Canyon properties, Craftsman blocks and new construction beneath the San Gabriels — technology planned with the same care the town rebuilds with.
Altadena is unlike anywhere else we work: a town of deodars and oaks, of Craftsman porches and canyon driveways, and, in recent years, a community rebuilding street by street with remarkable resolve. Working here means two different crafts. In surviving historic homes, technology has to disappear into original plaster and woodwork. In new construction and rebuilds, the opportunity is bigger: plan the infrastructure while the walls are open, and the finished home will never need another cable pulled.
Framing is the one moment when everything is easy. We work alongside architects and general contractors to rough in conduit, structured wiring, speaker and camera locations, lighting control and a proper equipment closet — documented so any future trade can find it. The cost of doing this during construction is a fraction of retrofitting it later, and the result is a house that feels calm, not wired.
The foothills are hard on wireless: deep lots, stone fireplaces, long driveways, studios and ADUs at the back of the property. We design around the terrain — wired backhaul between buildings, access points tuned to the canyon environment, cameras and entry systems that reach the gate, and monitoring that keeps working when the power or the signal dips.