Where homeowners go wrong
Outdoor lighting gets quoted fast and understood slowly. A package price and a plan drawn for your house can land within a few hundred dollars of each other, and look nothing alike at night.
Is there a real design?
The first question is simple: what does the plan for my house look like? A company that works from the building's own lines can explain every run. A company that will not is selling you the same job they sold the last house.
Ask what happens after the install
Lighting sits out in the weather all year, so ask who you call when something quits. On holiday lighting, takedown and storage are the questions to ask. For permanent systems, ask how the app works and who supports it.
Ask what they actually install
Some companies only do seasonal work. 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.
Ask about residential versus commercial
Homes and businesses are not the same job. At a house, the goal is how it looks from the street and how it works at night. A commercial building has to be legible from the road, and the scheduling has to fit around open hours. Ask which one they do more of, and weigh that against what you need done.
What should give you pause
Pressure to sign the same day is the clearest one. A refusal to show you a plan for your property is the second. Vagueness about support down the road is the third flag.None of that makes anybody a crook. Since the work is not coming down next week, the details are
https://evercrestlighting.com/contact/ worth pinning down now.Two quotes are worth getting, as long as you read past the price line. If one company drew a plan and the other quoted a package, you are not looking at two prices for the same thing. Ask each one what they would leave out if the budget were tighter, because the answer tells you what they think matters.
Is this their area?
Local is not just a nice sentiment here: the crew that works your county knows the houses. EverCrest Lighting is a lighting contractor based in Greenville, South Carolina, covering 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].