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You don’t say if you have any IoT networks yet, like zwave or zigbee, or if you’re looking for wifi. All have advantages / disadvantages, wifi is cheap and doesn’t use a separate dongle, zigbee devices tend to be cheaper, and a good variety available, Zwave is solid and doesn’t conflict with wifi or zigbee networks.
For the Hue bulbs you want a switch that lets you disconnect the relays from the physical switch. I don’t know what devices to suggest for EU, but my preference is to make the switches smart so they continue to do switch-like-things instead of having to retrain people.
Well, I did mention the Hue bridge so I've got Zigbee around the house (as well as some other Tuya wifi devices).
I'm currently in the process of converting to an additive setup so my wife and I don't need a smartphone to do smart home stuff. I think I can work with the info, thanks a lot.