About NoDrillSmart
Smart Home Upgrades, Curated for Renters
NoDrillSmart helps renters and modern homeowners discover smart, easy-to-install technology that makes their homes safer, smarter, and more convenient — without drilling holes or permanent modifications.
No Drilling
Adhesive, plug-in, or screw-in only
Fully Portable
Moves with you at the end of a lease
Cross-Platform
Works with Alexa, Google, or Matter
Why We Exist
Most smart home advice assumes you own the walls. Renters don’t have that luxury — leases restrict drilling, painting, and rewiring, and security deposits are on the line. So we built NoDrillSmart around one filter: does this actually work without permanent changes?
Every product on this site is chosen because it installs with adhesive mounts, plugs into an existing outlet, or replaces a bulb or fixture one-for-one — nothing that requires a landlord’s permission.
How We Choose Products
We look for three things before a product earns a place on NoDrillSmart: it has to install without tools or wiring changes, it has to be genuinely portable so it moves with you at the end of a lease, and it has to work with common smart home platforms like Alexa, Google Home, or Matter rather than locking you into one brand.
As an Amazon Associate, NoDrillSmart earns from qualifying purchases made through the links on this site. That doesn’t change which products we choose to feature — our full Affiliate Disclosure explains exactly how that works.