New wiring
$4 / ft
12/2 wire with trenching as needed and burial.
Charleston Landscape Lighting
Landscape Lighting for Charleston Homes
Thoughtfully planned low-voltage lighting for your home—plus reliable repairs for the system you already have.
- 5.0 Google rating · 23 reviews
- Owner-operated in the Lowcountry
- Warm, layered lighting
- Installation & repair
- On-site nighttime demos
Designed for your home
A thoughtful plan for your property and the way you use it.
Low-voltage LED
Warm, efficient lighting for paths, trees, entries, and outdoor spaces.
Charleston-local
Lighting designed for Lowcountry homes and landscapes.
See it after dark
On-site nighttime demos help you plan with confidence.
Built for the Lowcountry
Outdoor lighting that feels like Charleston, not a parking lot.
The best landscape lighting is not about making everything bright. It is about using warm, intentional light to guide movement, reveal texture, and make the best parts of your property visible after sunset.
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs low-voltage landscape lighting for Charleston-area homes, and helps homeowners repair existing systems or upgrade them as their property and outdoor spaces change.
Warm & Subtle
Designed to complement brick, wood, stucco, palms, live oaks, porches, and garden beds.
Useful at Night
Light the paths, steps, docks, entries, and outdoor spaces people actually use.
Completed Ace Basin Installation
A tailored lighting plan can transform the front of a home.
See a completed Charleston-area installation featuring warm path lights and uplighting on trees and planting beds. A thoughtful plan can make the entry feel welcoming while giving the landscape more depth after dark.
The right scope depends on your property and priorities, from a focused entry plan to multiple lighting zones across the home and outdoor living spaces.
Services
Charleston landscape lighting services
Low-voltage outdoor lighting services for Charleston-area homes, from paths and live oaks to docks, patios, porches, pool areas, and backyard spaces.
Signature Service
Landscape Lighting Installation
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs warm, low-voltage landscape lighting for Charleston-area homes, including paths, live oaks, palms, docks, patios, pool areas, steps, and outdoor living spaces.
Low-Voltage Outdoor Lighting Repair
Landscape Lighting Repair
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting repairs, maintains, and upgrades existing low-voltage landscape lighting systems in Charleston, including fixtures, wiring, transformers, timers, dim lights, and layout issues.
Permanent Lighting
Permanent Outdoor Lighting
Ace Basin installs permanent outdoor lighting for Charleston-area homes, including low-profile roofline lighting, trim lighting, architectural accents, app-controlled color scenes, and year-round holiday lighting.
Seasonal Holiday Lighting
Christmas light installation
Ace Basin provides tasteful Christmas light installation for Charleston-area homes, including the lights, professional installation, and takedown after the holiday season.
Low-Voltage Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor Lighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs residential low-voltage outdoor lighting for Charleston homes, including entries, driveways, paths, porches, patios, trees, docks, pool areas, and backyard spaces.
Outdoor Lighting Systems
Low-Voltage Outdoor Lighting
Choose the equipment behind a reliable Charleston landscape lighting system: warm LED fixtures, a properly sized transformer, planned wire runs, durable connections, and controls suited to your routine.
Low-Voltage System Planning
Outdoor Lighting Systems
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting helps Charleston-area homeowners plan coordinated low-voltage outdoor lighting systems with practical zones, transformer capacity, wire routes, controls, maintenance access, and room for future expansion.
Walkways & Garden Paths
Pathway Lighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs warm low-voltage pathway and walkway lighting for brick walkways, front entries, side yards, garden paths, driveways, patios, pool areas, dock approaches, and marsh walkways throughout the Charleston area.
Live Oaks, Palms & Specimen Trees
Tree Uplighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs warm, low-voltage tree uplighting for Charleston-area homes, including live oaks, palms, crepe myrtles, magnolias, and focal-point landscaping.
Signature Lowcountry Tree Lighting
Live Oak Uplighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs warm, low-voltage live oak uplighting for Charleston-area homes, highlighting mature trunks, branching structure, Spanish moss, entries, driveways, patios, and backyard spaces.
Marsh & Waterfront Lighting
Dock Lighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting installs low-voltage dock lighting for Charleston-area waterfront homes, including docks, marsh walkways, piers, railings, steps, and outdoor living spaces.
Patios & Outdoor Living
Backyard Lighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting designs and installs warm, low-voltage backyard lighting for Charleston patios, fire pits, seating areas, paths, trees, fences, walls, and outdoor entertaining spaces.
Pools & Outdoor Entertaining
Pool Area Lighting
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting installs warm, low-voltage lighting around Charleston pool areas, including pool decks, patios, paths, palms, trees, steps, and outdoor living spaces.
Maintenance & Tune-Ups
Outdoor Lighting Maintenance
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting maintains low-voltage outdoor lighting systems for Charleston-area homes, including fixture adjustments, cleaning, bulb or LED replacement, timer checks, transformer review, and system tune-ups.
LED Retrofits & System Improvements
Lighting System Upgrades
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting upgrades older low-voltage outdoor lighting systems for Charleston-area homes, including LED retrofits, transformer improvements, control updates, fixture replacement, layout changes, and expansion planning.
Owner-operated in the Lowcountry
Personal lighting plans, from a local owner.
Ace Basin is locally operated, with a hands-on approach to designing lighting around each home and how its outdoor spaces are used.
Pricing
Outdoor lighting prices at a glance
A clear starting point for common installation and repair costs around Charleston.
Wire connections
$25 each
Rewiring with new connectors.
Permanent lighting
$38 / ft
Installation pricing for a full system.
Service & repair
$225
first 90 minutes
System troubleshooting, adjustments and a report of findings.
300w transformer
$250
Typical transformer for a new system or upgrade.
Path, uplight & well lights
$250 each
Fixture, lamp, wire and labor. Five-fixture minimum on new installations.
Step & stair lights
$275 each
Installed lighting for entries, stairs and outdoor transitions.
Complete lighting system
$2,250+
That starting point includes a transformer and 8 new lights fully installed. Most of our front-yard lighting projects fall between $2,500-$5,000 depending on the size of the property and design.
Prices are starting references; final scope depends on the property, fixture choices, access and existing system. If additional work or parts are needed after the initial 90 minutes and you choose to proceed with the repair or a new installation, the service fee is waived. Additional work and parts depend on the diagnosis; we discuss the recommended next steps with you.
Request a quoteLighting Gallery
Lighting ideas for Lowcountry homes
Explore tree uplighting, entry lighting, pool-area accents, fence-line lighting, and stair lighting. The gallery includes completed work and illustrative design concepts; only photos explicitly identified as completed installations are verified as Ace Basin projects.
Google Reviews
23 five-star Google reviews from Charleston-area homeowners.
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting has a 5.0 star rating from 23 five-star Google reviews as of September 18, 2026. Real homeowner feedback is one of the clearest signals that our lighting plans, communication, and finished installs are doing what they should after dark.
Google Business Profile rating noted on September 18, 2026.
Google Rating
5.0
23 five-star Google reviews
Griffin Arkilic
Google review | June 2026
"Josh is fantastic to work with and I would recommend him for any job I have in the near future. Exceptional individual."View on Google
Jacob Monzon
Google review | June 2026
"Josh did previous work on my patio and did an awesome job! Very professional and friendly, highly recommend!"View on Google
Erin Corcoran
Google review | June 2026
"Josh and his team helped my parents on their yard and did a fantastic job. Great with communication and fair pricing! Highly recommend!"View on Google
Service Areas
Landscape lighting across Charleston and nearby communities
Charleston remains the core service area for Ace Basin Landscape Lighting, with select Lowcountry projects available in nearby coastal and island communities.
Ace Basin Landscape Lighting is a local small business serving the Lowcountry, not an out-of-town lighting franchise or large regional contractor. We live and work here, so our lighting plans are built around Charleston homes, coastal conditions, live oaks, marsh edges, brick paths, porches, and the way Lowcountry properties are used after dark.
For a new system, explore our Charleston landscape lighting installation service. If your existing lights need attention, see landscape lighting repair in Charleston.
Each area has its own outdoor lighting priorities, from live oak uplighting and brick pathway lighting to dock lighting, porch lighting, driveway lighting, patio lighting, and low-voltage system upgrades.
For homeowners comparing broader residential outdoor lighting options, the outdoor lighting service page covers patios, porches, entries, driveways, docks, pool areas, and backyard spaces across Charleston.
Charleston, SCJames Island, SCJohns Island, SCMount Pleasant, SCWest Ashley, SCDaniel Island, SCSullivan's Island, SCIsle of Palms, SCFolly Beach, SCSummerville, SCNorth Charleston, SCKiawah Island, SC
We also take select Beaufort-area lighting projects. See all service areas for coverage.
Process
A simple path from idea to nighttime curb appeal.
Step 1
Walk the property
Identify the entry, paths, trees, steps, dock, porch, patio, or backyard spaces that matter most.
Step 2
Plan the first phase
Start with the highest-impact lighting zones instead of trying to overbuild everything at once.
Step 3
Install low-voltage fixtures
Use path lights, uplights, step lights, and accent fixtures with clean placement and warm light.
Step 4
Adjust after dark
Aim, tune, and adjust the layout so the finished system looks natural at night.
FAQ
Questions homeowners ask before installing outdoor lighting
A few practical answers before you start planning a lighting project for your home.
How much does landscape lighting installation cost in Charleston?
Landscape lighting systems start around $2,250. That starting point includes a transformer and 8 new lights fully installed. Most of our front-yard lighting projects fall between $2,500-$5,000 depending on the size of the property and design. Fixture choices, wire routes, access, and the final scope affect the quote.
How much does a landscape lighting repair visit cost?
$225 for the first 90 minutes. An initial landscape lighting service visit includes troubleshooting the transformer, wiring connections, fixtures, and lamps. Work may include accessible connection repairs, fixture adjustments, lens cleaning, and a report of findings and recommendations. If additional work or parts are needed after the initial 90 minutes and you choose to proceed with the repair or a new installation, the service fee is waived. Additional work and parts depend on the diagnosis; we discuss the recommended next steps with you.
What does Ace Basin Landscape Lighting install?
We focus on low-voltage outdoor lighting for Charleston-area homes, including path lighting, tree uplighting, dock lighting, step lighting, architectural accents, backyard lighting, and lighting repair or upgrades.
What areas do you serve?
Our primary service area is Charleston and its surrounding communities: Charleston, SC, James Island, SC, Johns Island, SC, Mount Pleasant, SC, West Ashley, SC, Daniel Island, SC, Sullivan's Island, SC, Isle of Palms, SC, Folly Beach, SC, Summerville, SC, North Charleston, SC, Kiawah Island, SC. We also take select Beaufort-area projects.
Can I start with a smaller lighting package?
Yes. A smart first phase can focus on the highest-impact areas: the front path, entry, a few key trees, steps, or the backyard space used most often.
What makes a good Charleston landscape lighting plan?
Warm light, restraint, good fixture placement, and a layered plan that highlights the property’s natural strengths: live oaks, palms, paths, porches, docks, courtyards, and outdoor living areas.
Quote Request
Tell us what you want to light.
Share a few details about your property, the areas you want to use after dark, and any paths, trees, docks, patios, or outdoor spaces you want included.
Request Lighting Installation or Repair
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Quote Request
Ready to see what your home could look like after dark?
Send a few details about your property and the areas you want to light. We will help you think through a smart first phase.