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Say hello to Rosie

Jeffrey and Joanne De Sarno run their Regina Beach home with a little help. Not with a housekeeper, or a caregiver – but with Rosie.

Rosie is the name for their SecurTek Home Manager automation system, which can do anything from read Jeffrey yesterday’s baseball scores to help Joanne organize the shopping list.

The system is simple for any customer, as SecurTek sets up the system and then all the homeowner has to do is touch a button and SecurTek can add a component or fix any part of the system. All the homeowner has to do is give the commands – “turn on dining room light” or “read news.”

But Jeffrey De Sarno understands the system a little bit better than the average person – he was part of the team who designed it. He describes the system as a true “mash-up” of technology – meaning it is many components of technology coming together.

Speaking through a microphone in the kitchen, Rosie answered Jeffrey’s questions about time, the stock market, TV listings, and information on the house. She also answered his commands, dimming lightings, turning on and off appliances, reading the news, and playing Tracy Chapman music upon request.

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Now I have to admit this exposure for work was fabulous I don’t know if it helped us out in selling our home, as some have suggested that some of this technology maybe overwhelming for some folks. So I haven’t decided if I will leave it with the house. Shrug, I guess it will depend on the new owner. Trust me however Rosie 2.0 will be following me to my new home!! I will work with my friends and Automated Living to build something much bigger!! Yup I am addicted to it!

According to our license plates and Tourism Saskatchewan we were supposed to believe that the skies in Saskatchewan light up similar to those seen in the desert! I have been to Arizona, and it is my opinion now that we have them beat! I had never noticed the sky before we moved to the beach!

Regina Beach is all about the community, which very much has a “family feel” to it. Once you participate within the community it grabs you with open arms, and offers you an array of events that will keep you quite busy, and entertained!

That’s right Joanne and I have decided to make a huge change in our lifestyle, more specific, everyone within the DeSarno home is changing thier lifestyle. Dad whom has lived with us since Jayden was 1, has decided that he wants to branch out and do something else. I can’t blame him, the kids are getting older now, and now with both of them in school all day that has to be a bit boring for him. We truly will miss him as he ventures out on his own (yup kinda feeling like one of my kids are leaving home)!

For now Let me tour you around our lovely home…

So if you know someone who is interested in our home, we are listed at skhomes4sale.com id 8795

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The home boasts about 4600 square feet of living space, with the basement having the ability to be run as a completed suite. We however believe it can be used for family, similar to how we did it. Our kids would simply wake up in the morning and go downstairs to Grandpa’s before school, however we think that if you want beach life which is only 35 minutes away from Downtown Regina, then you simply could leverage the basement for when guests or family come out for those long extended stays in the summertime.

I love this home, and it was a really difficult decision to make however we think it is the right one and have selected a new house in order for the kids to attend catholic french emersion. We think it is a good move, this means that now that grandpa is moving the kids can still be involved in the catholic school system instead!!

What is unique about this home?

First off it is an engineering marvel, the house has H-Beam construction and then concrete slabs which cover the garage area. This area then becomes the basement storage area, and games room.

It always amazes folks who see it, because your positioned directly under the garage.