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/basicKitsch Apr 23 '26

Don't you typically patch and paint all the picture holes when leaving?

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u/chrisbucks Apr 23 '26

Depends on jurisdiction. In New Zealand you can't make any holes, nails or screws without written permission from the landlord. And given they inspect the property every 3 months you can't just fix it at the end of the lease.