What I really want and haven't seen is a proper mesh router setup that runs DD-WRT or something open-source. In bigger homes really a mesh system is your best hope since your internet access usually comes in on a corner somewhere, but I really don't trust any of the options I have (with the possible exception of one, whose name escapes me at the moment).
In bigger homes your best bet is to find a way to run Ethernet. My experience with mesh was mediocre to bad and I feel like that’s what I hear from everyone else who tries it.