Path 01 · Quick Start Lighting

For one place, beautifully lit.

Some of the most memorable lighting moments live on a single garden path, the corner of a pool deck, or the walk to the front door. Quick Start is the work of attending to those spaces — well, and quickly.

When Quick Start Fits

A single space, considered.

Quick Start is the right path when the project is contained, the goal is clear, and you want a thoughtful recommendation, an honest budget, and a beautiful result without a longer design phase.

Best for

A specific place to address.

  • ·“The front walk needs lighting.”
  • ·“The driveway feels too dark.”
  • ·“We want something nicer near the pool.”
  • ·“The backyard goes black after sunset.”
  • ·“Our existing lighting has aged out.”
  • ·“A few accents around the patio.”
Better suited to design

Properties asking for a plan.

  • ·Whole-property and estate lighting
  • ·New construction or major renovation
  • ·Multiple areas considered together — pool, garden, drive, architecture
  • ·Coordination with an architect, landscape designer, or builder
  • ·Waterfront properties and projects with deeper design intent
  • ·When you'd like to see a plan before approving install
Typical Quick Start Projects

What a project tends to cost.

Pricing depends on the property. The ranges below are honest starting points — drawn from the kind of work we do most often.

Classic shingled Hamptons home exterior at blue hour with uplighted front yard tree and stone pathway lighting
i

Pathway Refresh

The walk from the car to the door — lit so guests can move easily and the home reads warmly from the street.

For

Walkways · steps · entry path

$4.5K – $8.5K
Luxury estate gravel driveway at night framed by gate columns and uplighted ornamental trees
ii

Front Entry Upgrade

Façade, drive markers, and a feature tree or two — the lighting that shapes how the house meets the night.

For

Front façade · path · driveway markers

$8.5K – $15K
Nighttime pool deck with three illuminated patio umbrellas and striped lounge chairs with surrounding garden lighting
iii

Backyard & Pool

The pool path, the deck, the patio, the side yard — lit so the evening doesn’t end at sundown.

For

Pool path · deck · patio · side yard

$12K – $25K
Classic white pergola with pendant lantern over an outdoor dining table with a dramatically uplighted tree behind
iv

System Refresh

When the original lighting has aged out — fixtures dimmed, aiming off, wiring tired — a quiet refresh that brings the system back into form.

For

Repairs · upgrades · re-aiming

$3.5K – $15K

Real pricing is set after we’ve walked the property — fixture selection, transformer needs, wiring, and finish details all play a part.

What You Receive

Less complicated, more considered.

Quick Start moves quickly because the scope is honest. Here is what every project includes — and what we save for Full Design, where it belongs.

Every Quick Start project

Beautifully finished work.

  • A site visit and a thoughtful scope review
  • A clean proposal with honest pricing, usually within forty-eight hours
  • Coastal-grade fixtures from Coastal Source and our preferred makers
  • Properly sized transformers and tidy low-voltage wiring
  • Installation by our own team, never subcontracted
  • Final aiming returned to after dark — the moment that decides the result
  • A walkthrough with you when the system is dialed in
  • Optional Brilliance Care™ enrollment to keep it looking right
Where Full Design begins

When the project asks for more.

  • A fixture-by-fixture lighting plan and layout
  • A detailed bill of materials and transformer schedule
  • Lighting zones, control programming, and scene design
  • Coordination drawings for builders, landscape designers, and electricians
  • Multiple revision rounds during the design phase
  • Renderings or photo-realistic nighttime visualizations
  • A phasing strategy across the entire property
  • Architect and designer collaboration sessions
The Quick Start Process

Four steps to a beautifully lit result.

From first call to final aiming, most Quick Start projects move in two to four weeks — depending on schedule and material lead times.

i

A short conversation.

We talk briefly about the area you'd like to address — what's there now, what you'd like it to feel like, and whether the lighting is for safety, atmosphere, or both. Five or ten minutes is usually enough to confirm the right path.

ii

A visit to the property.

A senior member of our team walks the property at the time of evening it'll be used, measures distances, photographs conditions, and reads the architecture and landscape carefully. There's no charge for the visit.

iii

A proposal, usually within forty-eight hours.

Scope, fixture range, transformer and control needs, installed price, and one optional upgrade — presented as a single page, not a fixture spreadsheet. Honest pricing means no surprises.

iv

Install, then aim after dark.

Once the proposal is approved, we reserve an installation window. The system is installed by our own team, returned to that night for final aiming, and walked through with you so you see exactly what the property looks like — finished.

About the site visit

More than a sales call.

A senior designer arrives at the time of evening the property will be used, walks it carefully, measures distances, photographs conditions, and reads how the architecture and landscape want to be lit. We come to listen — to what you'd like the space to feel like — and to look closely at trees, sightlines, fixture conditions, transformer locations, and the practical realities of the property.

We come to listen. And to look.

There's no fee for the site visit, and no pressure attached to it. We'd rather earn a project by reading the property well than by rushing toward a yes.

Schedule a Site Visit
If This Sounds Like Yours

When the property is asking for a plan.

Some properties make their preference plain. If any of the following describes yours, the design path will give you a more considered result.

  • if
    the project spans multiple areas of the property at once.
  • if
    the home is in new construction, mid-renovation, or the landscape is still being designed.
  • if
    an architect, landscape designer, or builder is involved and lighting needs to coordinate with their work.
  • if
    the property sits on the water, at estate scale, or carries design intent that should be planned together rather than handled area by area.
  • if
    you'd like to see a plan, fixture layout, or rendering before approving the install.
  • if
    the project will likely phase over multiple seasons and benefits from a master plan now.
Begin

Tell us the area you want
to improve after dark.

We'll walk the space, listen to what you'd like, and follow up with a thoughtful proposal — usually within forty-eight hours of the visit.

Get a Quick Lighting Budget