I own a house?

[Johnny English]

I have Nests.  What's better about ecobee?

MB could install a swear filter on your thermostat.  "It's hot as.. fecal material..in here"

I prefer the interface on the ecobee, and its range of interops (i.e. other applications it can interoperate with such as Lutron, IFTTT etc) is much better. I understand that the data and reporting side of the ecobee is much better as well but I haven't had a chance to play with it.

The advantage I give to the Nest is that it's a better looking device. It was all becoming a bit walled garden for my liking though.

[Badger]

These all sound great but have any of you considered having a steam radiator in each room that you have no control over?

[bojanglesman]

These all sound great but have any of you considered having a steam radiator in each room that you have no control over?

No swear filter.  Would not bang.

[IATA]

These all sound great but have any of you considered having a steam radiator in each room that you have no control over?

No control over until you flood the unit and need to upgrade

;)

[CatoTheElder]

These all sound great but have any of you considered having a steam radiator in each room that you have no control over?

I live in an incipient war zone, not a excrement hole.

[IATA]

I live in an incipient war zone, not a excrement hole.

Does insurrection insurance cost extra?

[Badger]

No control over until you flood the unit and need to upgrade

;)

One time ours leaked but it just went straight down into the neighbor's apartment. Landlord sent a guy to replace a part. No leaking since then.

[CatoTheElder]

Does insurrection insurance cost extra?

I think the Condo association has that one covered.

[Johnny English]

These all sound great but have any of you considered having a steam radiator in each room that you have no control over?

You get no sympathy from me. Pennsylvania is still a thing.

[MBGreen]

If you don't have a smart thermostat you should get one. They're awesome, they save you money, and they're so simple that even MBGreen could install one.

So it just plugs into a wall

[Johnny English]

So it just plugs into a wall

You need to be able to operate a screwdriver, but if you can replace a plug or a light fitting you can fit a smart thermostat. It's probably easier than either of those.

[bojanglesman]

I installed one and I'm retarded.

[CatoTheElder]

You need to be able to operate a screwdriver, but if you can replace a plug or a light fitting you can fit a smart thermostat. It's probably easier than either of those.

*Screwdriver and a breaker box.

[MBGreen]

You need to be able to operate a screwdriver, but if you can replace a plug or a light fitting you can fit a smart thermostat. It's probably easier than either of those.

This isn't MBGreen easy then, liar.

[Johnny English]

Agreed a deal a couple of months ago to buy a house off market from an older couple who are moving into a retirement community (nothing sketchy, I am paying them fair market price). We take possession October 1st so did a walkthrough today to determine what work we need to do to it before we can rent it out. As we're going through the old boy says to me, "Oh, there is one thing I need to show you in the basement workshop." He pulls a paper calendar aside on one of the walls to reveal a safe. "We don't have the code for this so we've never opened it. We were told it was empty by the guy we bought the house from 14 years ago, but because he was in the early stages of dementia he couldn't remember the code for it either."

I wonder how one goes about hiring a safecracker.