Areas Where We Served
Landscape Lighting | Westchester, NY
Westchester keeps Blue Hour Lighting busier than anywhere else we work, from a front walk and facade on a village lot to a full property with a driveway, specimen trees, and pool areas all on one plan. What doesn’t change is the process; we walk the property with you in daylight, learn how you actually use the yard after dark, and draw the lighting on diagrammed plans of your house before we quote a price. We also repair systems we didn’t install, which in this county usually means undersized wire, corroded connectors, or a transformer that ran out of room.
Professional Landscape Lighting Services: What the First Visit Looks Like
Every job starts with a free on-site consultation in daylight. Our owner walks the property with you, asking how you use the yard, which doors and paths matter after dark, and where the trouble spots are. Everything in the design traces back to that conversation.
You then get an architectural-grade plan using diagrammed layout plans of your property with the lighting drawn on top, showing where each light sits, which way it aims, and what the scope covers. Nothing is ordered until you approve it.
The last step is the one most people never hear about. We come back after dark and aim every light so you can see it for yourself before we call it finished.
Towns We Serve in Westchester County, NY
We cover the whole county. These towns have their own pages:
We also work in White Plains, Mount Kisco, Hartsdale, Eastchester, Port Chester, Ossining, and Bedford. North of here, we cover Dutchess and Rockland counties and east into Fairfield County, Connecticut, including Greenwich.
Putnam County licensure is pending, with approval expected by September 2026. We don’t work in New Jersey, the Bronx, or New York City.
Custom Outdoor Lighting: What Actually Gets Lit on Your Property
Every property gets a different list, and the walk-through is where we brainstorm your design.
Most Westchester designs pull from the same set:
01
Facade and architectural lighting
Stone, brick, or shingle is uplit and balanced so the front door becomes the focal point.
02
Tree and garden lighting
We uplight specimen trees from the ground and mount fixtures high in the canopy, aimed down, for a moonlight effect on the lawn below.
03
Path and walkway lighting
Low path lights put light on the ground so the light pools overlap, keeping the walkway visible without causing glare or being too harsh on night-time vision.
04
Pool and patio lighting
Pool edges, coping, steps, and the deck around them all get lit, for safety and mood.
05
Hardscape lighting
We build light into steps, seat walls, and pillars. See hardscape lighting.
06
Security and safety lighting
Dark corners, grade breaks, and long driveways are the real safety gaps on a large property and not the ones people usually think of.
Our security work is lighting-based only, and we do not install, supply, or service security cameras or surveillance equipment.
Landscape Lighting Services, From First Design to Year Ten
Our landscape lighting services cover the whole life of a system, from the first design to the lights being re-aimed years later:
Landscape lighting design and installation
Hardscape lighting
Outdoor sound system design and installation
Smart controls and lighting automation
Commercial and HOA outdoor lighting
Lighting maintenance plans
Holiday lighting
Blue Hour Lighting installs fixtures from Kichler, CAST Lighting, FX Luminaire, Brilliance LED, Auroralight, Unique Lighting Systems, and Infinity Lighting. Brass, copper, and stainless steel stay sound through Westchester winters far longer than cast aluminum, and many carry a lifetime factory warranty that varies by product.
Designing an Outdoor Space That Still Works in February
Westchester has real seasons, and a design built only for July doesn’t work for most of the year. February is the real test. The beds are bare, the trees are stripped, and it’s dark by half past four.
That changes what we light. Evergreens, stone walls, bark texture, and the shape of the house itself carry a winter scene. Perennials do not, so a design leaning entirely on summer planting goes flat for five months. Snow is the other factor, so fixtures near a plow line or a shoveled path get placed with that in mind, and transformers go high enough on the wall to stay clear of drifts.
Good lighting also makes winter safer. Ice on a walkway is far easier to see under good outdoor lighting, and the lights that make a property look its best in July are a genuine safety feature in the winter.
Adding Sound to the Same Trench as Your Lighting Systems
Many clients add outdoor sound at the same time, and it makes sense. Both need a trench, both run low-voltage cable, and both end up controlled from the same app.
Blue Hour Lighting is a Sonance authorized dealer and installer. Satellite speakers hide in the planting beds, subwoofers sit buried in the lawn, and sound fills the yard at conversation level. Opening the ground once instead of twice costs far less, so if sound is anywhere in your plans, you’ll want to work it in at the start.
Both run on the same controls. Scenes, schedules, and zone control work through Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Savant, Lutron, Control4, or Crestron.
What Actually Drives the Cost of Landscape Lighting?
The same fixture can cost very different amounts to install depending on where it lands, how far the wire has to run, and what’s already in the ground. That’s why per-fixture pricing rarely holds up and why quotes from different companies can be so hard to compare.
Here’s what actually moves the number:
How much of the property is lit
And whether that’s a facade and walkway or the whole grounds.
Fixture count and placement
A light fifteen feet from the transformer is not the same job as one 200 feet out across a driveway.
Transformer capacity
And how many transformers the load needs.
Wire length
Which drives both cable gauge and labor.
Material grade
Brass, copper, and stainless behave and last differently from cast aluminum.
Trenching conditions
Open lawn is quick. Established beds, mature roots, and hardscape crossings take more time.
Zoning
Each independently controlled area adds control and capacity cost.
The only way to get a true estimate is by having a free on-site assessment.
Westchester, NY, Landscape Lighting Maintenance & Repair
Every installation includes a one-year workmanship warranty. After that, most clients move on to a maintenance plan of two visits a year, spring and fall.
On each visit, we re-aim lights that plantings have grown over, clean lenses, replace failed lamps, repair nicked cable, and reset timers, and we move fixtures as needed when a garden fills in. We also check transformer load, since systems get added to over the years, and a transformer that was right in year one can be maxed out by year four.
Most maintenance issues and repairs on Westchester homes are simple and can be taken care of in one visit with tools and equipment our expert technicians have with them on every job.
Licensed & Insured for Westchester County
Blue Hour Lighting holds Westchester County home improvement license WC-32147-H19 and is licensed and insured. We also hold Rockland County CP-H-24100 and Connecticut HIC.0654518.
To talk about a property, request a free consultation, call 845-202-3369, or email info@bluehourlighting.com. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30.
Westchester Landscape Lighting FAQ
Is professional landscape lighting worth it?
If you want one light at the front door, a store-bought kit will do it. Professional landscape lighting earns its cost on the design, on components that survive more than a couple of winters, and on connections that don’t fail underground. Clients tell us they love how the house looks at night and that they’re finally using their outdoor space.
What is the rule of thumb for outdoor lighting?
The rule most designers work to is simple: light the object and hide the source. If you can see the bulb from the patio or the street, the fixture is in the wrong place, or it needs a shield. The second rule is restraint. Contrast is what brings your property to life at night, so leaving parts of it dark is an effective, beautiful design.
Do you need an electrician to install landscape lighting?
Not for the low-voltage side. Everything past the transformer sits at about 12 volts. You need a licensed electrician if a new exterior GFCI circuit has to be added for the transformer. Many Westchester houses already have a suitable outlet, and where yours doesn’t, we handle the coordination.