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Retrofitting a ten-year-old home in three weeks

LIVESMART STUDIO · 22 March 2026

Retrofitting a ten-year-old home in three weeks

A much-loved Lekki home, a rising diesel bill, and a family with no appetite for a rebuild. Here's how three weeks of careful retrofitting changed how they live.

Room by room

We worked through the house in sequence — switches, then cameras and locks, then solar and storage — so the family never lost the use of their home.

Diesel spend fell 80% in the first month. They kept their home, and gained one that powers, protects and monitors itself.

Let’s design the home that runs itself.

Chat with a Livesmart advisor on WhatsApp — for a new home, a retrofit, or a single smart upgrade.