Why the term tells you nothing
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.Keep that in mind while you are comparing companies. A package is a price with a description attached. A design starts with your building and arrives at a number. 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 a design should include
A plan describes your house. It names the exact runs and the exact features, 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 accounts for the unlit areas, which is a design decision and should be stated as one.
Order of operations
A price with nothing behind it is not comparable to anything. Two quotes can look close and mean nothing alike. 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, the install has a standard to meet rather than a memory to argue with.
Designing for how you live there
Expect questions, not just told things. How you use the outside of your home, which parts you occupy at night, and what the main job is. 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
Roofline, landscape, accent, patio and security work usually all appear on the list. Bought separately over several years, they end up mismatched: inconsistent color, uneven brightness, no
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Revisions
A design is a proposal, not a verdict. You can remove things and you should, if they do not earn their place. 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
A design should exist on paper or a screen after the conversation ends. It is useful down the road for reasons you cannot predict now. A company that will not give you the drawing is worth a second thought.
Getting a design drawn
It starts at the house, which is the only place the useful questions can be answered. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs custom outdoor lighting across permanent, landscape, accent, patio and security work for residential and commercial properties throughout Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. The consultation is free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
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