Do smart thermostats increase home value? (state, seller, check, buyer)

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by Pink Jazz

However, will it do anything to increase home value if we ever decide to sell in the future?

LMAO.

Originally Posted by kokonutty

I really doubt the OP was serious in making this topic.

The OP is a marketer's dream, obsessively brand conscious and attaching great value to trivial home items such as faucets and drains.

Originally Posted by steiconi

We replaced our original1956 thermostat before listing. I'm pretty sure that sold our house, despite the 1978 furnace.

*snicker*

[Threestep2]

Neither your thermostats not your faucets will make a difference. Every time we bought a used house - first order of the day new toilet seats.

[Pink Jazz]

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

They may make the buyer run for the hills.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/18/2...mperature-heat

This requires an opt-in (not opt-out) by the customer. If the customer didn't opt-in to the program, then utilities cannot access it.

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by Threestep2

Neither your thermostats not your faucets will make a difference. Every time we bought a used house - first order of the day new toilet seats.

LOL, yup, me too!

Just put a Toto toilet in the master. Damn seat is too hot, but it's great in the Winter (such as it is.)

The heated water stream is something to get used to, tho.

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by Pink Jazz

This requires an opt-in (not opt-out) by the customer. If the customer didn't opt-in to the program, then utilities cannot access it.

For the moment.

[Dwatted Wabbit]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

I tire of smart stuff. I pine for the days of mechanical thermostats without batteries. Push the little pointer or turn the dial. Warmer, Cooler. Perfect.

And, as others have said, "No. That thermostat will not increase value at all."

They still sell those rounds. Those are my favorites. I would NOT have a "smart" thermostat. It allows someone outside to control the settings. How is that smart?

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by Dwatted Wabbit

They still sell those rounds. Those are my favorites. I would NOT have a "smart" thermostat. It allows someone outside to control the settings. How is that smart?

Welll... We have "Somewhat Enlightened" thermostats.

Programmable, but no wifi. Still, a pain in the butt when the batteries croak.

[dontaskwhy]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

Still, a pain in the butt when the batteries croak.

Not like you have to call someone to service/replace the batteries. Very tiny inconvenience, but some will still complain.

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by dontaskwhy

Not like you have to call someone to service/replace the batteries. Very tiny inconvenience, but some will still complain.

It's not the overriding factor. I just see little point in even the programmables.

[turf3]

Originally Posted by MortonR

I wonder if you can get tough operated faucets any more? I say that as I was shopping for a new kitchen faucet a month ago due to new countertops being installed in my kitchen, and I saw nothing in the way of touch operated faucets in the big box home improvement stores.

I'm sure they're out there, but they appear to have fallen out of favor.

And no, a programmable thermostat, smart house stuff, etc., adds no value in my book. I've got one myself for energy savings, but unless the one in the house was a model/brand I would use, it would get removed and replaced with one of my choice.

RM

I have touch operated faucets throughout my house. You touch the faucet on its handle with a couple pounds force, and the handle turns and the water comes on. When you want the water to turn off, you touch the faucet on its handle in the opposite direction with a couple pounds of force, and the handle turns and the water turns off.

Remarkable!

As to smart thermostats, I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and yet I know I'm smart enough to turn the thing down when I'm hot, and turn it up when I'm cold; and when I leave the house in winter I turn it down for the day, etc.; and if I come home on a winter's day and it's cold, I put on a sweater till the house heats up.

Same thing with rain-sensing windshield wipers on my car. I am generally able to figure out that I can't see out because of rain, and when that happens I turn on the wipers.