The guy who built this place was an electrician and a gadget nut.
It has a hot water recirculating system, so there is hot water available almost instantly at every faucet. It's on a timer, and I have it come on in the morning for a couple of hours so the shower is hot and ready for me.
There is an old NuTone 10 station intercom system. It’s 20 year old technology but it works and it’s pretty cool. I can talk to my chickens out in the barn while sitting on the toilet – I’ve always wanted that capability.
We have ten rooms including the bathrooms and garage. My grandson went through the house and counted 83 light switches. There are dimmers everywhere, nice, but some of it make no sense – a dimmer on the light in the basement stairwell? Who needs mood lighting when walking downstairs? The master bath has a three-way switch with a dimmer next to the toilet. The switches are literally within 8 feet of each other. I guess it is useful if you are sitting on the crapper and need some mood lighting but don’t want to get up and walk 8 feet to the wall switch.
