The invention discloses a household device and a control method thereof. The household device comprises bathroom equipment and/or household equipment, a networking mechanism and a mobile intelligent terminal, wherein the bathroom equipment is provided with a data acquiring module for acquiring the working state and failure information of the bathroom equipment, a communication module for networking and transmitting information, and a main controller; the bathroom equipment is communicated with the mobile intelligent terminal through the networking mechanism; the mobile intelligent terminal is communicated with an after-sale management server of a bathroom equipment production plant through a public network; the data acquiring module is used for feeding acquired information back to the main controller; the main controller is used for transmitting sorted information to the communication module; the networking mechanism is arranged in the bathroom equipment; and/or, the networking mechanism is arranged in the household equipment; and at least one piece of bathroom equipment is provided with a networking mechanism. The household device has the characteristics of simple and reasonable structure, operation flexibility and wide application range.