More Trends in Outdoor Lighting for Higher Home Value

Posted on: November 29, 2016
By: Alan O'Neill
Posted in: Electrician

The Outdoor Lightning For Your Home At Houston Homeowners

Outdoor lighting fixtures are a relatively quick and easy way to raise your home value. Both practical and beautiful, outdoor lights make your house safer. If placed properly by a well-trained electrician, they can highlight your house with an air of sophistication and romance.

An electrician can install outdoor lighting fixtures, like porch lights, deck lights, and garden lights, within a day. Your home will look newer and more appealing during the day and at night. Ambient light just might be the ticket to a sale above your home’s value.

Outdoor Lightning Options For Your Home

When it comes to lighting, consumers have hundreds if not thousands of choices. While many of these lights use traditional incandescent bulbs, the use of LED’s and compact fluorescent bulbs are becoming standard practice. Price can run from $10 to hundreds. Style can vary from rustic to over-the-top contemporary.

Outdoor lighting is not that much different than interior lighting. The main difference lies in the weatherproof nature of the lights housing or its configuration. Another element in outdoor lighting is the use of low-voltage lights. Compared to “line” voltage lights, low-voltage light systems are often installed by the homeowner, which can be a great cost benefit to hiring and bringing in a full fledged electrical contractor.

Types of Low-Voltage Outdoor Lights

Area lights: These lights illuminate larger areas, like a front porch.

Spot lighting: Got a really cool sculpture or exotic plant in your yard? Spot lighting can bring it to life.

Flood lighting: This is the big brother to the spot light. Flood lights can wash entire walls or groups of plants and other garden features.

Step lighting: Nothing will wake someone up quicker than a tumble down a few stairs. Aside from spilling your evening beverage…bumps and bruises are never any fun.

In years past nearly every one of these low voltage lights would have be supplied with a heat generating, inefficient incandescent bulb. Today many of these are equipped with compact florescent or LED technology.

Thinking Outside of the Box (or Bulb)

While traditional lights were energy hungry beasts, newer LED’s are mere nibblers when power consumption is concerned. So much so, that many of these lights can run off small batteries that are charged by solar power. Not only do these lights not add pennies or dollars to your monthly electric bill…they are carbon and green house gas friendly. Add to that the simplicity of their installation (no wires required) and they are some great choices for remote locations. Read more…

The Benefits Of Outdoor Lightning 

Regardless of the season, making use of outdoor lighting in your landscaping design delivers value to homeowners by providing an aesthetic appeal, a safer outdoor environment after dark, and a measure of security. Call us at 713-766-3605 for your home service and repair needs.