I know that I saw on one of the news channels a few years ago that Bob Villa was being sued by the new owner (a famous entertainer whose name I can't recall right now) because of problems in one of the houses he built new for the series and subsequently sold off (Malibu Beach house season 3)
It was the project home that year and one of the features of this project was smart wiring, you could dial in and turn the lights on / off among other things. Allegedly after the sale the system failed in the on mode and the only way to turn the lights off was to unscrew the bulbs.
The lawsuit was against Mr. Villa, his production company, the installing electrician and the manufacturer of the system.
Apparently the only fix was to rip it all out and put in conventional wiring.
There has been no further information on this that I could find before posting so I am going to guess it has been settled out of court.
