Re: I say no
I'm genuinely the wrong person to ask that of, as I started so long ago that my initial path is no longer viable. I started with X10 units, then hooked them all up to a computer, and that worked for a few years. Then the rather severe limitations of that started to really annoy me, and I started replacing existing X10 items with my own homebrew items or useful things I found commercially that I could bend to my whims.
My entire setup now is a cobbled together mishmash. It is all operated over my LAN. Most things are wired now, but a sizeable minority use bluetooth and a few use WiFi directly. I even still have three X10 units still in operation.
For me, this is a hobby, and so I'd say that you should approach it in that way. Start small, grow slow, have fun doing it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
