I have my mother house sit from time to time when I go on business trips or on a vacation.
It is really nice having someone there to feed my cat, water the plants and bring in packages.
My mother then gets access to my pool, the food that would spoil in my fridge and can utilize all my fitness equipment. It is a really nice trip for her. Well I didn’t realize until I came home that my mother had never been trained on my smart thermostat. I had upgraded my basic dial thermostat with a way more modern one. I also invested in a smart smoke detector, lighting and security camera system. Everything can all be run off one control app in my home. It has been super convenient adding more security and having c control all from my phone. My mother doesn’t have a smartphone though. So when she house sat for me she had to push buttons to change the heating and cooling. Since everything is all hooked on one control pad, my mom really messed up my pre-set programs. When I came back I realized she had changed my lighting program to where they turn on at 3am randomly. The security cameras were turned to face the wrong way and my smoke detector was totally off. My smart thermostat had no idea what temperature to do either since my mother was always messing with it. I will need to teach her how to just alter the HVAC settings and not my other stuff.