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// residential · smart home

A home that’s wired right

Fast, reliable Wi-Fi in every room, clean cabling behind the walls, and a home ready for whatever you add next.

// home network map
// why it's a wiring problem

Most Wi-Fi problems aren’t Wi-Fi problems

The dead spot upstairs, the video call that drops in the back bedroom, the mesh node that helps a little but not enough — those usually trace back to one router doing a job that needs three access points, each on its own cable.

A mesh node relaying wirelessly spends part of its capacity talking to the router instead of serving your devices, and every extra hop compounds it. Give each access point a wired connection and the whole picture changes: full speed at every node, no hops, and coverage that holds up when the house is busy. That backbone is the part worth doing properly, because it is the part you cannot change later without opening walls.

// where to start

Three ways in, one standard

Scopes to match the home — every project is quoted to your space, no two are alike.

Essential

Get your home connected, the right way

$899starting at
  • Home network assessment
  • Core wired connections (data drops)
  • Router / equipment placement
  • Clean, concealed cabling
  • Labeling and basic documentation
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// popular

Whole-Home

Full coverage, smart-home ready

$1,999starting at
  • Everything in Essential
  • Whole-home Wi-Fi coverage (WAP)
  • Additional data drops throughout
  • Smart-home pre-wire prep
  • TV mounting (one location)
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Integrated

The full system — network, AV and cameras

$3,499starting at
  • Everything in Whole-Home
  • IP camera system install
  • Multi-room AV / speaker wiring
  • Multiple TV mounts
  • Full smart-home integration prep
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Starting prices — your final quote is tailored to your home and what you add.

// à la carte

Just need one thing?

Pick exactly what you need — we’ll handle the rest cleanly.

Home Network & Wi-Fi

Wired drops and whole-home wireless coverage.

Smart-Home Pre-Wire

Wiring your home for automation, now or later.

TV Mounting

Clean mounts with hidden cabling.

Speakers & Audio

In-ceiling and multi-room audio wiring.

IP Cameras

Camera systems for the home, cleanly installed.

// two starting points

Building, or already living there?

Both are normal work. They are just very different jobs, and the cost gap between them is larger than most people expect.

// new construction

Pre-wire, before drywall

Open studs are the cheapest hour in the entire project. Cable pulled before drywall costs a fraction of the same cable fished through a finished wall, and it is the only moment when drops can go exactly where you will want them — behind the TV, at the desk, in the ceiling where an access point belongs.

It is also worth wiring for things you have not bought yet. Running cable to a spot you might use costs very little now and is expensive to add later, which is the whole argument for an automation-ready home.

// existing home

Retrofit, cleanly

Most of our residential work is in finished houses. Cable gets fished through walls and routed via attics, crawlspaces and closets — planned around the way the house is actually built rather than forced through it.

How straightforward that is depends on the house: attic access, slab versus pier-and-beam, masonry exterior, and whether a path exists between floors. The walkthrough settles that before a quote, so nobody discovers a problem halfway through a wall.

Wiring a detached guest house, casita or ADU? A point-to-point wireless bridge carries the network across when a trench is not practical.

// recent installs

Real installs, real homes

Recent residential work around Austin — cameras, whole-home Wi-Fi, TV mounting, Starlink and media rooms. Every photo is our own install.

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// common questions

Asked on almost every first call

We already have mesh Wi-Fi. Do we still need wired drops?

Usually, yes. A mesh node that reaches the router wirelessly spends part of its capacity relaying traffic instead of serving your devices, and each extra hop compounds it. Running a cable to each access point — wired backhaul — gives every node the full connection, which is why coverage problems in big or long houses so often turn out to be a wiring problem rather than a router problem.

Can you wire a house that's already finished?

Yes — most residential work is retrofit. Cables get fished through walls and routed via the attic, crawlspace or closets. How straightforward it is depends on the house: attic access, slab versus pier-and-beam, brick or stone exterior, and whether there's a path between floors. That's what the walkthrough establishes before any quote.

We're building. When should we call?

Before drywall. Pre-wire is the cheapest hour in the whole project — pulling cable through open studs costs a fraction of fishing it through finished walls later, and it's the only chance to put drops exactly where you'll want them. Even if you're not adding smart-home gear yet, wiring for it now keeps the option open.

Where do the access points actually go?

Ceilings, centrally, one per floor or zone — not tucked in a corner cabinet next to the router. Wi-Fi radiates outward and downward, so a central ceiling mount covers far more of the house than a unit pushed to one end of it. Mounted low-profile and fed by a single cable, they read as a smoke detector rather than a piece of network gear.

Can you connect a guest house, casita or ADU?

Yes. Where the trench is practical, buried cable is the most reliable option. Where a driveway, pool, mature trees or a long run make digging impractical, a point-to-point wireless bridge carries the network across instead, so the detached building works as if it were wired in.

Is the house going to be full of holes?

Retrofit wiring does mean cutting — that's honest — but it's planned, minimal and in places chosen to be invisible once plates and trim go back on. Routes follow closets, attics and existing chases wherever they exist. If a run can't be done cleanly, we say so before starting rather than after.

The standards here are the same ones we bring to commercial cabling and AV — see both on our recent work.

Let’s wire your home right

Tell us what you’re after — a single room or the whole house.

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