big-all. Good point. Solicitor says it is like light fittings and mains sockets with charger outlets, as long as you leave 'a' light fitting and 'a' socket, it doesn't have to be the same as the one they saw when they viewed. It's the function that matters, not the form. And the Hub belongs to me.
bernardgreen. It's a moot point and a personal choice. No problems with three different installations in 3 houses so far in the last couple of years. I could live off-grid and knit my own yoghurt but life would be a sadder thing by far. I live a totally irregular lifestyle so never use a schedule to heat the water or house, but the ability to set the heating when I'm getting off the plane and have it toasty warm as I step through the door on a bitter winter's evening is just a luxury I refuse to live without.
DursleyDavid. Leaving the Hive heating controller behind would not bother me. Unfortunately the Drayton system won't turn my outside lights on at dusk and off at midnight'ish when I'm away and nor will it monitor my door sensors and internal movement sensors and tell me if I've got an intruder when I'm not there. There are ever more 'smart home' systems hitting the market, seemingly every day, from ones for tech geeks to ones who just wanna have the latest conveniences, Hive is what Iv'e got.
Haven't even exchanged contracts yet so I'll report back once I've done the move and the swap.
bernardgreen. It's a moot point and a personal choice. No problems with three different installations in 3 houses so far in the last couple of years. I could live off-grid and knit my own yoghurt but life would be a sadder thing by far. I live a totally irregular lifestyle so never use a schedule to heat the water or house, but the ability to set the heating when I'm getting off the plane and have it toasty warm as I step through the door on a bitter winter's evening is just a luxury I refuse to live without.
DursleyDavid. Leaving the Hive heating controller behind would not bother me. Unfortunately the Drayton system won't turn my outside lights on at dusk and off at midnight'ish when I'm away and nor will it monitor my door sensors and internal movement sensors and tell me if I've got an intruder when I'm not there. There are ever more 'smart home' systems hitting the market, seemingly every day, from ones for tech geeks to ones who just wanna have the latest conveniences, Hive is what Iv'e got.
Haven't even exchanged contracts yet so I'll report back once I've done the move and the swap.