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Your AC doesn’t run constantly trying to fight the afternoon sun pouring through west-facing windows. Your furniture stops fading from UV exposure. You’re not walking room to room adjusting blinds throughout the day.
Lutron electric shades handle all of that automatically. They adjust based on time of day, temperature, or sun position. You set schedules once, and they run without you thinking about it.
In Imperial Point, where summer heat isn’t optional and your cooling bill reflects every inefficiency, that matters. Quality motorized window treatments can reduce heat gain by up to 77% when programmed correctly. That’s not marketing speak—it’s measurable difference you’ll see when your next electric bill arrives.
You also get control from your phone, voice commands through Alexa or Google Assistant, and integration with whatever smart home setup you’re already running. It’s convenience, but it’s also about making your home work the way it should in South Florida’s climate.
We bring over 20 years of window treatment experience from successful operations in NYC and Toronto to South Florida. We’re based in Hallandale Beach, which means we understand what Imperial Point homeowners are dealing with—mid-century homes getting renovated, Spanish and Mission architecture that needs the right aesthetic touch, and Florida’s relentless sun and humidity.
We’re not a franchise following a corporate playbook. We’re a comprehensive design company that handles everything from Lutron window treatments to full home automation and remodeling. That means when you’re upgrading those 1960s-era windows in your renovated home, we understand how the shades need to work with your new interior, your HVAC system, and your lifestyle.
You’re working with people who’ve installed thousands of motorized shade systems and know exactly what works in South Florida’s climate. We use industry-leading motors from manufacturers like Somfy and Rollease—made in the USA with 5-year warranties—because we’re not interested in callbacks for failed mechanisms.
First, we come to your Imperial Point home and measure every window. Not just width and height—we’re looking at mounting surfaces, clearances, existing smart home systems, and how you actually use each room. That consultation typically takes 45 minutes to an hour depending on your home’s size.
Then we walk you through fabric options, opacity levels, and motorization choices. Solar shades block UV while maintaining your view. Cellular shades provide insulation. Blackout options give you complete darkness. We explain what works best for each window based on sun exposure and your priorities—not based on what we’re trying to move this month.
Once you approve the design and quote, we order your custom Lutron shades. Manufacturing typically takes 2-3 weeks. When they arrive, we schedule installation at a time that works for you. Our team handles the mounting, wiring (if needed), motor installation, and programming. We test every shade, sync it with your smart home system, set up your app controls, and make sure you know how to operate everything before we leave.
You get a warranty on both the product and our installation work. If something’s not right, we come back and fix it.
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Lutron shades aren’t just motorized blinds with a battery pack. You’re getting a system engineered specifically for smart home integration and reliable daily use. The motors are quiet—you’ll hear a soft hum, not grinding gears. The mechanisms are designed for tens of thousands of cycles, which matters when your shades are adjusting multiple times per day.
In Imperial Point, where homes from the 1960s and 1970s are being gutted and renovated, these systems integrate cleanly with modern interiors. No visible cords. No bulky hardware. Clean lines that complement the updated mid-century aesthetic most homeowners here are going for.
You also get real automation capabilities. Your shades can respond to temperature sensors, sync with your lighting scenes, or adjust based on whether you’re home or away. During hurricane season, you can close every shade in your house with one command before a storm arrives. When you’re on vacation, they’ll open and close on schedule so your home doesn’t look empty.
The fabrics are chosen for South Florida’s intense UV exposure. Standard window treatments break down quickly here—colors fade, materials become brittle. The options we install are rated for this climate and backed by manufacturer warranties that actually mean something.
For a typical Imperial Point home with 12-15 windows, you’re usually looking at $8,000 to $15,000 for a complete Lutron shade installation. That’s custom-measured, motorized shades with smart home integration and professional installation.
The range depends on window sizes, fabric choices, and how complex your automation setup is. Larger windows cost more. Blackout fabrics cost more than solar screens. If you want integration with a full home automation system, that adds to the scope.
Single shades start around $400-$600 for standard-sized windows and go up from there for oversized glass or specialty shapes. If you’re doing a whole-home installation, we can usually find efficiencies that bring the per-window cost down. But this isn’t a budget-blind situation—you’re investing in motorized systems built to last 15-20 years in Florida’s climate, not disposable window coverings you’ll replace in five years.
Yes, but the savings depend on how you use them and which windows get the most sun exposure. Motorized shades programmed to close during peak heat hours can reduce heat gain by up to 77%. For most Imperial Point homes, that translates to 15-25% lower cooling costs during summer months.
The biggest impact comes from south and west-facing windows that get direct afternoon sun. That’s when your AC is working hardest. If your shades automatically close before that heat starts pouring in, your HVAC system isn’t fighting a losing battle all afternoon.
Solar shades work particularly well here because they block UV and heat while still letting you see outside. You’re not sitting in a dark cave—you’re just filtering out the wavelengths that cause heat buildup and furniture fading. Cellular shades add an insulation layer that helps year-round. The key is getting the right fabric opacity for each window and programming the automation to actually use the shades when they’ll make a difference, not just leaving them open all day because you forget to close them.
Lutron integrates with pretty much every major smart home platform—Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Control4, Crestron, and Savant. If you’re already running home automation in your Imperial Point house, there’s a very high chance your Lutron shades will connect directly.
The integration isn’t just basic voice commands. You can create scenes where your shades, lights, and thermostat all adjust together. “Good morning” opens your bedroom shades, turns on the coffee maker, and adjusts the temperature. “Leaving home” closes everything and arms your security system. “Movie time” closes the living room shades and dims the lights.
We handle the programming during installation. You tell us what you want to happen, and we set up the automations. If you’re working with a home automation company separately, we coordinate with them to make sure everything talks to each other properly. The Lutron app also works standalone if you don’t have a broader smart home system—you’ll still get full control and scheduling from your phone without needing additional hardware.
For a typical Imperial Point home with 12-15 windows, installation usually takes one full day—sometimes a day and a half if you have a larger house or complex automation requirements. We’re not talking about a week-long disruption to your life.
The actual mounting and motor installation goes relatively quickly. What takes time is the measuring, programming, and testing. Every shade needs to be calibrated so it knows exactly where “fully open” and “fully closed” are. If we’re integrating with your smart home system, we need to test every automation and scene to make sure they trigger correctly.
We typically start early morning and work straight through. You don’t need to be hovering over us the entire time, but we’ll need access to the rooms we’re working in and someone available to answer questions or make decisions if something comes up. At the end, we walk you through operating everything—app controls, voice commands, manual overrides, scheduling—so you’re not guessing how to use your new system. Most homeowners are comfortable operating everything within 10 minutes of that walkthrough.
Lutron motors come with a 5-year manufacturer warranty. If a motor fails during that period, it gets replaced at no cost to you. We handle the warranty claim, order the replacement, and install it. You’re not dealing with customer service phone trees or shipping parts back and forth.
Most motor failures happen early—within the first few months—if they’re going to happen at all. That’s why we test everything extensively during installation. Once a Lutron motor makes it past the first year, it typically runs for 15-20 years without issues. These aren’t cheap mechanisms that burn out after a few thousand cycles.
If something stops working, call us. We’ll troubleshoot over the phone first—sometimes it’s a simple fix like a tripped breaker or a setting that got changed accidentally. If we need to come out, we schedule a service call. For Imperial Point, we can usually get to you within 48 hours. If it’s something we installed incorrectly or a defect we should have caught, there’s no charge. If it’s damage from something else—a power surge, physical impact, whatever—we’ll give you a clear quote before doing any repair work.
Lutron shades aren’t hurricane protection. They’re not designed to stop wind or flying debris—that’s what impact windows and shutters are for. But they do hold up fine during storms if you’re using them as interior window treatments alongside proper hurricane protection.
The motors are sealed units that aren’t affected by humidity or pressure changes. The fabrics we install are rated for South Florida’s climate, including the moisture and temperature swings that come with severe weather. You can close all your shades before a storm hits to protect your interiors from any water that might get past your windows.
Where they’re actually useful during hurricane season is the automation. If you’re evacuating, you can close every shade in your house with one command from your phone—even after you’ve left. If you’re riding out the storm at home, you can adjust shades without going near windows. And during the recovery period when power might be out, Lutron shades with battery backup will still operate. You’re not stuck with everything open or closed until electricity comes back. The backup batteries typically give you 50-100 cycles, which is enough to get through a few days of outages.
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