Buying, selling & letting advice - Lighting

Lighting for profit

Really effective lighting highlights people, areas or furniture you want to focus on, and manipulates how you use a space...

Security Lighting

Security lighting is a great idea, not just to deter burglars but also to provide a welcoming light outside the front door and stop people tripping over in the dark...

Outdoor Lighting

If you have a kitchen extension or conservatory at the back of a property, the garden will be in full sight, and it makes sense to light it beautifully so you can enjoy the view day and night...

Eco-Friendly Light

They give out a cold, blue-tinged light, and although you can now get ‘warm' tones these are less energy efficient...

Design Trickery

Clever lighting tricks enlarge space. The golden rule is the more you can make it look like natural daylight, the more effective it is...

Lighting - Kitchens

You need bright light in a kitchen, especially around work surfaces, sinks, ovens and hobs. It's a good idea to build in as many integral lights as possible...

Lighting - Bathrooms

You need two kinds of lighting in a bathroom: bright focused light near mirrors and a gentle, relaxed light for bathing...

Lighting - Bedrooms

Remember that the bedroom is a place for relaxation and sleeping, so you don't want to overlight the space or create any glare from thousands of downlights...

Different Lighting Effects

In any room, there is ambient or background lighting, the level of light from daylight or that traditional single pendant hanging from the centre ceiling...

Lighting Plan

Think about the level of diffuse background light that will make the space comfortable. Plan accent lighting to create areas of focus and shade...

Borrowing Light

Before you redo your lighting, think about ways to steal as much natural light as you can from other sources...

Energy Efficient Light Bulbs

Energy-efficient (EE) light bulbs, also known as compact fluorescent bulbs, use of a fifth of the energy of incandescent bulbs.

Sight lines and garden space

A sight line is a way to draw the eye outwards, from, say, your front hallway out into the garden space beyond the house. Don't forget, your garden is another room to sell on.

Don’t feel pressurised to have trendy chrome-effect or brass-effect light switches or sockets. Light switches don’t have to be a feature and, unless they are really great, and should blend into the wall.