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My Actual Home Assistant Setup: What I Run and Why
A real, honest look at one working Home Assistant setup - the hardware, the automations that…
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Guides & Tutorials
Step-by-step implementation guides, not buying advice. This is where we walk through actually setting things up — Home Assistant, automations, networking — with the exact steps and gotchas, written from doing it ourselves.
Start with Writing Your First Home Assistant Automation: A Step-by-Step UI Editor Guide
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Setting Up Node-RED for Home Assistant: A Practical Guide
Installing Node-RED and building a real flow - an escalating water leak alert - to see…
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Setting Up Zigbee2MQTT From Scratch: A Complete UK Guide
From an empty USB port to your first paired device: installing Mosquitto, Zigbee2MQTT, and building a…
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Writing Your First Home Assistant Automation: A Step-by-Step UI Editor Guide
Triggers, conditions and actions explained by building a real automation from scratch in Home Assistant's UI…
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The Complete Guide to Home Assistant in the UK: From Unboxing to Fully Automated
Most people’s first encounter with Home Assistant is a single frustration: a smart plug that only…
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How to Build a Home Assistant Dashboard (Lovelace): Step-by-Step UK Guide
Move beyond the auto-generated view and build a Home Assistant dashboard organised by room, with the…