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I would love to do smart lighting, but I worked out how expensive it would be to me, and it was painful! I have very few rooms which just have a pendent in, most are either pendants plus spots, or just spots or LED bulkheads. For example downstairs we have;
Office: 4 x LED bulkheads (no idea what these could be swapped for)
Utility: 2 x LED bulkheads(would never bother changing these)
Dining room: 2 x Pendants (easiest room to do, but don't use it much)
Lounge: 4 x Pendants, 4 x spots (would like to change these to get more variation)
Kitchen: 10 x spots (expensive!)
Sam_w-
Yeah... I went Philips Hue and estimated that it cost £800 to do the whole flat and a similar number of lights. This included the switches and changes to make the switches cover the old manual switches.
It was an easier pill to swallow as when we had moved in all of the lights were halogen so I already knew I was going to change them all for LED. I only opted for the white Hue lights... I've since purchased a single coloured Hue lamp and now with I hadn't... the white Hue lights are way nicer.
Velocio
On all of this stuff... I stick by my claim that if I only did one thing it would be Philips Hue lighting everywhere.
The smart speakers, doorbell, heating, vacuum... all of that is second to how good smart lighting is.
I think in terms of quality of life, having lighting change to fit the time of day and activity (cleaning, reading, watching a movie, cooking, eating, etc) is the best thing. Improving alertness in the morning, sleep quality and duration, etc.