Having a basic lighting plan is one thing, but how can you best translate it into a scheme that will bring your fi nished home to life? You guessed it: use an experienced lighting consultant
A deep desire to make our money go further means we tend to focus on buying materials and skilled labour when budgeting for a project. This is completely understandable – after all, making savings in these areas will yield tangible results, so you get that instant gratifi cation of money well spent.
We’re far less enthusiastic about paying for consultants, however, maybe because the outcomes are not so obvious and the word itself is often considered synonymous with ‘expensive’. Somebody once described a consultant to me as “a person who, when you ask the time, borrows your watch, tells you what the time is and then sells the watch back to you.” In other words, money for old rope.