Smart home electrical that just works.
Want lights you can run from the wall or your phone? Want the wiring done right before the drywall goes up? We handle the switches, the cabling, and the testing. You get one smart switch or a whole house - same care either way.
Smart switches over smart bulbs
We wire smart switches and dimmers (Lutron Caseta, RadioRA 3), not the smart-bulb route. A hardwired switch works with any bulb. It dims without leaning on your Wi-Fi. And it lasts as long as the switch does. For a home, it's the right call every time.
Pre-wire before drywall
Running cable - Ethernet, control wiring, speaker wiring - is easiest while the walls are open for a remodel. So we time it to your project. Pull the cable for what you'll want in five years, not just today. It's cheap now and a pain to add later.
Smart panels for load awareness
Smart panels (Span, Lumin) let you watch and control power circuit by circuit. They earn their keep with solar, an EV, or a generator in the mix. Plenty of homes don't need one. We'll tell you honestly which camp yours is in.
Are you after the smarts, the wiring behind them, or both?
Two things, really. There's the gear you touch - switches, dimmers, panels. And there's the wiring behind the wall that feeds it. We do both, and they go best together. Detail pages are on the way; for now, call and we'll tell you which one your project needs.
Smart Home Electrical (Lighting & Switches)
Lutron Caseta smart dimmers and switches (most popular, hub-optional). Lutron RadioRA 3 for larger whole-home installs that need a hub and more scenes. Leviton Decora Smart for Z-Wave / Wi-Fi alternatives. Scene programming, schedule setup, voice-control compatibility (Apple Home / Google / Alexa). Span and Lumin smart panel installs for circuit-level load monitoring and EV / solar / generator coordination.
Whole-Home Ethernet & Data Wiring
Structured CAT6 / CAT6A Ethernet pre-wire to every room - wall outlets in each bedroom, living room, office, kitchen, basement. Optional fiber backbone for higher-bandwidth installs. Ethernet runs to wireless-access-point locations (Ubiquiti UniFi / Eero / Netgear Orbi) for whole-home Wi-Fi without dead zones. Most efficient during remodel work when walls are open.
Smart-home work we've wired across Northern Virginia
What getting your smart home wired actually looks like
Your job is one of two situations. Walls open for a remodel, or walls closed. Open walls, we pull cable clean and it costs less. Closed walls, we plan the routes and the patching up front, so no surprises. Same project manager runs it either way, from the first walkthrough to the day we test the last drop. Here's how each goes.
Free consultation
For remodel-integrated work: we coordinate with the remodel timeline (typically during framing or rough-in phase). For standalone retrofits: we walk the space, plan wire routes, and quote the patching scope.
Written proposal
Itemized - switch / panel / cable materials, labor, structured-wire termination, scene programming if requested. For remodel work, our scope syncs with the GC's schedule.
Install
Pre-wire phase (during remodel, walls open) runs in 1-3 days depending on home size. Trim-out phase (after drywall, paint) - switches installed, terminations made, scenes programmed. Most installs complete in 1 day at trim-out.
Verification + setup
We verify every Ethernet drop with a cable tester, every smart switch with the manufacturer's app, every dimmer with the connected fixture. Apple Home / Google / Alexa integration verified if requested. Documented in writing.
The questions we hear most before a smart-home job
Should I install smart bulbs or smart switches in my home?
For most residential locations: smart switches (Lutron Caseta or similar). Hardwired, work with any bulb, dim reliably without Wi-Fi, last 10+ years. Smart bulbs (color-changing Hue bulbs, Wi-Fi LEDs) make sense for accent lighting where a switch isn't possible, but they cost more long-term, depend on Wi-Fi to function, and frustrate guests who try to use the wall switch.
The deeper reason: a smart switch makes the wall switch itself smart. Anyone using the room can control the lights from the wall the same way they always have, plus from the app, Apple Home, voice control. A smart bulb requires the wall switch to be left on at all times (otherwise the bulb has no power), which means the only control point is the app. For guests, family members, kids - and for power-outage recovery - smart switches work better. This is the same Master Electrician work as standard lighting installs. For specific accent uses (under-cabinet color changing, behind-TV bias lighting): smart bulbs are the right answer.
When is the best time to install smart-home wiring during a remodel?
During the rough-in phase, after framing is complete but before insulation and drywall. This is the only time wires can be run cleanly through wall cavities without patching. Most remodel projects have a 1-2 week rough-in window where electrical, plumbing, and HVAC all install their rough-in work. Smart-home wiring fits in that window.
The pattern: framer finishes structural work, then electrical / plumbing / HVAC rough-in, then inspection, then insulation, then drywall, then finishes. Smart-home pre-wire happens during the electrical rough-in step. We coordinate with the GC (or we are the GC if Anson is also remodeling). For homeowners doing one-off remodels (kitchen-only, basement-only) we still recommend pre-wiring adjacent rooms while walls are open - adding Ethernet to a hallway during a kitchen remodel costs $50 of cable but would cost $200+ as a standalone retrofit later.
Do I need a smart panel like Span or Lumin?
For most NoVA homes: not yet. Smart panels (Span, Lumin) add circuit-level load monitoring and remote breaker control - useful for homes with solar + EV + generator + time-of-use rate coordination. For homes without any of those: the smart panel adds cost and complexity without proportional benefit. We assess your specific use case during the consultation.
The Span use case where it makes the most sense: a home with solar (or planning solar) + EV charging + a whole-house generator that wants to load-shed automatically during outages and route solar production intelligently. For that homeowner, Span pays for itself in operational sophistication. For a typical NoVA home without solar / EV / generator stack: a smart panel is over-engineering. We tell you honestly which camp your home falls into. Lumin is a lower-investment alternative that adds smart capability to your existing panel - useful for homeowners who want partial smart-panel benefits without replacing their main panel.
How does Ethernet pre-wire compare to whole-home Wi-Fi mesh?
They're complementary, not competing. Ethernet pre-wire gives you wired connections in every room (faster, more reliable, no Wi-Fi interference for devices that don't move - TVs, game consoles, smart panels). Mesh Wi-Fi (Ubiquiti UniFi, Eero, Orbi) covers portable devices and provides Wi-Fi to areas not wired. Best results: Ethernet to wired devices plus mesh Wi-Fi access points at strategic Ethernet drops.
The hidden value of structured Ethernet: Wi-Fi gets faster over time only if your wired backbone supports it. A Wi-Fi mesh router connected to a single Ethernet drop at one end of the home will struggle to cover larger homes. The same mesh router system, paired with Ethernet drops at access-point locations on each floor, performs dramatically better. For NoVA homes 2,500+ sqft with multiple floors, this pattern is the residential gold standard. We pre-wire access-point locations even if the homeowner isn't installing mesh yet - gives them upgrade headroom.
Can you program voice control (Apple Home, Google, Alexa) when you install smart switches?
We verify hub-bridge compatibility and complete the manufacturer-app setup (Lutron app, Span app, etc.) but don't program scene-level voice routines - that's a homeowner task because the routines depend on personal preferences and household patterns. We hand off with the manufacturer app configured and the switches integrated with your chosen voice platform.
The scope split: we install hardware, verify Wi-Fi / hub bridge function, and add devices to your chosen voice platform (Apple Home, Google, Alexa). Scene programming, schedule setup, and automation routines are the homeowner's task - they depend on who lives in the home, what routines they want, when they want lights on / off / dim. We can walk you through the basics of scene programming during the install walkthrough if helpful, but the ongoing automation is yours to refine.
What people usually fold in while we've already got the walls open
Smart-home work rarely travels alone. Most homeowners start with lighting, find they need panel headroom, or time it all to a remodel. Here's what tends to ride along.
Let's get your home wired for how you'll actually live in it
Free consultation, whether it's one switch or the whole house. Same care on both. And if your walls are open, that's the moment to pull the cable - cheap now, costly later.