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Am I Making Smart Choices During House Renovation?

Hi HA community — long-time reader, first-time poster. Renovating my Irish home and would love advice.

~1 year HA experience. Happy with ZigBee, curious about Z-Wave, less keen on Matter. Unifi + TrueNAS homelab; running plenty of Cat 6a during the full rewiring.

Goals: local-only, WAF-friendly, budget-conscious (build costs are painful already!).

Planned so far:

Viessmann heat pump + UFH — cloud polling any workaround?
Ideal Clima fan coils - local HACs integration with ESP32
Sigenergy solar — local modbus HACs integration.
Vent-Axia MVHR — HACs integration looks promising
Zooz switches + dumb dimmable LEDs — gotchas?
LED counter strips in kitchen/bathroom - Ikea?
Presence sensors (battery, not PoE?) for lighting automation
Smart lock (leaning Unifi)
SmartWings blinds — best value/local option?
Motorised Velux
Unifi doorbell/cameras (or Reolink to save money?)
Alarmo vs traditional alarm? (Might have to tell insurance we don’t have one)

Open questions:

Worth a Shelly Pro EM at the fuse box, or is solar inverter/smart meter data enough?
Smart plugs / outlets — one for washer notifications, maybe more for vampire loads. Worth it?

Thanks for reading!

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