Home automation system including: - a control area geographically defined in space, - at least one mobile terminal designed to transmit and receive radiofrequency signals in the control area, - a plurality of electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) installed in the control area, - each electric household appliance (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) incorporates a radiofrequency signal transmitter and receiver, - the electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) are arranged in a network so as to communicate in order to convey information between one another, which communication is performed by transmitting and receiving radiofrequency signals containing said information in the control area, - the communication between the electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the network is initiated in response to the reception, by at least one of said appliances, of a radiofrequency signal transmitted by the mobile terminal in the control area, characterized in that: - each electric household appliance (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the network is designed to transmit radiofrequency signals from its transmitter and receive radiofrequency signals from its receiver in a transmission/reception area (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e) that is specific thereto, - the electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the network are positioned in the control area such that the transmission/reception area (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e) of an appliance includes at least one other appliance, the transmission/reception areas (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e) being juxtaposed so as to include all of said appliances, - each appliance (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) is designed to communicate with the other appliance or appliances of the network that are situated in its own transmission/reception area (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e), the information being conveyed in said transmission/reception areas, which information flows directly between said appliances of said network. - a control area geographically defined in space, - at least one mobile terminal designed to transmit and receive radiofrequency signals in the control area, - a plurality of electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) installed in the control area, - each electric household appliance (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) incorporates a radiofrequency signal transmitter and receiver, - the electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) are arranged in a network so as to communicate in order to convey information between one another, which communication is performed by transmitting and receiving radiofrequency signals containing said information in the control area, - the communication between the electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the network is initiated in response to the reception, by at least one of said appliances, of a radiofrequency signal transmitted by the mobile terminal in the control area, - each electric household appliance (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the network is designed to transmit radiofrequency signals from its transmitter and receive radiofrequency signals from its receiver in a transmission/reception area (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e) that is specific thereto, - the electric household appliances (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) of the network are positioned in the control area such that the transmission/reception area (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e) of an appliance includes at least one other appliance, the transmission/reception areas (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e) being juxtaposed so as to include all of said appliances, - each appliance (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) is designed to communicate with the other appliance or appliances of the network that are situated in its own transmission/reception area (Z2a, Z2b, Z2c, Z2d, Z2e), the information being conveyed in said transmission/reception areas, which information flows directly between said appliances of said network.