Custom Outdoor Lighting Plans: What a Real Design Contains|What Makes a Lighting Design Custom? Four Questions That Settle It|Custom Lighting Design Explained

The word is free

Custom appears on almost every outdoor lighting quote in existence. The word no longer distinguishes anybody. The test is not what they say. It is what you get to look at before the number appeared.Keep that straight while you are comparing companies. A package starts with a number and works backward. https://evercrestlighting.com/contact/ A design is a plan for your property that arrives at a price. Both can be perfectly honest pieces of business. Only one of them answers to your building, and you deserve to know which you have.

What a design contains

A plan describes your house. It names which rooflines, which gables, which trees, which walkways, rather than describing the front of the house in general terms. It says what color temperature the everyday setting will be. It says where the controller mounts and how the wiring runs. And it says which areas are not being lit.

Order of operations

A price with nothing behind it is not comparable to anything. The cheaper number frequently covers a smaller scope, which only becomes clear at night after the install. With a plan on the table, the number means something. When the price comes first, the design gets shaped to fit the number, quietly.A plan you understand gives you something to check the finished job against, which is worth more than any assurance given in a driveway.

Your part in the design

A good design conversation is mostly questions. Where do you walk after dark. Is the patio used at night. Are you buying December or every night. Do you host. Those answers change the plan more than the architecture does.

Where a plan earns its keep

Roofline, landscape, accent, patio and security work usually all appear on the list. Piecemeal buying gives you fixtures instead of a result. One plan, installed over time if necessary, holds together.

You are allowed to push back on the plan

A design is the start of a conversation. If a run looks wrong to you, cut it. A company that will not alter the plan is not really designing for you. Ask how many rounds are normal before you sign anything.

Ask for a copy

A design should exist on paper or a screen after the conversation ends. It is useful years later for reasons you cannot predict now. The design is part of what you bought.

Getting a design for your property

The design begins with a visit, not a catalog. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs custom outdoor lighting across permanent, landscape, accent, patio and security work for homes and businesses across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. Consultations are free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or [email protected].

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