We mentioned it briefly above, but it's worth explaining why: once your pavers are down and your base is compacted, adding in-ground lighting means cutting into the surface, running conduit through the base material, and patching everything back. It's possible on some jobs, but it adds cost, it takes longer, and the result is often less clean than a from-scratch installation.
When we plan lighting into a new paver project from the start, conduit runs under the base layer before any pavers go down. Fixture recesses are planned. There's no cutting, no patching, and no guesswork. The whole thing costs less and looks better.
If you're getting pavers installed for a driveway, patio, pool deck, or walkway, ask us about adding lighting to the project. It's almost always more cost-effective to do it together, and it's the one upgrade homeowners consistently say they wish they'd done sooner.