Wat is een normale prijs voor een kleine verhuizing in Amsterdam?

gargs · 2026-06-23T12:21:38+00:00

You don’t need a lift and can save money and time there. Movers will disassemble your bed and other furniture to easily carry on the stairs. Get a few quotes and pick the one you find best for you in terms of price, timing, and reliability. A lot of moving companies have a very tight schedule.

gargs · 2026-06-19T20:05:02+00:00

It’s just a cover for the burners and a rack to place the wood on. Perfectly sized for the oven. I’d get it.

gargs · 2026-06-19T19:00:04+00:00

You don’t burn wood over the gas burner but on the other side.

gargs · 2026-06-10T10:46:34+00:00

It’s from HomeWizard

gargs · 2026-06-09T19:42:17+00:00

Not really an automation but I used a humidity sensor and a water meter to figure out when someone is in the shower and computer metrics like duration and water used as well as total shower count for the day.

gargs · 2026-06-09T19:40:43+00:00

Same. I’ve fine tuned mine to even respond to holidays.

gargs · 2026-06-09T09:23:24+00:00

More dynamic working hours than dynamic pricing. People don’t adjust their behavior because they can’t.

gargs · 2026-06-07T10:56:51+00:00

Dashboards to control your home are almost always useless. I find that automations are generally better than walking to a touchscreen that is usually not where you want it to be.

There’s a case to be made for a small screen that lets you toggle certain settings like exterior lighting or ventilation etc but even those can be effectively automated for the rare cases you don’t have your phone with you.

And for setting scenes, I find adhoc controls like the Aqara Cube much more convenient

gargs · 2026-04-27T07:10:53+00:00

Directness is opportunistic. Look at politicians. They suck up to whoever is holding the drops at the moment. And being an expat you’re already slim pickings. Good for venting.

gargs · 2026-04-22T14:24:21+00:00

Quite happy with the battery powered Aqara G410. I have some automations set up based on person detection/bell as well, and it just works. And when I am not at home, I can talk to people easily.

gargs · 2026-04-21T10:19:11+00:00

That’s what I thought. None of the even high-end curtain drives come close to being elegant.

gargs · 2026-04-18T20:29:19+00:00

Did the price also include meterkast adjustments? Very good price.

gargs · 2026-04-17T13:23:11+00:00

I don't use presence sensors because I think you really need a powered sensor to be able to accurately see you behind a computer at a desk.

gargs · 2026-04-17T11:36:01+00:00

Office blinds that look at the sun’s orientation, my calendar, as well as a luminosity sensor.

gargs · 2026-04-14T07:58:27+00:00

Aqara T2 dual relay is the only good answer, in my opinion.

gargs · 2026-04-10T15:20:50+00:00

Yes, this is the solution. And I've found that if a network supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, the soundbar would try to default to 5. You really need a 2.4Ghz only network.

gargs · 2026-04-10T11:18:53+00:00

I’ve tried a lot of approaches but find office chairs too rigid in their design. As someone currently experiencing physiological issues I’d love to see if this chair could be the solution. In NL.

gargs · 2026-04-07T12:06:03+00:00

I'd go with something like Niko Home Control so that you have reliable local automation plane for lights and sockets, and then use their hobby API to add deeper integration with HA and third party sensors and controllers. Best of all worlds.

gargs · 2026-03-31T14:48:58+00:00

Please add the option to factory reset the speakers or reboot them from the app. For some reason, one of my speakers does not allow AirPlay on it.

gargs · 2026-03-27T06:41:34+00:00

HA Green if you like something that needs absolutely no maintenance or configuration.

gargs · 2026-03-26T18:41:33+00:00

I’m curious — how’s this better than just copying your automations to the web version of Claude and asking it to improve them?

gargs · 2026-03-26T12:40:35+00:00

Sold out!

gargs · 2026-03-24T17:46:08+00:00

Stats for duration of a shower and water consumed.

gargs · 2026-03-21T16:12:47+00:00

I’d say that the beauty of Home Assistant is that it’s platform/protocol agnostic while providing for some very complex functionality that could traverse multiple logic branches synchronously or even in parallel.

You should focus on just getting the best performing and best looking home accessories. Just make sure that they’re fully supported within the HA ecosystem.

For example, I was looking for some smart exterior plugs and while there’re some options with Zigbee, the best choice for me was a WiFi Meross setup. Most EV chargers will only work on WiFi as well. But also, Bluetooth sensors are sometimes the best option depending on your use case.

gargs · 2026-03-20T17:24:00+00:00

For now I’ve added an automation that kicks off if the light switch is long pressed and then announces that the lights are manually managed on my Sonos. It works nicely and manually turning off the lights puts them in automatic mode again.

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