You just added beautiful outdoor lighting to improve the safety and security of your home or to expand your outdoor living spaces and improve your home’s curb appeal in the neighborhood,  and now your lighting contractor is asking if you would like to invest in an annual maintenance contract for that lighting.

Most people’s initial reaction is a resounding, “No”. They think that just because their entire outdoor lighting system is new, nothing will go wrong with it. But even new equipment can malfunction or become displaced because of human or natural forces. So, here are a few reasons you can justify having the team at Coastal Outdoor Lighting maintain your landscape lighting system:

  1.     Landscape lighting has advanced so much in the past few years that it can be difficult for a homeowner or business owner to keep tabs on every aspect of their lighting design. Most of us install it and forget about it until there is a problem. Once there is a problem, it is up to the owner to figure out how to fix it. Some problems are fairly simple to fix, such as burned-out bulbs. But even that can become a challenge if your landscape design includes a lot of downlighting or architectural lighting. In this type of lighting, light fixtures are hung from tall trees, the sides of buildings, poles, or from lanais to create different moods or lighting effects in your yard or outdoor living spaces. If you don’t want to be the one climbing a ladder to fix these problems, you should really consider buying into a maintenance plan. (If you’re a seasonal resident in Southwest Florida, a maintenance plan is a must for peace of mind alone!)
  2.       Southwest Florida’s extreme weather conditions can create problems with outdoor lighting. At any given time, we can have strong winds, driving rain, extreme heat, or direct sunlight which can all shorten the life of your outdoor lighting components. An annual maintenance plan would take care of all of that for you.
  3.       As shrubberies and trees grow up around your outdoor lighting fixtures, some of them will have to be repositioned or moved to maintain the look and feel of your outdoor landscape design. Many times, it is just a matter of pruning back the vegetation so that your lights can do the job they were meant to do. The lighting maintenance contract at Coastal Outdoor Lighting covers the repositioning of lights and the trimming of any vegetation that is interfering with them.
  4.       Don’t discount the effect children and other human beings can have on your outdoor lighting. A rogue baseball or soccer ball can knock an outdoor light out of alignment or break the bulb. You can trip over a pathway light because you aren’t paying attention to where you are walking, causing the fixture to tilt or shift direction. Technicians from Coastal Outdoor Lighting will fix all of these problems for you at no additional cost if you have a light maintenance plan.   

 

CoastalCare

Coastal Outdoor Lighting’s affordable outdoor lighting maintenance program is called CoastalCare. With this annual plan, homeowners and business owners don’t have to worry about replacing burned out bulbs, cleaning lenses, trimming vegetation, adjusting fixture positioning, or fixing minor electrical problems.

Our lighting technicians will visit your property a couple of times a year to just make sure everything is working properly. Many times, clients are so busy with their normal, everyday routines, they don’t notice when there is a problem until it is staring them in the face. They get home late and realize their security lights aren’t going on, or there are patches of darkness where they know they installed pathway lights.  

Without a maintenance contract, it is up to the homeowner or business owner to hire someone to come out and fix these problems as they arise. If you are a seasonal resident, it’s important to keep regular tabs on your outdoor lighting so there are no surprises. Having a maintenance plan brings great peace of mind.

Lighting maintenance contracts make sure that every component of your outdoor lighting setup is operating safely and effectively. If it isn’t, we are there to manage it for you. Most times, you won’t even know we are there.

Outdoor lighting used to be something only the wealthiest people could afford, but advances in lighting technology have made exceptional outdoor lighting designs accessible to most homeowners and small businesses. If you are interested in finding out how Coastal Outdoor Lighting can help you improve the outdoor aesthetic of your home and help maintain it, visit our website or call us to schedule a free on-site consultation at 239-491-6759.