What’s on our smart home wish list?

One in four homeowners are already future proofing their homes by investing in the latest technology and gadgets, and three-quarters believe all of Britain’s homes will be ‘smart’ within the next 20 years, according to a new survey.

The research was commissioned to mark the launch of Smart Home Week on May 29: a new initiative supported by Yale, Samsung SmartThings and Phillips Hue.

The study shows that 85% of people have heard of a smart home (compared with 57% in 2015) and almost one in four already have some smart capabilities in their home.

A list of the top 30 smart home inventions we hope will be developed to make our lives easier include self-cleaning toilets, a robot that delivers breakfast in bed and a wardrobe that irons clothes while they are hanging up.

Shower heads with in-built Bluetooth to enable us to answer calls while washing, along with a bath that fills up instantly, are also features that people hope to see in the home of the future.

The wish list also featured self-locking doors which lock at the same time each night and a carpet that retracts so you can have hardwood floors if you fancy a change.

Others want life made simpler with self-loading washing machines, a self-sorting laundry basket and a bed that gradually wakes you up in the morning.

In order to keep control of all these systems, a third of people expect a smart hub will be used to connect the devices together and controlled via a smartphone.

Nigel Fisher, a spokesman for Smart Home Week said: “It’s clear from the smart home wish list that more people are looking for new ways to make their lives easier and more convenient.

TOP 30 WISH LIST OF SMART HOME INVENTIONS

1. Self-cleaning toilets
2. A system that cleans the house for you
3. Windows that tint automatically in the sunshine
4. Fingerprint scanning door locks
5. A wardrobe that irons clothes while they are hanging up
6. Bathroom scales which test your BMI
7. Garages that charge your electric car just by parking on a giant pad
8. Fridge that tells you which foods are reaching their use-by date
9. ‘Fitbit’ style beds which record how good your night’s sleep is
10. Teleportation device
11. A bath that fills up in a split second
12. A self-loading washing machine
13. A detector that knows if someone has been in your room
14. Self-locking doors that lock at the same time each night
15. A bed that gradually wakes you up in the morning
16. A robot which delivers breakfast in bed
17. Carpet that retracts so you can have hardwood floors if you fancy a change
18. A self-sorting laundry basket
19. A counter which calculates how much exercise you need to do depending on what you eat
20. Mechanical arms that come out of the wall and change your bedding
21. Fridge/store cupboards that automatically re-order your regular shopping items for you
22. A device which lets you know when you are running out of essentials such as bread or milk
23. A coffee ready as soon as the alarm goes off
24. A toilet that analyses your diet
25. Big Brother style security cameras
26. A TV which chooses the programmes for you
27. A fridge which knows when the shelves are full of meat
28. Shower heads with in-built Bluetooth to allow phone calls while washing
29. A TV which recognises who is watching and shows the relevant programmes
30. Something that brings you any food you want just by thinking about it