Idk about if these hit your use cases but I’m building a house right now and here are the things I’m incorporating that are actually useful for me:
Speakers and microphones in the ceiling to use with a local smart assistant that uses chatgpt or whatever the most capable model currently is (basically a much smarter version of siri you can ask most any question and can control home stuff with)
An automated dog door with locking feature. Currently on weekends my wife or I alternate days of who gets to sleep in and who has to let the dogs out. In the new house we will have the dog door open at a certain time in the morning unless it has rained over the night in which case it will send us a notification to take them out manually
Smart blinds in front of the window in our bedroom. They will slowly open up from being fully dark to fully open over a period of like 30 minutes based on an alarm time allowing us to wake up to what will feel like a natural sunset at any time of day we wish to wake up
Idk about if these hit your use cases but I’m building a house right now and here are the things I’m incorporating that are actually useful for me: