Every quote calls itself custom
Custom is on every website in this trade. It costs nothing to say so it has stopped carrying information. What is worth checking is whether there is an actual design behind it, since one of those produces paper and the other produces a number.That is the whole distinction, and it survives every sales conversation. A package starts with a number and works backward. 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 is designed for you, and you deserve to know which you have.
What you should be looking at
A plan describes your house. 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 accounts for the unlit areas, deliberately.
Why the design precedes the number
You cannot compare quotes without knowing what each one includes. The cheaper number is often the one covering less, which you find out once it is up. When the design comes first, the comparison is honest. When the price comes first, the design gets shaped
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The questions a designer should ask you
Expect to be asked things, not just told things. 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. The way you use the property matters as much as the shape of the house, and nobody can guess it.
Design lets one plan cover several jobs
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, still ends up coherent.
Revisions
A design is the start of a conversation. If a run does not appeal to you, say so. A company that will not alter the plan is not really designing for you. The answer should be that revisions are expected.
Ask for a copy
Ask to be sent the plan, 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. A company reluctant to hand over the plan is telling you something about how they see the relationship.
Getting a design for your property
The design starts with somebody walking your property. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs custom outdoor lighting covering permanent roofline systems, landscape, accent, patio and security lighting for residential and commercial properties across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, from Greenville. Consultations are free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
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