@Robert Looking forward to your follow up post. I just started getting into automation, and trying to figure out what the best Smart hub would be for me set up.
I have a Nest Thermostat, and a Nest Outdoor cam mounted on my front door. These are a great start. I also have a Schlage keypad deadbolt I picked up on amazon.
I have a pool and spa on the property that I would like to be able to monitor, automate, and make available to the guests a little easily to change settings and such. I've heard that there are ways one can actually automate the valves with actuators, turn the spa heater on etc remotely. It would be great to get notified if the spa heater was on for too long using something like IFTTT, get notifications, and be able to set it to turn off after a certain amount of time etc.
It would also be nice to have a lock that was smarter, so I could get notified if the door was unlocked, locked etc, use IFTTT etc to turn on certain lights etc, be able to automate the the access key generation for guests, but still be able to override it remotely since I don't live in the city where my AirBnb is located.
I've done some research, and don't like the idea of the August lock for example, since I've heard of reliability issues with it.
I've also looked into the remotelock from lockstate and have heard of reliability issues with that as well, needing repairs etc.
I'm wondering if you have any recommendations, and may be some products you don’t suggest because you’ve had too many issues with them.