Sierra Madre
Serving the San Gabriel Valley from Alhambra
Village scale, canyon conditions.
Sierra Madre guards its village character the way other towns guard their views — no chain stores, a real downtown, cottages and Craftsmans that have been loved for a century, and canyon homes climbing toward the wilderness gate. Technology here should feel like it grew in: lighting scenes in rooms with original woodwork, shades on windows that face the afternoon, a network that works from the front porch to the back studio without a visible wire.
The canyon adds foothill realities — fire-season power events, deep lots, homes stacked up the hillside — and the village's older housing adds plaster and vintage wiring. Both respond to the same philosophy: engineering sized honestly for the house, installed by people who'll be back whenever the mountain throws something new.
Request a ConsultationSierra Madre in Brief
The housing stock
Craftsman cottages and vintage customs in the village, hillside and canyon homes above — nearly all of it older construction with character to protect.
What that means technically
Retrofit-first lighting and shading, plaster-aware networking, and power protection for a canyon grid that works hard in wind and fire season.
Who lives here
People who chose a mountain village on purpose — and want technology that doesn't argue with that choice.
What Sierra Madre Asks Us For
Retrofit lighting for vintage rooms
RadioRA 3 scenes and keypads that slot into century-old walls without construction, with Ketra light that flatters original wood.
Lutron upgrades →Steady power in the canyon
Wind and fire-season grid events reach Sierra Madre first. Power quality keeps what's in the house running clean through all of it.
Power quality →Coverage up the hillside
Stacked floor plans and deep canyon lots covered by a wired-backbone network — modest in size, engineered all the same.
Home network upgrades →Sierra Madre, Answered
Our cottage is a hundred years old. Can it be a smart home?
Gracefully, yes. Wireless Lutron control, battery shades, and a small wired network core bring the house fully current with almost no construction — and nothing that fights its character.
Does canyon living change the design?
It changes the power story most: more grid events, more value in clean, bridged power. It also rewards outdoor lighting done softly — the canyon at night is the reason people live here.
Are you comfortable with small projects?
Sierra Madre scale is a feature, not a compromise — a village cottage done beautifully is exactly our kind of work.
Do you serve Sierra Madre?
Yes, village and canyon both.
Other Cities We Serve
PasadenaSan MarinoSouth PasadenaLa Cañada FlintridgeGlendaleBradburyArcadiaAltadenaGlendora
Based in Alhambra. Personal Technology serves the San Gabriel Valley and its foothill communities.
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