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4 tips for getting your cottage ready this summer with TELUS Custom Home
Custom Home • June 17, 2024
Your family is looking forward to unwinding and having fun at the cottage. But before you can relax, you'll be busy doing chores on the first day: unpacking, stocking the kitchen cupboards and fridge, cleaning, making up the guest house and checking the appliances and electronics to see if they’re working. To help free up more of your time,
Custom Home solutions
can set up your home's internet, entertainment, lights, temperature and appliances exactly as you want them before you arrive. TELUS Custom Home solutions allow you to customize a package of security, automation, internet, entertainment and mobility solutions all in one place. Enjoy the ease of an all-in-one premium solution.![An image showing TELUS 5G Internet devices beside an image of a family seated together interacting with each other and a variety of electronic devices.](https://images.ctfassets.net/fltupc9ltp8m/4YTPXbLf7B7OEgYm6AhSKH/477c156fac4d4864f1f83060e0382b44/vacation.png?fm=webp&w=1900&q=80)
Enjoy a slow pace and fast internet
Stay connected at the place you go to disconnect. After a long drive, you need access to Wi-fi as soon as you arrive. Give your family fast, reliable, rural internet with Smart Hub, powered by the TELUS 5G and LTE Network.
Your family can watch, browse, shop, game and stream, on all their devices in any room. It’s more fun for your kids to make and share TikTok videos with internet that’s reliable. When you work remotely, you won’t have to worry about lagging, being dropped from calls and poor video quality. Your kids can finish their homework and attend summer school virtually.
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Take in the view and view your favourite entertainment
You want to be able to watch all the things you love at your home away from home. Stay on top of the latest news, watch live TV, catch a game or binge watch a popular Netflix series on your big-screen TV, tablet or smartphone any time you want. Take your pick of movies for every age and genre. You’ll have plenty of things to choose from on family movie nights, when it’s raining or when you need to retreat inside from the bugs.
Optik TV lets you customize your TV favourites, streaming services, apps and much more so you don’t miss out on anything. Plus, you can bundle your streaming services with Stream+ and save.
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Let your smart home do the work for you
Simplifying everyday tasks frees up more time for you and your family to sunbathe on the dock or take selfies on floaties.
Smart home solutions
give you the flexibility and convenience to schedule your lights, open doors remotely and adjust your home’s temperature, all from an app.Play it safe with smart lights that turn on before you arrive at the cottage when it’s dark. Create the ideal ambience when entertaining guests at your dinner party on the deck. Set up a bright space to focus on work or a warmly lit, cozy area to read, depending on your activities and mood. If you’re walking the dog and forget to lock the front door, or need to let in your kids, no problem, smart locks allow you to do it with a tap of an app. Easily control your garage door from anywhere with your phone. Don’t worry about watering your lawn, kick back and relax with an automated lawn irrigation system. This conserves water and saves you money. Spend more time on the boat than at home some days? An energy and money-saving smart thermostat can adjust your vacation home’s temperature when you’re gone and gets the temperature just right when you’re there.
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Keep an eye on your home while you’re gone
To provide you with peace of mind,
security and motion sensors
and closed-circuit TV let you know what’s happening 24/7 in your home, who’s at your door and when a package has been delivered. To enhance your camera security, CCTV offers nonstop video recording that you can access from your control panel or cloud storage. Receive alerts if there’s a hazard that could damage your home when you’re not there. Get started
Since there are just a few months to enjoy summer at the cottage, you want everything to run smoothly. Get a
free consultation
with our experts, and see how we can create all-in-one custom home solutions for your home's unique needs. If you’re ready to get started now, call us at 1-866-828-3920.![An image showing the BrandSpark Most Trusted 2024 by Canadian Shoppers Multi-Year Winner logo alongside an image of a variety of TELUS SmartHome Security devices.](https://images.ctfassets.net/fltupc9ltp8m/24GgwpoNq2Vb3SjCMCJwGP/f269594e35cdd5177da3342eb568fa8d/additional-products-customizations_2x.jpg?fm=webp&w=1900&q=80)