Smart thermostat for Windows Phone

[montecristo]

I need a smart thermostat system for the house. I have Windows Phone. I tried the Netatmo, which has a Windows Phone app, but it communicates via radio waves (and WiFi) and since I have thick stone walls, the radio waves don't get through.

Apparently, Nest doesn't use radio waves, it uses just WiFi and a cable, which is fine because I get WiFi in all rooms.

Can I set up and use Nest without Android/iOS e.g. just by logging in to a website? There are a couple of Nest apps for Windows Phone but they don't seem great.

[montecristo]

I had a look at TADO but it uses radio too.

The chap who tried to install the Netatmo is pretty confident he can install Nest to work by wire rather than radio, so now that I know I can access it all via the web, I think I will go for that.

[montecristo]

minimods, that seems to take me back to square one. When you say communication is all wireless", do you mean wifi or wifi and radio?

My current thermostat is a five year old, white plastic, rotary dial one, I don't know if it has a 12v connection already.