Rhode Island
Carriage houses in Newport, Victorians on Providence's East Side, and coastal homes from Barrington to Watch Hill.
Rhode Island is about an hour from our shop in Norwood, and the whole state is inside our regular service area. The houses here include some of the oldest and some of the largest in New England, often on the same street.
We design and install golf simulators across the state, from the first measurement to calibration and training. When a room needs construction first, we work with your builder or bring in trusted local trades and manage them.
Rhode Island houses
Newport has Colonial houses in the Point and Historic Hill, Gilded Age estates along Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive, and plenty of shingle-style summer houses. The main houses rarely have a basement with room to swing. Many of these properties have carriage houses, stables or garages that do. Those are the rooms we look at first. Exterior changes in Newport's historic districts go through the city's Historic District Commission, so we keep the work inside the building where we can.
Providence's East Side and College Hill are full of Victorians and colonials from the 1800s and early 1900s. Basements there have the usual old-house problems: low beams, pipes, and some water. Third floors and attics sometimes have more height than you would expect. We measure everything before we suggest a room.
Barrington, East Greenwich, Portsmouth and Middletown have a mix of older and newer homes, and more of them have basements and garages that can hold a full bay. Jamestown, Narragansett, Little Compton and Watch Hill have a lot of coastal and summer houses where the flood zone and salt air decide where the equipment can live.
Newer construction in Rhode Island tends to be in East Greenwich, North Kingstown, Portsmouth and the towns west of Narragansett Bay. If you are building, the same advice applies everywhere we work. Talk to us before the foundation is poured, ask for taller basement walls where the simulator will go, and let us give your electrician the circuits and conduit the room needs. A few decisions made early cost far less than reworking a finished room.
Coastal air and flood zones
Much of Rhode Island's shoreline sits in flood zones. Keep the simulator room and its electronics above flood level and out of spaces that take on water in storms. Salt air near the water is hard on equipment in unconditioned garages, so the room needs heat, cooling and dehumidification.
Summer houses in Watch Hill, Little Compton and Jamestown often close for the winter. If the simulator stays, the room needs to stay above about 40 degrees. We can set up remote monitoring so you can check on it.
Inland, in towns like East Greenwich and the Providence suburbs, the bigger issue is basement humidity in summer. A dehumidifier sized for the room keeps the turf, the screen and the electronics in good shape.
Rooms that work in Rhode Island
Carriage houses and stables
Many Newport properties have one. They usually have the height and space for a full bay without touching the main house.
Basement bays
These are more likely in Barrington and East Greenwich homes. We check height and water first.
Upper-floor rooms
Older Providence houses sometimes have more height upstairs than down, so we measure those rooms too.
Fold-away systems
For in-town houses with no spare room, a Murphy simulator closes into cabinetry.
Towns we serve in Rhode Island
- Newport
- Middletown
- Portsmouth
- Jamestown
- Little Compton
- Tiverton
- Bristol
- Barrington
- Providence East Side
- East Greenwich
- Warwick
- North Kingstown
- Narragansett
- South Kingstown
- Westerly
- Watch Hill
We cover the whole state. If your town is not listed, ask.
How a project runs in Rhode Island
Rhode Island jobs start with a site visit we usually pair with another nearby. Installs are booked as a block, usually two to five days on site. For Newport and Jamestown in summer, we plan around bridge traffic and tourist season, and we prefer spring and fall for installs on the islands when you can.
Tell us about the room
Use the design form to send photos and rough measurements. We reply within one business day with a first read on whether a simulator fits.
Site visit
We laser-measure the room and model swing clearance for every player in the house, then look at power, lighting, ventilation and where the equipment will live.
Design and proposal
You get a room plan and one price covering the simulator, screen, enclosure, installation, calibration and training.
Room preparation
If the room needs framing, electrical or HVAC work, we coordinate it with your builder or bring in local trades and manage them.
Installation
Most residential rooms take two to five days on site. Rooms that need construction first take longer.
Calibration, training and service
We calibrate the launch monitor, set up your software and courses, train everyone who will use it, and stay on call afterward.
Common questions
- Can a simulator go in a Newport carriage house?
- Usually yes. Carriage houses often have the height and space for a full bay. They need heat and dehumidification first.
- Do you cover all of Rhode Island?
- Yes, from Providence to Watch Hill and out to Little Compton.
- How far are you from Providence?
- About 40 minutes from our shop in Norwood without traffic. Newport is a little over an hour.
- Our summer house in Watch Hill closes in October. Can the simulator stay?
- Yes, if the room is kept above about 40 degrees and dry over the winter. If the heat is turned off completely, we will tell you which pieces to bring home.
Start your Rhode Island room
Send a few photos and rough measurements. We reply within one business day.