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Austin and the team at Bayshore Nightscapes absolutely knocked it out of the park! We recently had landscape lighting installed around our home, including the front landscaping and driveway, and the results exceeded our expectations. Austin was fantastic to work with from start to finish. He really knows his stuff, has a great eye for detail, and helped bring our vision to life. The lighting completely transformed the look of our home at night. Everything looks clean, elegant, and professionally done without being overdone. You can tell Austin takes pride in his work and genuinely cares about making sure his customers are happy. Couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out. If you’re considering landscape lighting in the Tampa Bay area, I highly recommend Austin and Bayshore Nightscapes. Five stars all around!
Proudly serving Old West Tampa, FL
Landscape lighting for Old West Tampa — cigar-era casitas, historic architecture, and a neighborhood in the middle of its next chapter.
Outdoor lighting in Old West Tampa
Old West Tampa grew up around the cigar industry, and the neighborhood still shows it: shotgun casitas, brick storefronts, and early-century cottages on a tight grid just west of downtown and the river. Lighting a home with this much history calls for a light touch. Our landscape lighting designs pick out the details that make these houses distinctive — porch posts, transoms, clapboard, brick — with warm, low-level light and hardware that stays out of sight.
Lots are narrow, so we shield tightly and aim carefully to keep light on your property. A typical plan includes a warmly lit porch and entry, grazing along the front elevation, one or two uplit shade trees, and low pathway lighting to the steps. Everything is brass or copper, hand-trenched to protect old foundations and root systems, and set to warm 2700K so the light suits the age of the house.
Why choose us
Our process
Common questions
Will lighting change the character of a historic home?
It should not, and ours does not. We work entirely with ground-mounted and bed-mounted fixtures, mount nothing into original masonry faces, and keep output low so the house reads as itself — just visible after dark.
Are permits required in Old West Tampa?
Low-voltage landscape lighting typically does not require a permit. If your property is in a historic district or overlay, we design within those guidelines and can provide fixture details for review.
What is the cost for a casita or cottage?
Most projects on these smaller homes run $1,200 to $3,500 — genuinely one of the most affordable ways to improve how the property presents.
Do you work with investors and renovators?
Regularly. We coordinate with contractors during renovation so sleeves and cable go in before landscaping, and we can quote multiple properties on the same schedule.
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