Smart Home 2026: GitHub History, a 3D Model, and a Claude Brain

Jesse turned his house into data using a consumer drone, phone photos, and his county property tax card, then had Claude build it into a 3D model he can question and plan against. We get into why a house with cameras still forgets everything, and what changes when it stops.
Jesse spent a few Saturday evenings turning his house into data. He flew a consumer drone over the property for shape, stood at the back of the yard and shot elevation photos on his phone, and pulled his county property tax card for square footage and lot size. Then he handed all of it to Claude and got back a 3D model of his home that runs in a browser. He can spin it, zoom it, watch the sun move across it at the real latitude and longitude, and plan actual construction against it. He calls it property intelligence. Nick calls it GitHub revision history for your home.
The idea underneath is simple. Your house is already a system. Outlets, breakers, valves, square footage, property lines, warranties, and every quote a contractor ever handed you. Today that information lives in your head, in a drawer, or in Sharpie marks on a breaker box left by whoever owned the place before you. Cameras and a smart thermostat do not fix it, because none of it remembers anything.
In this episode: what Jesse actually captured and how. Having Claude design the survey before collecting a single measurement. Reading a line item contractor quote you do not understand and pulling cost per square foot out of it. A house that never forgets what it was quoted. Working out which tree takes out which room if it falls. Why Jesse thinks realtors, contractors, and commercial property owners want this more than homeowners do. Where Home Assistant fits. And the dream outdoor kitchen he cannot build for years but has already designed to the square inch.
If you build a version of this, tell us. We want to see it.
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