The Hillside Estate.
A ground-up residence of fourteen thousand square feet, wired from the studs out and finished to a standard the owners will never have to think about again.
A house that should feel effortless — and never go dark.
The architects designed a home of long glass spans, board-formed concrete, and rooms that open entirely to the hillside. The brief to us was deceptively simple: the electrical work should be invisible, the light should flatter the architecture, and the house should run silently through any outage on the grid.
We joined the project at the design table, before a single stud was set. That early seat let us coordinate switch legs, fixture locations, and conduit runs with the framing, the structural steel, and the low-voltage trades — so nothing had to be chased or compromised later.
How we work this earlyThe full studio, on one estate.
Across nine months on site, the project drew on nearly every discipline we practice — coordinated under a single master electrician from rough-in to final commissioning.
- Whole-home rough-in, trim, and commissioning from the studs out
- Lutron HomeWorks lighting control throughout the residence
- Twenty-six-circuit landscape lighting across the grounds and approach
- 48kW Kohler standby generator paired with a Tesla Powerwall array
- 400A service with surge protection and immaculate panel work
In good company
A home like this comes together through specialists who each hold their craft to the same standard we do.
Firebird Audio Video
Whole-home audio, video, and Crestron automation by the team at Firebird Audio Video — designed and integrated to disappear into the architecture, working hand in hand with the estate's electrical and lighting systems.
Where the craft shows.
"A. Wood handled the most complex part of the build and made it the part I worried about least. The lighting is extraordinary, the generator is silent, and two years in we have not had a single callback."
The services behind this home
Custom Builds & New Construction
Whole-home electrical from the foundation up, coordinated with every trade on site.
Architectural Lighting Design
Layered, dimmable, color-tunable light tuned to the designer's intent.
Generators & Backup Power
Whole-home standby systems and battery storage that run an estate silently.