Naples is not one lighting problem. A beachfront lot in Port Royal, a 1980s canopy in Pelican Bay
and a 2-acre lot in the Estates each fail in a different way when they are lit the same way. Here
is what each one asks for.
Port Royal Our work
Bay and Gulf frontage west of Gordon Drive, where the City of Naples marine turtle rules (Sec. 52-61) apply from May 1 to October 31. Beach-facing fixtures are amber, mounted low and fully shielded; the street side stays 3000K warm white. We have lit homes here.
Aqualane Shores
Canal-front lots where the water side is the view. Docks, seawall steps and everything within reach of salt spray get marine-grade brass, and nothing is aimed across the canal at the house opposite.
Olde Naples
Small lots, homes 20 feet from the neighbor, and avenues that end at the beach. Glare control matters more than output: shielded fixtures, no visible source, and turtle-season rules on the Gulf-facing end of each avenue.
Pelican Bay
Landscaping planted in the 1980s, so the canopy is now the biggest thing on the lot. Downlights mounted in the trees do more than a row of uplights, and old trunks take a wider beam than young ones.
Mediterra Our work
Tuscan-style elevations with deep eaves and stone. Deep eaves swallow uplight, so soffit downlights carry the entry and the drive. Mediterra keeps its community lighting on a scheduled Spectrum maintenance program.
Grey Oaks
Golf-course lots where the back of the house faces the fairway. The rear elevation, the pool cage and the view line are lit for the people inside; cage sconces and downlights replace stakes on the lanai side.
Quail West
Estate lots with royal palms that outgrow a single uplight. A royal palm's crown needs a narrow beam and an aiming session after dark, or the palm reads as a lit stripe with a black top.
Talis Park
Coastal-contemporary architecture: flat stucco, horizontal lines, wide overhangs. Grazing flat stucco shows every trowel mark, so walls are washed from a distance and the overhangs carry recessed downlights.
Pelican Marsh
Homes from the 1990s, and often the original halogen lighting with them. Corroded connections and undersized transformers are the usual finding; we take these systems over, document them and rebuild what has failed.
Valencia Trails Our work
GL Homes production elevations: stacked-stone columns, paver drives, a stand of palms. The same handful of elevations repeat, so we light each home to one standard without two homes looking alike. Several homes lit here; case study below.
Golden Gate Estates Our work
Our shop is on 16th Ave NE, in the Estates. Lots run 1 to 5 acres with long drives and pines, so the design problem is wire: transformer placement and voltage drop over runs of 200 feet and more, before a single fixture is chosen.
