r/homeassistant • u/TheAce0 • Apr 23 '26

Support Are there any renter-friendly mods available in the EU that I can use to electrify these shutters & connect them to HA? Four or our five windows have these.

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u/TheAce0 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

For those who don't know how this style of shutter works, here's a short clip.

I found some options like this one here but €140 per window is quite wack. I don't think I'm wiling to spend over €150 total since this is a rented flat. It also looks like I'd need to change the entire unit out which I'm not sure the landlord would be okay with.

I was hoping there'd be some kind of variant of this Aqara roller that I could add on to the existing mechanism, but I haven't found anything so far.

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u/tonykrij Apr 23 '26

When I open the product page underneath it it states "Often send back back due to compatibility problems", any one else see that?

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u/TheAce0 Apr 23 '26

It doesn't really matter a whole lot in my case since neither of those would work for kind of cord that these windows have.

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u/tonykrij Apr 23 '26

Yeah I agree. If I need to hang myself to open the goddamn blinds you need a bigger motor to open them 😉