{"id":2265,"date":"2021-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/its-good-for-the-environment-and-saves-me-money-welcome-to-my-smart-home\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:40:32","slug":"its-good-for-the-environment-and-saves-me-money-welcome-to-my-smart-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/its-good-for-the-environment-and-saves-me-money-welcome-to-my-smart-home\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s good for the environment and saves me money\u2019: welcome to my smart home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Fletcher has turned his traditional period property into a futuristic smart home. Emma Sheppard finds out how he did it &ndash; and how you can too<\/p>\n<p>When Chris Fletcher and his wife, Angela, moved into their home in Hornsea on the Yorkshire coast he only had one concern &ndash; and it wasn&rsquo;t the decor or making the most of the stunning period features. &ldquo;All I was interested in was whether I could add some low-voltage wiring in for my smart devices,&rdquo; he says. And so began his 10-year mission to bring their 100-year-old mid-terrace property &ldquo;to life&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smarthomeweek.co.uk\/smart-homes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">2019 survey<\/a>, there are now 15m smart homes in the UK, with 57% of households using a smart device to control appliances such as the lights, security systems, kettles or vacuum cleaners. What&rsquo;s more, 45% of adults polled said they intend to make their homes smarter in the future, believing it will save them time and money. 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