5 Amazing Home Automation Ideas For Toledo

One of the advantages of installing a Vivint home security system in Toledo is that you can sync it with home automation. Components like a smart thermostat can make your home more comfortable and energy-efficient. Smart locks allow you to remote control your entrances. And you won’t forget that you left the garage door wide open again with an automated garage door sensor.

However, as convenient as these tools are on their own, they can have an even more significant impact when employed together with your security system. Here are just 5 amazing home automation ideas for Toledo that will make your living space much more attuned to your wishes:

Home Automation Idea #1: Go on guard when you travel for work

Along with an evening routine, you can set your automation systems to arm when your home is empty. With your Vivint App, you can protect your living space through an easy button press. Now you can ensure that every door is locked, every light is turned off, the alarms are armed, and your cameras are activated. You can even batten down the garage door via the app if you accidentally left it wide open.

You don't need to keep your living space on alert the entire day. Open the doors for out-of-town friends or service folk through the smartphone app. Or place your house on lockdown without even looking at your phone. By placing a geofence around your house, your network of devices powers on each time you pull out of the driveway. Then when you return home, your alarms switch off, and your doors unlock when you pull up to the garage.

Home Automation Idea #2: Put your home down for bed

Your bedtime habits has become routine: shut off the lights, lock the door, change the thermostat, and prep your security system. However, how many times have you woken up to find that you forgot to lock the back door or left the bathroom light burning? And once you forget to do one thing on your evening checklist, it's simple to forget it the next evening, as well. Without realizing it, your forgotten regimen becomes a habit.

But you can guarantee that your home is set for bedtime every night when you automate your bedtime program. Through your Toledo home security system, you can create scenarios that set all your gadgets without you traveling room to room. With a press of a screen, you can lock the doors, power off the lights, change the thermostat, and activate your alarm. Or don't agonize about failing to remember to press a button. Program your automation to turn on at a specific time -- like 11pm.

Home Automation Idea #3: Remain safe during a fire

While your home automation system makes your day less stressful, it will help in a fire or other hazardous situations. Should your smoke detectors find intense heat, your home automation devices can spring into action! Program your smart thermostat to automatically power on the ventilation fan to slow the spread of dangerous smoke. Then have the system power on all your smart lights to show the way away from the fire, and open all the doors for emergency responders.

In fact, you can set automated responses to any emergency situations. Turn on your smart lights if a glass break detector trips. Sound your high decibel sirens when the medical panic pendant is pressed. Or get video snippets sent to your mobile device when your smart locks activate. Virtually all of your systems can be interconnected to function in tandem in any way you think will help shield your home and loved ones.

Home Automation Idea #4: Get updates to your smartphone

Always stay in the know of what's happening in your house through automated alerts delivered to your phone. Whenever a motion sensor on a security camera picks up unusual activity, you'll hear about it through a text or push notification. Fire and safety detectors will trigger an alert so that you'll never return home to an undiscovered situation. Or have your smart locks notify you when your kids come home from school. Once you receive a notification, you can judge how to move forward.

Speak with anyone at your front door with the doorbell cameras to instruct them where to stash a delivery. See through your smart cameras to see if the unusual movement is worth a call to the police. Or remotely turn on your inside smart lighting to frighten any suspicious trespasser.

Home Automation Idea #5: Create moods for watching tv and everything else

Exiting the house and putting your house to bed may be just one option on your home automation system. You can also customize presets for all kinds of events. Tweak the lights just a dash while closing your motorized shutters for the penultimate movie theatre atmosphere. Create a dimly lit trail from your bedroom to the kitchen for a midnight snack.

You can devise a "party" scenario that seamlessly changes the lights and thermostat to accommodate the increased body heat. Then when someone new knocks at your door, you can tell them to let themselves in via your doorbell camera. And if you determine you just have to get another sleek Vivint device you don’t already own, you can simply sync it to your existing ecosystem.

Get started automating your home with your Vivint system

When you want a security network that makes the most of home automation, turn to the experts at Vivint. They’ll determine your needs and tailor-make a system that protects your home and makes it more efficient. Just call (419) 614-6278 or fill out the form below right away!