Pocster

Ok ! I’ve been googling for an hour and none the wiser ! g4 video doorbell ; needs a cloud key gen 2 + thing ??? Without it apparently “ limited functionality “ . You need “ protect “ … a what ? So without a “ protect “ device is UniFi stuff of no use ? It’s just a doorbell ! . Assume I can access its rtsp stream ( with no cloud ‘ cash grab ‘ hardware ) and record on frigate . Do I need this key thing ? .

And SWMBO flicks them all on because she cant remember which switch did what !

Actually … When you are not there @ProDave for a delivery can you tell the delivery guy to (expletive deleted) off ? - I can - that is worth gold

Because …. ( thinks for a minute ) … I want a video doorbell , customised notification , just make it overly complicated so I have something to do ! - that’s the one !!!

Record all conversations 😉

The problem I find is when an element starts working reliably ( like my lighting ) you then want to find something new to play with which of course requires buggering around .

All HA is buggering around ! 🤣👍

Yeah ! I’ve have it working super reliably maybe 90% of the time . Aq2 is good ! - sure aq3 is on its way . These detectors have advanced a lot in a short space on time .

FFS! Have I really got to spend nearly 400 quid on a unifi G4 Doorbell Pro PoE Kit!!!!!

I’ve given up with their doorbell ! Reliably getting it to pair with the chime is impossible! . Tried to circumvent this issue by not using the chime and have the button push call a notification in home assistant . Much better ! But still the doorbell can ‘freeze’ on a button push and therefore no event triggered ! Reolink have been awesome . Told them it was crap and they said to return for a full refund ! So ! Need another video doorbell , poe , no subscription crap , no cloud based crap , works would be nice !

Mine go in phases of really good then ghosting . Got a presence everything one ( or what ever it’s called ! ) on the way - so will test that .

+1 appeal . Council's are anything but consistent ….

Looking dead good ! Redundancy feels like a kick in the teeth at first . But as you have found out - it can be taken as a positive sign . Onwards and upwards ! 👍

Had an outdoor led post light fail ( built in LED’s so no chance of fixing ) . Needless to say I will not have a cable go to waste ! Was thinking of some path lighting ( led strips ) to the front door . Pointless fannying around for sure ! Any recommendations? . Want some new strips ( maybe in a channel ? ; can’t recess that so surface mount ) . Are all outdoor led strips born equal ?

I think what you need here is to experiment a bit and keep it simple . So cat5 everywhere for future possibilities. Then perhaps a room that is asking for automation . Bathroom lighting is a good one . Shelly do a battery motion / humidity / temperature ( it’s rechargeable ) sensor . I have this it seems really good tbf . Then ‘normal ‘ lighting wiring with a Shelly above the light fitting . No hub . Someone in bathroom lights on . Vacant for x seconds - lights off . That is very simple to setup ( but as said you wouldn’t do your entire house like that ! ) . You could extend it a tiny bit more by having temperature turn on/off ufh in bathroom . Thats just 3 components, all Shelly ; nice and easy - give you taste of HA .

🤣 Exactly ! - SWMBO worries if I die and there’s an issue how will she get the lights on !

Agree I’m open plan also and use aqara fp2 to zone for lighting . The phone with you is just to test the ‘who’ stuff ( currently experimenting! ) . So having your phone with you not a requirement. Other than that lights all come on automatically depending on time of day , luminosity , projector on ,; same with music - doorbell pushed , music pauses , Alexa make announcement , I determine to open the door or not , music continues. All good fun !

The best bit I think is the automation of things; specifically lighting . Whilst I haven’t developed mind reading mode I am on the cusp of ‘who’ is in the room and their specific lighting based on projector on etc etc etc . Obviously you need your phone with you to ‘identify’ you - we tend to carry our phones with us anyway . If a specific ‘mode’ is required I tend to do it via Alexa as physically walking to a switch is too much like hard work .

You mean ? https://www.gov.uk/vat-building-new-home

You know me too well .

The deed of Covent was for the tenant to sign I.e abide by the lease . So I’m in breach if the tenant doesn’t sign !!! . I had to ‘force’ the tenant to sign by saying otherwise it would be s21 ! I can’t hold a gun to the tenants head . Technically the lease requesting this ; is where I was stuck . They have the sublet form ( just for me to sign ) and the deed of covenant as signed by the tenant . I dispute fees - remember they’ve said no administration breakdown can be provided ; it’s a registration fee ….. I’ve told them to take legal action . It wouldn’t surprise me if the freeholder is completely unaware of this and simply the freeholders agent seeing free and easy money for doing nothing . The agent ; simarc ; states I need to open a dispute via ‘their’ internal method . Well that’s BS - isn’t it . I’m not going to kangaroo court . The principle overrides what in essence is a few hundred quid .

As it’s a management company you deal with I.e not the freeholder directly I do wonder if there’s some commission to be made ??

Not sure where to post this - this seemed the most suitable forum. I'm on property tribes with this and have spoken to lease-org - not really getting much luck. The freeholder for some crappy flats has suddenly asked for a sublet fee and a deed of covenant with the tenant fee. We've argued the toss as you can imagine. Anyway I finally got the required paperwork to them. I dispute the fee's around £150 each. I asked for a breakdown of the costs i.e. too see the administration of the 'work' involved. They couldn't provide any. Because there is no work and in their own wording a 'registration' fee. I've offered as stipulated by the lease ( "not less than £50 + vat" ). So £100+vat for both. They've reduced their 'generous' offer a bit. But there's a principle here. Why should I give anyone free money for doing (expletive deleted) all. They now claim I'm still in breach because I haven't paid the fee they want. I've told them to take legal action. But is it fair to assume there's not a lot they can do?. In an extreme situation if we did end up in court it's them that need to justify their costs to a judge. Just wondering if anyone else has had any experience of "fee negotiation " .....

Yeah there was no nice lip to flick . In the end I held the tiny flat head to the edge and hit the bast

Not a chance . These were bomb proof