THE FIRST STEPS
The smart-home journey begins
Miles starts exploring smart-home technology in his own home: discovering what is useful in everyday life, what needs simplifying and what is worth building on.
BRINGING IT TOGETHER
Home Assistant joins the dots
The focus shifts towards bringing systems together with Home Assistant, making separate devices and controls part of a more coordinated home.
LEARNING THROUGH USE
From individual devices to whole-home thinking
Hands-on projects at home and for family bring together automation, smart controls, solar and batteries. That practical experience shapes an approach built around useful outcomes and understandable controls.
COTSWOLD AUTOMATION
Bring the same thinking to more homes
Develop focused reviews and whole-home assessments into carefully scoped integration projects, with clear recommendations, tested functions and a practical handover.
USEFUL NEW POSSIBILITIES
More insight. Less daily effort.
Areas we want to develop include clearer energy and battery dashboards, routines that respond to household needs, more useful heating information, and demonstrations that show exactly how an automation works.
OPTIONAL ONGOING CARE
Support that grows carefully
Prepare an invitation-only Care and Optimise pilot, alongside clearer backup and recovery guidance and periodic energy reviews. Availability, scope and response arrangements will be agreed before any plan begins.
The early milestones describe Miles’s personal journey, not years of commercial trading. Future ideas depend on compatibility, customer needs and the time to support them properly. Your own installation does not require a future membership to keep working; any third-party dependencies will be explained.