Calabasas and Hidden Hills, 91302
Home automation in Calabasas and Hidden Hills.
An estate behind the gates here is a gate and intercom, cameras around the property, a barn or guest house, pool and outdoor kitchen, a theater, Lutron throughout and a network that has to reach all of it. County Line Electric builds the backbone for those systems at rough-in and installs the automation that ties them together.
Plan Your Smart HomeSmart home demo
Call (805) 499-0823. CA Lic. #949580.
- Rough-inIs where it starts
- LutronLighting and shades
- 20 minFrom our office
Why here
Large lots, many buildings, and systems that have to work across all of them.
The automation problem on a Hidden Hills or Calabasas estate is distance. The gate is a hundred yards from the house, the barn has its own power and its own cameras, the pool equipment is behind a hedge, the guest house needs the same network and the same keypads as the main house, and the outdoor kitchen wants music and a television that survive the weather. Wireless does not solve that; conduit, fiber and properly placed access points do. County Line builds that backbone at rough-in on new construction and surveys existing estates to see what can be added cleanly.
On top of the backbone sit the systems: Lutron HomeWorks lighting and shades, security and cameras, gate and intercom, multi-room audio and video, the theater, climate, the generator and the EV chargers, all visible and controllable from keypads, touch panels, the app and voice. The control platform is chosen with the owner and the integrator if there is one; the wiring is County Line's.
The systems
What runs on the backbone.
Lighting and shades
Lutron HomeWorks in every building, on one processor.
LutronGate, intercom, cameras
Power and fiber to the gate, cameras at the perimeter and the barn, recorded and reachable.
Audio and video
Music in every room and outside, video to every screen, a theater done properly.
Network
Wired, enterprise-grade, with access points placed for the property and the pool.
Climate and energy
Thermostats, pool and spa, the generator and the chargers on one screen.
Security
Alarm, locks and the cameras on the same system as everything else.
Outdoor
Landscape lighting, outdoor audio and video, the outdoor kitchen.
Control
Keypads, touch panels, the app and voice, chosen for how the household lives.
- 30 yrsIn the electrical tradeJeff Tucker has run County Line Electric in the Conejo Valley since the 1990s.
- #949580California contractor licenseLicensed, bonded and insured. Check it on the CSLB site any time.
- 24 hrsGenerator estimatesA written standby generator estimate within a day of the site visit.
- $600Twice-yearly generator serviceBoth visits, for the year. Jeff's comparison: the large installers quote the same service at about $1,000.
Calabasas automation questions
Does County Line Electric install home automation in Hidden Hills?
Yes. County Line Electric designs and installs whole-home automation on Hidden Hills and Calabasas estates: Lutron lighting and shades, gate and intercom, cameras and security, multi-room audio and video, networking across the property, climate and energy, with the electrical and low-voltage backbone built at rough-in on new construction and surveyed and retrofitted on existing homes.
Can automation reach a guest house or barn on the same property?
Yes, with the right infrastructure. County Line runs conduit and fiber between buildings so the guest house and barn are on the same network, the same lighting system and the same cameras as the main house. On an existing estate the survey establishes what can be run and where.
Does the HOA need to approve automation equipment?
Interior equipment, no. Exterior cameras, gate equipment, outdoor speakers and landscape lighting are exterior changes that the architectural committee may review, and County Line Electric prepares that submittal where it is needed.
Related
The part nobody sees
The network is the house.
Every automation system runs on the network, and the network is where most systems fail. A consumer router in a closet, a single access point for a 6,000 square foot house, cameras on the same wireless as the televisions: these are the reasons a smart home stops being used. County Line builds the network the way a commercial electrician builds one: wired drops to every fixed device, enterprise access points placed from a survey of the house, separate traffic for cameras and for guests, a rack with real power and cooling, and conduit between buildings where there is a guest house or a gate.
That network is also what makes the system replaceable. Control platforms change every few years; a wired backbone does not. A house County Line pre-wires can change its control system without opening a wall.
Decide this before framing
The automation questions a builder should ask at plan review.
- Where is every television, speaker, camera, keypad, touch panel and shade going, on the drawings, not in a later conversation
- Where does the rack live, and does that room have power, cooling and a path to the roof for antennas
- What runs on the generator: the network, the cameras, the gate and the head end should
- Which buildings need to be connected, and is there conduit between them
- Who owns the control platform decision, the owner, the designer or an integrator, and when is it made
- What does the owner actually want to do from a phone, and what should just happen on its own
Official references
Where the facts on this page come from.
County Line links to the authorities rather than restating them. Rules change; these pages are current.
- City of Calabasas: permits
- City of Hidden Hills: permits
- SCE Public Safety Power Shutoffs: the ridgelines
- Generac: the units County Line installs
- CSLB license check: license #949580
Next step
Tell us how the estate should work.
Name, phone, city and a line about the project. The office calls back, and a site visit is scheduled if it makes sense. No pressure, no sales script.
Or call (805) 499-0823. Monday to Friday, 8 to 4.