Working in Boston-area houses
Much of our Boston work is in houses built between 1890 and 1960: plaster and lath, shallow boxes, knob-and-tube that has to go before anything else, and owners who do not want a single visible wire. Lutron RadioRA's wireless design is made for exactly this. Dimmers replace the existing switches, keypads use the existing gang boxes, and the processor lives in the basement. Speakers go into ceilings from above where there is attic access and from below where there is not, and we patch and prime what we open.
In new construction and gut renovations in Wellesley, Weston, Dover and the South Shore, we join the project at the framing stage, hand the electrician a drawing set, and photograph every wall before it closes.
What Boston clients usually ask us for
- Lutron lighting control throughout a renovated colonial or Victorian, with engraved keypads in designer finishes
- A media room in a finished basement or a great room that still looks like a living room
- Whole-home audio with invisible speakers and Sonos sources
- Wi-Fi that reaches the third floor and the back yard through brick and plaster
- Motorized shades for south- and west-facing rooms
- One RTI interface over all of it, including systems installed by others
Builders, electricians and designers
Most of our Boston projects come through the trades. We keep to the construction schedule, coordinate rough-in with the electrician so there is one inspection rather than two, and provide the designer with keypad and speaker layouts early enough to matter. If you are a builder looking for a low-voltage partner who shows up, get in touch.
Towns we serve
- Somerville
- Cambridge
- Boston
- Brookline
- Newton
- Wellesley
- Weston
- Lexington
- Winchester
- Belmont
- Arlington
- Concord
- Lincoln
- Needham
- Dover
- Hingham
- Cohasset
- Marblehead
Not on the list? If it is within about an hour of Somerville or Alton Bay, call and ask.