The first families moved onto Green Mountain in 1964, and the neighborhood of roughly 1,100 homes has grown up along the eastern flank of William Frederick Hayden Park, the 2,400-acre open space whose summit rises to about 6,800 feet. Most houses here are single-family homes from the 1960s and 70s, with a scattering of townhomes, duplexes and larger custom houses. That shared building era means many Green Mountain homeowners are running into the same electrical questions at the same time.
What Six Decades Do to a Panel
A panel installed when the neighborhood was new was never meant to carry central air, a heat pump, a hot tub, a home office and an electric vehicle all at once. When we open up panels in Green Mountain homes, we often recommend:
- A service and panel upgrade sized for today's household loads
- Evaluation of aluminum branch wiring, which appears in some homes from this period, with proper remediation where it is found
- Replacing worn breakers and correcting double-tapped connections
- Dedicated circuits for kitchen updates and finished basements
Exposed Hillside, Summer Storms
Living on an open hillside comes with views and with weather. Colorado's afternoon thunderstorms bring lightning and power surges that can damage electronics, appliances and HVAC controls. Whole-home surge protection at the panel is one of the most practical upgrades for houses here, and if a strike does hit, we repair lightning damage and restore safe service. For homeowners who want to stay powered through outages, we also install back-up generators with proper transfer equipment.
Lighting That Respects the View
Many Green Mountain lots back onto open space or face the city lights to the east. Well-planned outdoor LED lighting can make steps, decks and driveways safer at night while keeping glare down. We design and install landscape, security and deck lighting on dedicated outdoor circuits.
Green Mountain is part of the City of Lakewood, so permits go through Lakewood's building division. Learn more on our citywide Lakewood page, or see nearby Golden and Littleton.