Family House Renovation in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia
Fifty years of improvised additions and makeshift solutions. That’s what this family house in Stará Ľubovňa looked like before its owner decided on a complete restart. The goal was clear: transform one chaotic house into four fully-equipped residential units — for himself, his son, his daughter and a basement apartment — while unifying the entire building under one intelligent system.
The project required coordination between multiple specialists — from the architect and interior designer through technology suppliers to TapHome installer Elper s.r.o. from Kežmarok. The result: nearly 400 m² and 38 rooms functioning as one seamless whole.
Interior where technology yields to design
Marble surfaces, crystal chandeliers, oak parquet in herringbone pattern and designer furniture — this home was designed with aesthetics in mind. Technology had to stay invisible. TapHome smart switches on the walls blend seamlessly with the wall cladding, while three iPads mounted on oak panels serve as the main control dashboards.
“The client wanted simplicity — he controls most things with regular wall switches. He only opens the app when dealing with heating, cooling or gates. Minimum app, maximum automation.”
— Ing. Lukáš Džadoň, Elper s.r.o.
72 lighting circuits, one touch
Thirty-five switched and thirty-seven dimmed DualWhite 24V circuits — LED strips, Minalox fixtures, coves, spots. Seven LED OC modules and five 600W power supplies feed the entire lighting system. Scenes are set up simply: ambient, full light, night mode. A departure button by the door turns everything off with a single press.
Same bathroom, two completely different moods. DualWhite LED dimming transforms the atmosphere from functional daylight to a cozy evening mode — with just one button press or an automatic time-based scene.
14 heating zones, 30 kW from the sun
Fourteen heating zones cover all four residential units. A heat pump, two gas boilers and four electric heating mats — each source for a different part of the house. Thirty-five electromagnetic valve heads, four circulation pumps for heating and two for cooling regulate the temperature across four cooling zones.
On the roof sits a 30 kW photovoltaic system connected to 72 kWh SOLAX battery storage. Two wallboxes charge electric vehicles. A standalone 2.7 kW system is dedicated exclusively to water heating. Energy-wise, the house is future-ready — even though the PV and batteries currently run on their own regulation, outside TapHome.
Security from water to the front door
Four flood sensors near appliances and two solenoid valves — one on the well water, one on the mains — can instantly shut off the water supply in case of a leak. Two smoke detectors complement the fire protection.
Access to the house is controlled by two keypads (Wiegand), two electric entry doors, a main gate and a garage door. Eight presence sensors monitor movement in key zones. A camera system with eight HIKVISION cameras and an intercom for four residential units runs independently.
The brain of the installation
Everything is managed by a single TapHome Core 2.1B. Six switchboards cover the entire building:
- RH — main switchboard in the energy room
- RP1 — owner’s apartment
- RP2 — basement and boiler room
- RP3 — gazebo
- RZ — garden
- RB — pool
Ten 12DO modules, two UI32, one UI2, one combined 12DO/12UI and seven LED OC modules — that’s the hardware foundation for 72 lighting circuits, 14 heating zones and dozens of other devices. The house remains a living project — spare conduits and preparations allow for further expansions at any time.
