North Jersey · Far Hills and Peapack, New Jersey
Smart Home, Lighting & AV in Far Hills and Peapack.
Horse country, where a house sits on ten acres by zoning, the gatehouse and the barn are a quarter mile from the rack, the state's noise law reaches the generator, and the grid in The Hills was rebuilt in 2026. Far Hills wants a system built for distance.
Far Hills and Peapack, Specifically
Built for Distance.
Bedminster's R-10 district, roughly 70 percent of the township, requires ten acres for a detached house; Peapack-Gladstone's RR-5 Rural Residential district has a five-acre minimum, and its Rural Estate district is zoned at one dwelling per ten acres. On lots like that, the distance from the rack to the gate, the barn, and the guest house decides the design as much as the house does.
JCP&L completed more than $3 million in grid upgrades in Bedminster, Bernards, and Bernardsville in 2026, undergrounding lines and adding sectionalizing devices after steep terrain and aging equipment in The Hills caused frequent outages, and even after the work its Upper Hills customers still saw outages, down 52 percent from a higher baseline. Far Hills is the priciest borough in Somerset County, with a median listing of $1.55 million and estates listed from $2.5 million to $10 million and more.
01 · Distance
Fiber Between Buildings
On ten acres, the gatehouse, the barn, the pool, and the guest house are fiber runs with spare conduit, laid before the drive is paved, and one Lutron and Crestron system covers every building with the same keypads and scenes.
02 · Power
Built for The Hills
JCP&L undergrounded lines and the outages still come. A generator sized for the house and a battery-backed rack keep the network, the gate, and the cameras up; the state's 65- and 50-decibel limits decide where the generator sits and when it exercises.
03 · Review
Historic Districts Have a Say
Bernardsville's Historic Preservation Advisory Committee reviews permits in five districts covering 6.1 percent of the borough. Exterior devices visible from the street go on the drawings for the review; the system stays inside.
At a Glance
Far Hills and Peapack in brief.
- Zoning
- Bedminster Township's R-10 district, which covers roughly 70 percent of the township, requires a minimum lot of ten acres for a detached house; Peapack-Gladstone's RR-5 district has a five-acre minimum, and its Rural Estate district is zoned at one dwelling per ten acres.
- Noise
- New Jersey's Noise Control Act sets residential limits of 65 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 overnight at a complainant's property line; the state's generator fact sheet advises owners to respect the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. hours and to consult the local planning, zoning, and construction officials on placement and permits before installing.
- Licensing
- New Jersey's alarm licensing requires a business license with exams, a background check, insurance, a surety bond, and 24-hour emergency telephone service, and every installer needs fingerprint-based State Police and FBI clearance; wiring tied to building line voltage is licensed electrical work.
- Electric service
- JCP&L completed more than $3 million in grid upgrades in Bedminster, Bernards, and Bernardsville in 2026, including undergrounding lines and adding sectionalizing devices, after steep terrain and aging equipment in The Hills caused frequent outages; Upper Hills customers still saw outages afterward, down 52 percent, and Lower Hills 38 percent fewer.
- Storms
- In Bernardsville, JCP&L rebuilt lines damaged by a 2023 tornado, replacing older equipment along hard-to-reach railroad-track routes.
- Market
- Far Hills is the priciest municipality in Somerset County by RealtyTrac's count, with a median listing price of $1,550,000 and estimated values around $1.64 million; estates are regularly listed from $2.5 million to $10 million and more.
Sources: Bedminster zoning code (Zoneomics); Peapack-Gladstone, master plan reexamination report; Wells Law, New Jersey noise limits; NJ DEP, emergency generator consumer fact sheet; Contractor License Requirements, New Jersey low-voltage licensing; T&D World, JCP&L Somerset County upgrades; FirstEnergy, Somerset County upgrades; West Oak Team, historic homes in Bernardsville; Prodigy, Far Hills real estate; RealtyTrac, Somerset County market trends.
Reading for Far Hills and Peapack
Guides and work nearby.
- Why mesh Wi-Fi fails in a large house →
Why ten acres need fiber and planned access points, not a mesh kit.
- What an estate network costs →
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- The complete security stack for a house →
- Planning AV and control into new construction →
- Starlink as a second connection →
What We Install and Service
Every System. One Keypad.
Lighting & Shades
Lutron HomeWorks, Ketra and Rania light, Palladiom keypads, and shades that disappear into the ceiling.
Lighting →Whole-Home Control
Crestron and Lutron on one set of keypads and touchscreens, programmed the same way in every house you own.
Residential →Cinema & Music
Dedicated theaters, media rooms, and music in every room without a speaker in sight.
Residential →Network
Enterprise Wi-Fi and fiber sized for a large house, guest houses, and the far end of the lawn.
Networking →Security & Gate
Cameras, access control, gate intercom, and an alarm that a UL-listed central station answers.
Security →Outdoors
Landscape lighting and outdoor sound on one buried infrastructure, on the same keypad as the house.
Outdoor →Upgrades
Older Crestron and Lutron systems brought current, reusing the wiring already in the walls wherever possible.
Upgrade paths →Support
Monitoring, remote fixes, and priority response under one plan.
Cave Watch →Questions From Far Hills and Peapack
Far Hills and Peapack, Answered
Who installs Lutron and Crestron systems in Far Hills and Peapack?+–
Cave Group does. We are a Crestron Elite Gold Partner and Lutron Gold Dealer with an office in Fairview, Bergen County, and we design, install, and service lighting control, shades, cinema, audio, networking, security, and backup power for estates in Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone, and Bedminster.
Can one system cover the main house, the gatehouse, the barn, and the pool?+–
Yes, and on ten acres it should be designed that way from the start. We link the buildings with fiber in conduit laid before the drive is paved, give each one a small equipment location, and run them as one Lutron and Crestron system, so keypads, touchscreens, and the app work the same way everywhere on the property.
What about the grid in The Hills?+–
JCP&L undergrounded lines and added sectionalizing devices in 2026 after frequent outages there, and its own figures show Upper Hills customers still losing power afterward, down 52 percent from a higher baseline. We size a generator for the house and the rack, keep the network and the cameras on battery, and follow the state's noise limits on where it sits and when it exercises.
Where can a generator go, and how loud can it be?+–
New Jersey's Noise Control Act caps sound at a neighbor's property line at 65 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 overnight, and the exemption for an emergency generator applies only while it is actually supplying power in an outage, so the weekly exercise cycle is not exempt. We size the generator for the house and the rack, place it where the town's zoning permit allows, specify the enclosure, set the exercise cycle for a weekday afternoon, and have the licensed electrician pull the permit.
How does a project run in the Somerset Hills?+–
Our New Jersey office is in Fairview, Bergen County, and northern New Jersey is where most of our estate work is. Design happens with your architect and builder from the drawings, the pre-wire and the rough-in are scheduled to the builder's milestones, installation and commissioning happen room by room, and Cave Watch supports the system around the clock afterward, with a visit scheduled when one is needed.
What internet is available in Far Hills?+–
It depends on the road, and on estates this size it is the first thing we confirm. We design for two connections with automatic failover, often fiber or cable plus a second carrier or Starlink, so the gate, the cameras, and the house stay reachable when one line is cut.
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