What we do
The best hours of your property happen after dark.
We don't sell packages of fixtures. We look at the whole property, decide what the evening should feel like, then choose what it takes to get there — lighting, audio, and the service that holds both. No irrigation, no patios, no roofline: this is the whole list.
Installation
Three ways we put light and sound in the ground.
All three are residential by default. Hotels, clubs and managed grounds are quoted differently.
Landscape lighting.
Path, bed, tree and garden. The core of the practice — solid brass, 3000K, aimed on a separate commissioning visit after the install.
Flagship service ii.Architectural lighting.
Facade grazing, column and portico, soffit downlight, stone and brick texture. Lighting the house rather than the yard around it.
Facade & structure iii.Outdoor audio.
True Audio buried subwoofers and satellites on Sonos, zoned with the lighting and controlled from the same app. Same trench, same crew, same visit.
Second service lineService
Two ways we look after what's already there.
Maintenance.
Annual, bi-annual and quarterly plans for systems we installed. Re-aiming for a season of growth, lamp and lens replacement, transformer and controller checks, connection audit. Starts at $195 a visit.
Recurring v.Existing-system service.
We adopt orphaned systems. A $195 flat inspection documents every fixture, zone and transformer in writing and tells you what's worth keeping — whoever installed it, whatever brand it is.
$195 inspectionWhy this list and not a longer one
Three things done properly beats twenty done occasionally.
Landscape companies add lighting as a line item and install it the way they install sod. We do two things — light and sound — and both of them go in the ground with the same standard of connection, depth and aiming.
Controls sit in the same place — astronomic timing and zoned scenes on every system. That's also why service sits beside installation rather than under it. A lighting system is a mechanical thing living outdoors through Ontario winters: it moves, plants grow over it, thermal cycling works at connections. Somebody has to come back.
Constant across all three
The standards don't change by service line.
Selected work
Across the two service lines.
Common questions
Before you pick a service.
Can I start with the front of the house and add later?
Yes, and it is the most common way our larger projects happen. The proposal covers the whole property even when phase one is only the facade and entry walk, so transformers, wire gauges and zone architecture are sized for the finished system from day one. That means phase two drops into capacity that already exists rather than requiring a second transformer and a second trenching pass. Front-of-house Economy work runs $3,000 to $5,500; homeowners who phase typically add the rear space in the following season.
Do you install lighting and audio at the same time?
Whenever we can, because it is meaningfully cheaper and cleaner. Both systems want the same trench, and buried speaker cable next to low-voltage lighting wire costs almost nothing extra to pull while the ground is already open. Zones then line up — the patio scene brings up the patio lights and the patio speakers together, from one app. Retrofitting audio into a finished lighting install means opening the same beds twice. If audio is even a maybe, tell us at the site visit and we'll sleeve for it.
Do you work with landscape architects and builders?
Regularly, and there's a trade and referral programme for it. New construction is where we save clients the most money. Coming in at grading — before sod, pavers and coping — lets us set sleeves under driveways and walks, run conduit through hardscape, and coordinate transformer locations with the electrician while walls are still open. That work costs a fraction of retrofitting it later. We work to the architect's planting plan and hand back a fixture schedule that can be built by anyone, which is what makes us easy to specify.
Do you service brands you don't install?
Yes. A $195 flat inspection documents every fixture, transformer, zone and connection in writing, regardless of who installed it or what brand is in the ground. You get an honest account of what's worth keeping — good brass fixtures with failed lamps are usually worth saving; pitted aluminum housings letting water into the wire generally aren't. From there you can put the system on a maintenance plan, repair what's failing, or replace it in phases. There's no requirement to do any of the three.
Start anywhere
See it before you buy it.
We come out after dark and light your property temporarily, so you can stand in it before you commit to anything. Free, 45 minutes, whichever of these you're considering.
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