Service area
Audio, video and smart home in Hendersonville
Hendersonville is home base. Justin Slaughter runs Avant from here, and every distance on the service-area map is measured from the middle of town.
- County
- Sumner
- Population
- 64,266 (Census Bureau estimate, July 2025)
- Power
- Cumberland Electric or Nashville Electric Service, by address
- Internet
- AT&T Fiber in parts of town; Xfinity cable
- Permits
- Building & Codes, 101 Maple Dr N, (615) 822-3802
Avant, LLC was set up in May 2024 by Justin Slaughter, who had already spent more than two decades in audio, video and lighting work. The business is a member of the Hendersonville Area Chamber of Commerce, and its Better Business Bureau profile, accredited with an A rating since September 2025, is filed under Hendersonville.
The Census Bureau put Hendersonville at 61,784 people in 2020 and 64,266 in its July 2025 estimate. From here Avant handles the whole list for homes and businesses in town: TVs, theaters and speakers, Control4 and lighting control, cameras and doorbells, and the cabling behind all of it.
Power and internet here
Two electric utilities serve the city. Hendersonville’s own utilities page lists both Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation and Nashville Electric Service, and which one bills a given house depends on where it sits. For internet, AT&T says its fiber reaches parts of Hendersonville, and Xfinity covers the city on cable. Google Fiber does not list Hendersonville among its cities. Avant’s network work starts wherever the provider’s line ends, at the modem or the fiber box, and runs from there to the rack and the access points.
Permits in the city
Hendersonville’s Building & Codes department works out of City Hall at 101 Maple Drive North. Its electrical permit application prices residential branch-circuit wiring at $75 and notes that the fee includes low voltage; commercial is $150. The city has adopted the 2020 National Electrical Code. For a question about a specific address, call (615) 822-3802.
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Answers
Hendersonville: questions
Is Avant based in Hendersonville?
Yes. Hendersonville is Avant’s home base, and the 30-mile service area is measured from the middle of town. The company belongs to the Hendersonville Area Chamber of Commerce, and its BBB profile, accredited with an A rating since September 2025, is filed under Hendersonville.
Does a TV or speaker install in Hendersonville need a permit?
Ask the city for the specific job. Hendersonville’s electrical permit application prices residential branch-circuit wiring at $75 and says that fee includes low voltage. Building & Codes, at City Hall on Maple Drive North, answers questions about a particular address at (615) 822-3802.
Who provides power and internet in Hendersonville?
Two electric utilities serve the city, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation and Nashville Electric Service, depending on the address. AT&T Fiber reaches parts of town and Xfinity covers it on cable. Avant builds the network inside the house from whichever connection comes in.
Which Sumner County towns does Avant cover from Hendersonville?
All of them inside the ring: Gallatin at 11 miles, Goodlettsville, Millersville, White House, Cottontown, Castalian Springs, Portland, Bethpage and Westmoreland at 27, each measured in a straight line from central Hendersonville.