How to plan the installation of a 176m² smart home? Choosing the system and cables

Hello everyone, I’ve got a problem. I have a mate who’s building a house, and I’m going to be doing the wiring for him. Everything would be fine if the electrician’s original plan had been followed – it was a bit elaborate, with an alarm system, internet cabling and so on – but my matecame up with a brilliant idea to install a smart home system, and that’s where the trouble starts, because I’ve never done this before. I advised my friend to hire a company with experience in this field, but he’s insisting that I do it myself, and he’s letting me use his house as a learning ground. I’m not happy about it, but well, my mechanic mate has fixed my car dozens of times for the price of a beer, so it wouldn’t be right to, and now I’m asking for help with choosing the cables, how to lay them, and where to connect them – which cables, which system to choose in general, and which manufacturer.
A bit of background: the house is 176m²
with 2 bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, a kitchen with a dining area, a walk-in wardrobe and a garage downstairs
; upstairs there are 2 small bathrooms and 4 bedrooms

My friend mainly wants to fit out the ground floor with some LED strips, halogen lights, temperature control, air conditioning, lighting and a system for watering the cucumber patch

This is probably the longest sentence I’ve ever had the chance to read. Please correct it!
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Hello

First, look for the accessories and then choose the cables to go with them.
There are various systems. Some operate on a CAN bus (UTP twisted-pair cable), others on a wiring harness with an additional cable, and still others, such as EIB, use a 4-core cable.
There is no single universal standard.

You need to decide on a specific system and carry out the cabling to suit it. There are plenty of companies offering IB solutions on the market; you need to establish what the client’s expectations are. It would be sensible to arrange an on-site presentation at the client’s premises.
Personally, I can recommend the Nexo system from Nexwell. http://www.nexwell.eu/
Best regards

In my experience, it’s best to call in a professional company for this. Admittedly, they charge more, but the work is usually of a higher standard, and you don’t have to worry about it all or get your hands dirty yourself. I’ve set up a Vision system at home from APA in Gliwice, and I’ve got no complaints. It’s convenient and hassle-free, and it has quite a lot of features, so you can add new things to it later on. What’s more, you can arrange a demonstration with them and see how it works (they’ve got one installed in their office building – that actually impressed me

Best regards

Hello
I recommend http://www.esea.pl/. It’s not expensive, and you can build everything from scratch according to your own ideas.
The only limit is the programmer’s imagination .
Best regards.

Thank you for your replies; my colleague and I have already partly decided that we will install the Polish F&Home system from F&F. But I also like the proposed esea system and I’ll sign up for that company’s training course, As for the replies, I intend to learn how to install these systems and become a skilled installer myself, because there isn’t a single company in my area that installs any sort of smart home system, so this could be a business with a future. Existing companies also started from scratch at one point, and I intend to do the same; the question is whether it will work out, I think so; from experience I know that many older people – you could say experienced ones – are completely out of their depth compared to the younger generation.