You can now buy a house with Apple smart home stuff already built-in

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Brookfield Residential COO Adrian Foley. photo by Alexandra Petruck (2)

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Brookfield Residential COO Adrian Foley demonstrates the smart home capabilities.

Part of the appeal of a smart home, at least for early adopters, is customizing it exactly to your liking by picking specific switches, hubs, light bulbs, and other gadgets.

But some people want a smart home experience that works "out of the box."

Brookfield Residential, a real estate developer, said on Wednesday that it's building new houses that come with lighting, locks, and Wi-Fi that work with Apple's smart home software already included. 

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These gadgets allow users to, say, program lightbulbs or adjust the temperature directly from an iPhone or iPad. 

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An Apple-compatible smart lock

Here are the gadgets that work with Apple Home, which Brookfield is building standard into new houses: 
  • Lutron Control Lighting ($190)
  • Honeywell Lyric T6 Smart Wi-Fi Thermostat ($150)
  • Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt ($230)
  • Ubiquiti Wireless Access Point ($130)

Some of these houses are already on sale in Irving, California, for move-in this summer. Prices start at the "high $600,000s" range in the subdivision, named Delano. 

Here's a closer video look at these houses: