Overview

• Hive’s Home Report 2025, drawing on insights from about 4,000 UK households, finds 28% now use at least one eco-tech device.
• More than 1.6 million households generate their own power with solar panels, and 69% of those owners say it quickly cut their bills.
• Adoption is far from universal, with 72% of homes yet to install any eco-tech and four in ten non-users citing expense as the main reason.
• Futurist Tom Cheesewright forecasts homes with AI controlling heating, lighting and doors, plus invisible kitchens and lighting wallpaper.
• He also predicts widespread wireless charging that reduces reliance on plug sockets by mid‑century and homes acting as personal power plants.