So we are building. Still in blueprint phase. The house is a 1 story ranch about 2,900 sq ft on a slab.

If you could start over from scratch, and start at this early of a phase, what would you do? Money is not an issue (within reason, just mean we will have a few thousand leftover from the sale I can spend on this stuff). I can go really crazy with this but my creativity is what is limiting me.

From things as minor as outlets all the way to built in hidden hub/control niche I could do whatever I can dream of but my mind is drawing a blank so I would love some great and creative ideas!

A lot of the “grunt work” of spending is already in place from my current house. My skill level is average. I am definitely not a programmer or someone that can like build RaspberryPI control modules or whatever. But I am not a complete noob either.

Some things we already have …

• SmartThings Hub V2 (considering that new one, should I get it?)
• Philips Hue Hub
• Asus RT-AX88U router
• Google Nest doorbell (wired)
• Google Hub Max
• Numerous Google home (pucks and the big speaker, man these things have become real bad over the years, rarely gets anything right now)
• Smart TVs
• Google TV on some of the TVs that are not smart
• About 34 Philips hue bulbs or LED strips (some are for outdoor)
• Google Nest floodlight camera (wired)
• Smart garage door openers