The part people rush
Outdoor lighting gets quoted fast and understood slowly. A template plan and a plan drawn for your house can land within a few hundred dollars of each other, and look nothing alike once installed.
Start with the design
Ask to see the design before you talk price. A company that works from the building's
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Ask what the year looks like
Everything mounted outdoors eventually needs somebody to look at it. Ask now who that is. On holiday lighting, takedown and storage are the questions to ask. For permanent systems, ask what support looks like a year in.
Scope
Some companies only hang holiday lights. Others only do landscape. Some cover the whole property. It matters since a company with one product will find a reason to sell you that product.
The property type
Homes and businesses ask different things of a lighting plan. At a house, the goal is how it looks from the street and how it works at night. A business wants to be visible and to look open, often in company colors. Ask which one they do more of, then decide whether that matches your job.
Signs to walk away from
Pressure to sign on the spot is the first flag. If nobody will write down what gets lit, the scope will be argued about later. Vagueness about support down the road is the third.None of that makes anybody a crook. But lighting sits on your house for years, and the paperwork is the part you rely on when something goes wrong.Two quotes are worth the trouble, as long as you read past the price line. If one company drew a plan and the other quoted a package, the two numbers are not comparable. Ask each one what they would cut first, because the answer tells you what they think matters.
Is this their area?
Local is not just a nice sentiment here: somebody who works your area knows what holds up. EverCrest Lighting is a lighting contractor based in Greenville, South Carolina, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Their work covers permanent LED lighting, holiday and Christmas lighting, landscape and patio lighting, accent lighting and security lighting, residential and commercial. Consultations are free and the design comes before the number. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
[email protected].