Every quote calls itself custom
Nobody advertises standard packages. The word no longer distinguishes anybody. The test is not what they say. It is whether anything was drawn before the number appeared.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 begins at your house. 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 real design tells you where light goes and why. Scope should be itemized, because the front of the house means two different things to two people. 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 is often the one covering less, 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.Once the plan is written down, the install has a standard to meet rather than a memory to argue with.
The questions a designer should ask you
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. How often are people over. Those answers change the plan more than the architecture does.
Design lets one plan handle everything at once
Roofline, path lighting, accents and security usually all appear on the list. Piecemeal buying gives you fixtures instead of a result. Designed together, they support each other even when the budget spreads the work across phases.
Revisions
A design is the start of a conversation. You can remove things without needing a reason beyond not wanting it. If it comes back to you unchanged, or the answer is that this is how it is done, that is worth noticing. Ask how many rounds are normal during the first conversation.
Ask for a copy
Ask to be sent the plan, and hold onto it. It matters if the property changes hands, if you phase the rest of it, or if anybody ever has to work out what
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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 throughout Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. The consultation is free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected].