The daytime sun opens the gate at night. All day long, the sun beats down on the small panel beside the gate. In the evening,

This camera knows a cat from a visitor. Your phone buzzes: movement in front of the house. It was only the neighbors’ cat, and your

Your guests arrive at 11 pm. The gate was already waiting. The last flight has landed, the road is dark, and the villa is still

The gate motor lasted three weeks. Nobody checked the voltage. The box came from a European webshop with a plug that did not fit anything

It is dark by 6 p.m., and your driveway lights up before you do It is 7 p.m. and you are driving back from Philipsburg

The alarm that goes off for a gecko always ends up switched off It is 3:12 a.m. The siren pulls you out of bed, the

Who still has a key to your home? It is 5 p.m. in Simpson Bay. The person who has looked after the house for two

Wi-Fi does not travel through concrete. How we make a network hold up in the Caribbean. 9 p.m. The house is full and one room

Three days without power: what keeps running inside a Caribbean home 8:47 p.m. The air conditioning stops mid-cycle, the fan slows down, and the living