Custom Exterior Lighting Design: How to Tell a Plan From a Package|Is Your Lighting Quote Actually a Design? Four Questions That Settle It|Why Custom Design Matters in Outdoor Lighting More Than the Hardware Does

Every quote uses the word custom

Nobody advertises a generic plan. It costs nothing to say and it is not a claim anybody checks. What is worth checking is whether there is an actual design behind it, because a design is a document and a package is a price.Keep that straight while you are comparing companies. A package starts with a number and works backward. A design is a plan for your property that arrives at a price. Both are legitimate ways to sell. Only one of them is designed for you, and you deserve to know which you have.

What you should be looking at

A plan is specific to your building. Scope should be written down feature by feature, because the front of the house means two different things to two people. It says what the standard white is. It says where power comes from. And it accounts for what stays dark, which is a design decision and should be stated as one.

Why the design precedes the number

A price with nothing behind it is not comparable to anything. The cheaper number frequently covers a smaller scope, which you find out once it is up. With a plan on the table, price becomes a real comparison. When the price comes first, scope gets trimmed to hit it.A plan you understand gives you something to check the finished job against, which is worth more than any assurance given in a driveway.

Designing for the way you use the property

A good design conversation is mostly questions. How you use the outside of your home, which parts you occupy at night, and what the main job is. The way you use the property drives the design, and a designer who does not ask is designing for a stranger.

Design lets one plan handle everything at once

Most properties end up wanting several things. Piecemeal buying produces a property with lighting rather than a lit property. One plan, installed over time if necessary, holds together.

The design is a conversation

The first plan is not meant to be final. You can remove things and you should, if they do not earn their place. A company unwilling to revise is showing you https://trevorwzuj557.evercolumn.com/posts/holiday-light-takedown-and-storage-where-your-lights-live-until-next-year-what-happens-to-holiday-lights-in-january-here-is-how-it-should-work-christmas-light-takedown-what-to-expect the package. Ask whether revisions are expected during the first conversation.

Ask for a copy

Ask to be sent the plan, and hold onto it. It is useful years later for reasons you cannot predict now. The design is yours.

Getting a design drawn

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

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