21 Jul Custom High Performance LED Landscape Lighting
By Mike Gambino
I’ve been asked, “Why would I choose a custom High Performance Gambino LED Landscape Lighting system when another non specialist company like a landscaper can provide landscape lighting for less money?”
Often it is my responsibility to lead a homeowner to the solution that best fits their needs, even if the solution isn’t a custom High Performance LED Landscape Lighting system designed and built to last built by GAMBINO. If I don’t lead them to the right solution, I am putting my reputation at risk.
Custom Systems
Unique Design
With a landscape lighting custom system, you are encouraged to show your company culture and personality through design. A unique design can be presented, revised and built into a custom system for your home or business. Yes, I said system because even custom systems are built using a systematic sequential process where no two systems ever turn out the same; it is built from scratch rather than pulled from a box. Think about your grandma’s chocolate cake, it just wouldn’t be the same if it were out of a box.
Scalability, Flexibility, Manageability
A custom landscape lighting system is always expandable. You can always call up your custom landscape lighting designer builder with an idea and usually they can come up with a way to make it happen to expand upon the original foundation they built. We like to call this making your landscape lighting magical. Custom features can be built in to make your system easier to manage and maintain. You aren’t going to be stuck using whatever is in a box when it comes to putting it all together, or any other idea you or your developer has that would show just how amazing your property and or building is when the sun goes down.
Up-to-Date LED’s and best practice build techniques
A solid custom landscape lighting system design build firm is constantly updating their products and build methods and find new ways to increase the performance, maintenance and longevity of the systems they build. They are on the lookout for new build best practices and ever developing improvements in LED technology as they roll out.
Support From Skilled system Developers
With a firm that builds custom landscape lighting systems you will have access to the support of skilled builders, who create from scratch. In the rare event, as the system ages, they will be able to troubleshoot and fix issues with little to no hesitation (maybe not for free) and are rarely stumped by a challenge.
Note: Make sure the firm you choose for a custom landscape lighting has designers and developers on staff rather than hiring subcontractors or outsourcing their lighting system development.
More Expensive and Takes Longer to Build
Custom landscape lighting systems are built to the property owner or business owner’s specifications and are adaptable to the homeowner or company’s needs. They are more expensive and take a bit longer to develop. If your budget is around $5,000 and you want to work with a professional firm, you will most likely end up with a very basic set up. For a budget of $5,000 to $10,000 you will get a more customized system, although the site might not be comprehensively illuminated depending upon the size and qty of products and complexity of the build.
All of these figures are very general in nature and depend upon the size and complexity of your custom landscape lighting system build. The timeframe for development is typically longer. However, this can save immense amounts of time and money in the future, because your system will be easier to maintain and will do what you expect it to do saving aggravation and stress.
Thanks to the microwave oven, you can cook a full dinner in 3.5 minutes however this does not result in a fine dining experience. Custom builders choose the best products unlike landscapers that grab just what is available on the local distributor store shelves. This ‘want it now’ mentality does not work well when building a quality custom landscape lighting system. Successful systems are built on powerful products and well thought out and designed schemes . You cannot microwave quality. Take the time, Do the work – it will pay off.
Choosing a solution for your home or company may be based on a number of items with time, budget and value typically being the highest on the list. It is incredibly important to evaluate the possibilities and decide what is best for your home or business, whether it is a custom landscape lighting system from a reputable firm, or not.
This landscape lighting blog is published by Mike Gambino of Gambino
landscape lighting inc. all rights reserved. Mike is a professional landscape lighting system designer/ builder and has been designing, installing and maintaining landscape lighting systems for more than 27 years. Mike resides in the Los Angeles area with his wife and 2 sons. To visit his website go to www.Gambinolighting.com . To inquire about hiring Mike please click here .
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