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Elevate Your Texas Luxury Custom Home with a Smart Bathroom!

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If you’re in the process of designing your dream luxury home in the heart of Texas (and we hope you are!), you’re likely searching for ways to incorporate the latest technology and conveniences into your living spaces. One area that’s often overlooked but offers immense potential for innovation is the bathroom. Smart bathrooms, with their cutting-edge features, have become a hallmark of modern luxury homes, and here’s why you should consider implementing them in your new home.

Effortless Convenience

Smart bathrooms offer a level of convenience that is unparalleled. Imagine walking into your bathroom in the morning, and the lights automatically brighten to your preferred level, while the floor heating system gently warms your feet. Your smart mirror displays the day’s weather forecast and your calendar appointments, ensuring you’re always well-prepared for the day ahead.

Energy Efficiency

In Texas, where temperatures can be extreme, energy-efficient solutions are essential. Smart bathrooms can help you reduce energy consumption. Smart thermostats can regulate the temperature in your bathroom, ensuring you have a comfortable space when you need it and are saving energy when you don’t.

Customizable Shower Experiences

Luxury is all about choice, and smart bathrooms offer the ultimate in customization. High-tech showers come with an array of options, such as adjustable water pressure, temperature control, and even built-in speakers to set the mood with your favorite tunes. Some even have presets for different family members so everyone can enjoy their ideal shower experience.

Cutting-Edge Toilets

When it comes to toilets, the future is now. Smart toilets have heated seats, built-in bidets with customizable water pressure and temperature, and self-cleaning capabilities. Some models even have air purifiers and deodorizers, ensuring the bathroom remains a pleasant and inviting space.

Enhanced Safety

Safety should never be overlooked in a luxury home. Smart bathrooms can incorporate features like anti-slip flooring, automatic night lights, and emergency alerts that can notify you or a loved one in case of a fall or other emergency.

Add Value to Your Home

Investing in smart bathroom features can significantly increase the resale value of your custom home. Potential buyers are increasingly looking for homes with integrated smart technology, and having a modern, well-equipped bathroom can set your property apart from the rest.

Future-Proofing

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and smart bathrooms are no exception. When you design your home with smart bathroom features, you’re future-proofing your investment. Many systems can be updated or expanded as new technology becomes available, ensuring your home remains at the cutting edge of convenience and efficiency.

Incorporating smart bathrooms into your next custom home isn’t just a trend; it’s practical and forward-thinking. With the benefits of convenience, energy efficiency, customization, and enhanced safety, your home will become a haven of modern luxury. As a leading custom home builder in Texas, we can help you bring your vision to life and ensure your new home is equipped with the latest in smart bathroom technology. Contact us today to start building the home (and bathroom) of your dreams!

Live Smarter with SmartHauz!

Courtesy of SmartHauz

Courtesy of SmartHauz

We are thrilled to now showcase the first Apple HomeKit “smart” model home in Texas! We recently partnered with Austin-based company, SmartHauz.me, to install smart features, something more and more of our customers are requesting. In fact, we are now offering core smart features for our clients with options to upgrade, depending on how smart you really want to be.

We interviewed Founder and CEO, Sunny Sneckner, to get some more insight into what he does. Sunny worked for Apple on the Austin campus for 6 years, which is where he first saw the opportunity to provide service for people who wanted the convenience of on-site support. SmartHauz was formed in January of 2017.

“I wanted to work with builders to integrate the cost of smart technology installation into their new homes. People can roll the cost into their mortgages, so that they’re paying just a few extra dollars a month,” explained Sunny. “This is the true state of luxury. There’s nothing luxurious about walking around your house and turning off all the lights.”

Our Stone Creek Custom Homes’ model home, located at 1225 Vintage Way in New Braunfels, is equipped with the basic necessities, including lights, locks, environmental controls and doorbell.

“The majority of the house is now controlled with smart switches and smart dimmers on the lights, two smart thermostats, which can save you about 20% on cooling/heating costs and a smart lock equipped with a video doorbell that allows you to use your phone instead of a key to let people in and out, say to drop off packages or for maintenance.

If anyone comes up to the doorstep, you’re alerted before they even press the button, and you can communicate with them over video remotely,” he said. “These features are what make a smart home really functional. They save time and energy and offer you peace of mind. If you’re laying in bed at night watching TV, you don’t have to get out of bed to lock the door and turn off the lights.”

Sunny also loves to use his smart technology to automatically turn the ceiling fan on and off while he’s sleeping, to help control the temperature in the room, and keep him cool. Customers also dig the smart garage door, leaving you never to wonder again if you remembered to close it. Now you can use your phone to find out and close it from wherever you are in the world. They also offer smart sprinklers, which can reduce water consumption by a whopping 50 percent. Smart technology isn’t just about convenience, it’s about sustainability and cost efficiency in the long run.

New home buyers can rejoice that we are now offering a variety of smart home packages, as part of your build. There’s also the option to have a design consultation with Sunny and his team to custom tailor your smart features. “Just like picking out marble for your counter or wood for the floors,” said Sunny.

It’s all surprisingly easy to use, and Sunny makes sure he or a team member personally walks you through set-up on your iPhone, iPad, or whichever technology you prefer to use. For more information on Smart Hauz, visit https://smarthauz.me/.

If you’d like more information or to set up a consultation or tour, give us a call at 210-494-5400.