Catch up on future home stories in 5 minutes.

Use one shared checklist to confirm each unit has working alarms, clear locations, and a testing habit people can repeat.

Guest-code workflows change when local short-term-rental rules change. Compliance comes first, and access routines follow from that reality.

The wrong automation feels theoretical until a February cold snap makes one bedroom unlivable and everyone starts overriding the system.

Use for the sleep impact of noise; write the practical layering story ourselves: door gap, curtains, rug, placement, and masking sound.