Why the term tells you nothing
Custom appears on almost every outdoor lighting quote in existence. It costs nothing to say so it has stopped carrying information. What is worth checking is what the company hands you, because a design is a document and a package
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What you should be looking at
A real design specifies the property, not the product. Scope should be itemized, since a general phrase leaves room for disagreement. It says what the standard white is. It says where the controller mounts and how the wiring runs. And it accounts for the unlit areas, deliberately.
Why the design has to come before the price
A price with nothing behind it is not comparable to anything. The cheaper number is often the one covering less, which you find out once it is up. With a plan on the table, the number means something. When the price comes first, the design gets shaped to fit the number, quietly.Once the plan is written down, you can compare the finished work to it, which is the whole point of having it.
Your part in the design
Expect questions, rather than pitched. Where do you walk after dark. Do you use the back yard in the evening. Is this mostly a holiday purchase or an everyday one. Do you host. Those answers change the plan more than the architecture does.
Bringing the categories together
Roofline, landscape, accent, patio and security work all tend to come up. Piecemeal buying produces a property with lighting rather than a lit property. Designed together, they read as one thing even when the budget spreads the work across phases.
You are allowed to push back on the plan
The first plan is not meant to be final. If a run does not appeal to you, say so. If it comes back to you unchanged, or the answer is that this is how it is done, that tells you something. The answer should not be a hesitation.
What you walk away with
Ask to be sent the plan, and hold onto it. It matters if the property changes hands, when you add the second stage, or if anybody ever has to work out what is where. The design is part of what you bought.
Where to start
It starts at the house, because that is where the building and the way you use it are both visible. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs custom outdoor lighting covering permanent roofline systems, landscape, accent, patio and security lighting for homes and businesses across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, from Greenville. Consultations are free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
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