Is your Bahamas home smart?

Computer wake-up calls to get the kids up in time for school?
Lighting, music and even pools controlled by computer?
If Theo Tsavoussis gets his way, 30 percent of all homes will turn smart within a decade, adding a whole new dimension to real estate in the Bahamas and elsewhere.
Tsavoussis, president of Prometheus Systems in Nassau Bahamas , says he's developed ‘smart home' features for his clients ranging from security to getting the kids up on time.
Now, if my house turns ‘smart,' it means I won't have to climb the stairs every morning to pound on my teenage son's door.
On the other hand, I wouldn't get the exercise. Decisions decisions!
Tsavoussis describes ‘smart homes' as ‘life enhancing,” allowing you to do things that, if you don't realize it, are a pain.
Clients who've never lived in ‘smart homes' before are converts after a year or two, he says.
These are no simple systems. For instance, one of his clients owns an ocean front home in Lyford Cay, the exclusive enclave on the western tip of Nassau Bahamas.
Tsavoussis set up security beams that differentiate between birds, humans, animals and tree branches. That's pretty smart.
One client called him up in desperation. They couldn't wake the kids up in time to eat breakfast and get ready for school.
Tsavvoussis' solution? Programmed music into the computer that turns on every school day at 6:30am.
Here's the kicker. If the motion detector doesn't pick up action within 10 minutes, the computer starts to blast rock and roll at the highest volume. And the only way to turn the music off is…you got it, to go to the bathroom.
When you gotta go…
Tsavvoussis says he's set up computers to recognise kids' friends who aren't exactly welcome in the home. And he has clients flying in who turn on the Jacuzzi over the i-phone.
Currently, ‘smart home” technology accounts for about 10 percent of total construction costs. Presently, three percent of new homes are ‘smart,” but Tsavvoussis predicts that within the next decade, hardware costs will drop to one tenth of current prices and 30 percent of homes will go ‘smart.'
That's when The Modern Age will really meet The Jetsons.
What do you think?
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- Adapted from The Tribune of Nassau