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The mistake most people make is too many lights, too bright, in the wrong color. A good yard has dark parts. We light what's worth looking at and leave the rest alone.
The Six
Most of this has a name. Here's what each one does, so you know what you're asking for.
A fixture in the ground pointing up at a tree or a wall. It's the one that makes people slow down in the street.
Best on oaks, palms, and the front of the house.
Fixtures mounted high in a tree, shining down through the branches. You get soft pools of light and real shadows on the grass, like a full moon.
This is the one Tampa live oaks were made for and almost nobody asks for it by name.
Light aimed close and parallel to a surface so it skims across it. Makes brick, stone and stucco show their texture.
Wrong on a flat wall, perfect on anything rough.
Light behind a plant, aimed at the wall behind it. You see the shape, not the detail.
Good for an agave or a bird of paradise.
Low fixtures spaced wide, throwing soft circles across a walkway. Enough to see the step. Not a runway.
If you can count the lights from the street, there are too many.
Even, soft light across the front of the house so the architecture reads after dark.
People don't picture this one until they see it, and it's usually what they love most.
What We Do
We walk your yard after dark and figure out what's worth lighting. Your oak, the palms out front, the path to the door, the wall behind the pool. You see the plan before anyone digs.
Free with your demo.
Low voltage, so it's safe around kids and pets. We bury the wire, set the transformer, aim every fixture after dark, and clean up.
Most yards are done in one day.
Lights drift. Palms grow. A mower clips a fixture. We come back twice a year, re-aim everything, clean the lenses, replace what failed, and set the timer for the season.
Plans start at $199 a year.
Pricing
It comes down to how many fixtures. Here's roughly where most yards land.
$2,400 to $3,500
6 to 12 fixtures
A couple of trees uplit, the path to the door, and the front of the house washed. The one that changes how your house looks from the street.
$3,500 to $5,500
15 to 25 fixtures
Everything above, plus the patio, the pool deck, and the trees you actually sit under. Where most Tampa yards end up.
$5,500 to $9,000+
30+ fixtures
Larger lots, long driveways, multiple zones on separate timers.
You get a fixed written quote before we start. The number on the quote is the number you pay. No change orders unless you ask for more lights.
Straight Answer
| Big box solar kit | The cheap installer | Us | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixtures | Plastic | Painted aluminum | Solid brass |
| Lasts | A season or two | 3 to 5 years | Decades, it just patinas |
| Light color | Blue-white | Whatever's in stock | Warm 2700K, every time |
| Aimed at night | No | Rarely | Always, that's the whole job |
| If one dies | Buy another | Good luck | We come back |
Florida is hard on lights. Heat, humidity and salt air rot the seals on anything built to a price. Brass goes dark brown over a few years and then stays that way for good.
Repairs
Half the systems we look at were put in cheap and died. Corroded sockets, a burned out transformer, wire nicked by a shovel. We'll come out, find what's broken, and tell you whether it's worth fixing or worth replacing. You'll get the honest answer even when the honest answer is cheaper for you.
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We come out after dark with real fixtures, set them in your yard, and turn them on. You look at your own house lit up. Then you decide. It's free and there's no pressure.
Questions
No, but it's better if you are. The whole point is that you stand in your own yard and say what you like and what you don't. If you can't be home that night, we'll find one that works.
Most yards are done in one day. We come in the morning to bury the wire and set the fixtures, then come back after dark to aim every one of them. A big property can run into a second day.
Call us and we'll come out. Brass fixtures almost never fail, but a bulb or a connection can. If you're on a maintenance plan we usually catch it before you notice.
No. It's all low voltage LED, so it draws very little power. Running your whole yard for an evening costs less than you'd guess.
Yes, and that's on purpose. We size the transformer with room left over, so adding fixtures later is a short visit instead of a new system.
That's up to you. Most people run them from dark until late evening. We set the timer to follow sunset, and we reset it for the season when we come back.