“ The technology has reached a level of stability that, if the power goes out, everything reconnects automatically at a very high rate,” he said.“ We’ ll always have power outages, but when the power comes back on in your smart home, you’ re back in business just like it never happened.”
What’ s more is that Smart Home Elves does everything for you, from product selection to set-up and training— plus there are no month-to-month subscription plans. All of the equipment carries standard manufacturer warranties and Rosa is happy to service or expand any system for customers on an as-needed basis.
For more information on how you can make your dream home even better, go to the website at www. smarthomeelves. com, or call 412.228.0989 to schedule a consultation today to make your home do more for you. Mention IN Community Magazine and receive a free Echo Dot with your in-home consultation.
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