Why the term tells you nothing
Custom is on every website in this trade. The word has been used until it is empty. 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.That is the whole distinction, and it is worth holding onto while you compare quotes. A package starts with a number and works backward. A design starts from the property. Both can be perfectly honest pieces of business. Only one of them answers to your building, and you deserve to know which
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What a design contains
A real design tells you where light goes and why. It names which rooflines, which gables, which trees, which walkways, instead of saying the front of the home. 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
You cannot compare two numbers without knowing what each one includes. The cheaper number frequently covers a smaller scope, which only becomes clear at night after the install. 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 how you live there
Expect questions, rather than pitched. How you use the outside of your home, which parts you occupy at night, and what the main job is. Those answers change the plan more than the architecture does.
Bringing the categories together
Most properties need more than one kind of lighting. Bought separately over several years, they end up mismatched: different whites, different intensities, competing focal points. One plan, installed over time if necessary, holds together.
You are allowed to push back on the plan
The first plan is not meant to be final. You can remove things and you should, if they do not earn their place. If it comes back to you unchanged, with no room to adjust, that tells you something. Ask how many rounds are normal before you sign anything.
The plan is a document you keep
Ask for a copy, and hold onto it. It matters when you sell, if you phase the rest of it, or if anybody ever has to work out what is where. The design is yours.
Getting a design drawn
The design starts with somebody walking your property. 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. The consultation is free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
[email protected].