If you’re building a custom home in Lakewood Ranch, or designing one for a client, the best time to plan its technology is before the walls go up. Our design team has been helping homeowners and builders get that timing right since 1979.
A home designed around how you live deserves technology planned the same way. Advanced ESi designs and installs lighting control, home automation, motorized shades, audio and video, networking, and security systems for homes across the region.
Our in-house design team plans every system around your home’s architecture and your daily routines. As the only dedicated design team in the Sarasota area, we make sure every piece of equipment, from the keypad by your front door to the speakers in your ceiling, is placed with intent.
We work on custom builds and established homes ready for an upgrade, serving the Lakewood Ranch community and Bradenton along the University Parkway corridor.
New villages in Lakewood Ranch open in phases, and custom homes move from approved plans to framing quickly. That pace matters. The technology choices made in those early weeks shape what your home can do for decades.
During a pre-wire, we run cabling and conduits inside your walls, before insulation and drywall close everything in. If we don’t pre-wire before drywall, that can mean cutting into finished walls. As an experienced audio video installer, we never want the AV equipment to disrupt your visual aesthetic.
The biggest decisions come first. During architectural review, we decide where the equipment will live, marking speaker and screen locations. We also consider things like structural openings for motorized shades. Even if the homeowner chooses to invest in minimal smart home equipment during the build, we still plan our pre-wire with future upgrades in mind. If we’re asked to add new technology years down the line, we can use existing cables rather than having to re-open the walls.
If you’re taking a custom home from drawings to closing, here’s how we work alongside you.
We use AutoCAD technology to create digital plans that show device location, wire runs, power requirements, and technology aesthetics. You can include them in permit packages and walk your client through them at owner review.
We join your architectural and framing walkthroughs, then plan our crews around your electrician and drywall dates. Our goal is always to answer questions to prevent large-scale changes down the line.
Our team stays with your project from the first design meeting through the final handoff. You always know who to call.
Our ongoing assistance keeps your client’s systems running, and service calls come straight to our team. We handle issues outside your purview and maintain your business reputation with thoughtful, precise work.
We help designers choose keypad finishes that match the hardware. We also place speakers and displays with the room’s sightlines in mind.
Set the light for a dinner party or late-night reading with one touch. Exterior lights follow the sunset, so everyone comes home to a lit driveway.
Manage lighting, climate, shades, and music from one keypad or app. Heading out for the week? One tap settles the whole house before you leave.
Florida afternoon sun heats rooms and fades floors. Motorized shades lower on a schedule to keep things cool, then rise for the evening view.
A dedicated theater or media room built around picture and sound. We plan screen size and acoustics for your room, so every seat feels like the best one.
Music follows you from the kitchen out to the lanai through speakers hidden in ceilings and walls. Play one playlist everywhere or something different in each room.
Our design team will help you choose the right systems for your home and your build schedule.
Some of the earliest homes here are now 30 years old. Many still run on the systems the builder installed at move-in. You can have the same caliber of system a new build gets without a major renovation. Here are some of the retrofit solutions we provide:
Builders and homeowners both get a clear path from the first meeting to move-in day.
When you invite a company inside your walls for decades, track record matters.
Bring us in during architectural planning, before framing begins. That timing lets us set wiring paths and equipment space while a change still costs nothing more than a revised drawing.
Yes. We work throughout both the Manatee County and Sarasota County sides of the community, along with Bradenton and homes near the University Parkway corridor.
In most cases, yes. We start with wireless controls and shades that need little wall work, then add systems in phases as your plans grow.
Check with your village’s architectural review committee before adding anything visible outside. We can plan camera and speaker placements with those approvals in mind from the start.
Yes, we provide CAD drawings and wiring documentation for builders and architects. Teams use them for permitting and to coordinate with other trades on site.
We do. Every system we install is supported through our Monitoring and Support Services program, so you have one team to call for questions or repairs after move-in.
Maybe you’re holding a fresh set of plans. Maybe your home is due for more. Either way, we can help you map out what comes next.
Builders and architects, send your drawings and tell us where the project stands. Homeowners, tell us about your home and how you’d like it to work. Our design team will follow up to talk through your Lakewood Ranch project.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (941) 554-5000