A homeowner on Philadelphia's Main Line had a beautifully maintained 6,500 SF stone colonial that was showing its age in one critical area: technology. The house was wired with a mix of legacy dimmers, basic toggle switches, and a 15-year-old whole-home audio system that had become unreliable. Half the zones didn't work. The shades were manual. And controlling anything required walking to the specific room.
The family wanted a modern, integrated smart home — but the house presented real constraints. Stone exterior walls made new cable runs difficult. The homeowners didn't want visible construction disruption or a months-long renovation. And they needed the system to be intuitive enough that every family member could use it without a manual.
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We designed a phased upgrade that replaced every legacy switch and dimmer with a unified Lutron HomeWorks QSX platform — without opening a single stone wall. By reusing existing conductor paths and strategically placing new wireless components, we delivered a complete smart home with minimal construction impact.
Site survey, system design, equipment ordering. Shop drawings delivered to homeowner for approval. Existing wiring paths mapped and tested.
Lutron panels installed in basement MDF. New speaker wire and shade motor cables pulled through existing pathways. Keypads and backboxes mounted.
Keypads installed, shades mounted, speakers trimmed. Complete system programming — scenes, schedules, dimming calibration. Client walkthrough and training.
30-day follow-up to fine-tune scenes based on actual living patterns. Remote monitoring activated. Documentation delivered.
"We thought upgrading the whole house would mean months of construction. TBD did it in three weeks without opening a single wall. The system is rock-solid and every member of the family actually uses it — that's the real test."— Homeowner, Main Line Estate, Philadelphia
Whether you're upgrading a Main Line estate, modernizing a Rittenhouse condo, or wiring new construction — we start with engineering and finish with a system that just works.
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