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Also consider what happens when you sell your home. Or be careful buying a house with a system.

A friend of mine bought a house with an expensive system, but it wasn't very useful and later had a fault. To remove it would require replacing all the switch plates - I would guess $1000 to get rid of it. He was technical so he fixed it instead.

>>roboca+(OP)
This is a consideration for me, since I'm in the middle of a pretty big upgrade to smart switches throughout my basement and main floor. I think this will be very appealing for the right potential buyer. I'm just curious what I'll need to do to make this a feature. Maybe de-sync it from my system and provide a Smart Things hub and get them all set up with it there so it's easy.

I'm not getting rid of the existing switches and plate covers, so at least I can more easily remediate it if the future buyers don't want the system.

>>MPSimm+2H
I recommend making it a zero-effort handoff. My experience with selling houses is that I want precisely zero to do with the buyer, and them with me.

This btw is the source of the word "turnkey". You turn the key, and it works.