The difference between good and bad landscape lighting is almost entirely about what you can't see. Fixtures should be hidden, glare should never reach the eye, and the effect should read as light on a surface rather than as a row of bulbs.
We fit solid brass rather than aluminium. Brass costs more and lasts effectively forever outdoors; painted aluminium fixtures corrode at the ground line and start failing around year five, which is when most systems get called a mistake.
Transformers get sized with real headroom — typically loaded to about two thirds — so the system can grow and so voltage holds up at the far end of a run. Cable under anything paved goes in conduit, laid before the paving does.
What's included
- Path, step and wall-wash fixtures in solid brass
- Integrated hardscape lights set into wall caps and step risers
- Uplighting for specimen trees and architectural features
- Transformers on photocell and astronomic timers
- Direct-burial cable, in conduit under any paved surface
- Night aiming, and re-aiming a season later as planting fills in
What it costs
| Work | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Brass fixture, installed | $180 – $320 |
| Hardscape light in a wall cap or riser | $150 – $260 |
| Transformer, 300W, installed | $650 – $1,100 |
| Typical twelve-fixture system | $4,200 – $8,500 |
| Re-aim and service visit | $220 – $420 |
Ranges are installed prices for work in our service area. Every estimate we issue is a fixed price for a defined scope, not a unit rate applied to a guess at quantities.
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