The invention discloses an intelligent housing system and a control method. The intelligent housing system is mainly composed of a gateway server, a client, a modulator-demodulator, a wireless router, a wireless coordinator and at least one wireless node, wherein the wireless router is connected with the Internet through the modulator-demodulator; the client is connected with the wireless router, and the wireless router is connected with the gateway server through a network cable and/or a mobile Internet; the gateway server is connected with the wireless coordinator through a serial port; the wireless coordinator is wirelessly connected with all the wireless nodes. The intelligent housing system disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of being convenient to install and maintain, low in cost, capable of realizing dynamic management for a housing control node, convenient to operate the client, high in system safety, stable, efficient, energy-saving and environment-friendly, and the like.