ᐅ Number and Placement of Exterior Lights for a Square House Approximately 9.40m x 9.40m
Created on: 4 Aug 2021 18:34
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Pinkiponk
Our selection appointment is approaching, so I would like to ask for some feedback. I know it’s a fairly standard, plain house, but it suits us well.
Attached you will find the house elevations from the four cardinal directions. Could you please advise where and how many exterior lights you would install on the outer walls? I’m unsure whether one or two exterior lights on a 9.40m (31 feet) wall might be too few. The house is 9.20m (30 feet) high including the roof. Without the roof, meaning the wall height, it is 6.51m (21 feet). At a later stage, we might add shutters, if that is relevant for the placement of the exterior lights.
The blue dots mark my initial suggested mounting points. On the east and west sides, I have initially planned two exterior lights each, and on the south and north sides, one each. Our main terrace will be on the west side. On the other three sides, there will only be small seating areas, more like garden spots than terraces.
There will also be various other lighting fixtures in the garden among the plants, but their exact locations will be decided during the landscaping planning. We might also add solar-powered gutter lights to the rain gutters, but that would be at a later time.
Attached you will find the house elevations from the four cardinal directions. Could you please advise where and how many exterior lights you would install on the outer walls? I’m unsure whether one or two exterior lights on a 9.40m (31 feet) wall might be too few. The house is 9.20m (30 feet) high including the roof. Without the roof, meaning the wall height, it is 6.51m (21 feet). At a later stage, we might add shutters, if that is relevant for the placement of the exterior lights.
The blue dots mark my initial suggested mounting points. On the east and west sides, I have initially planned two exterior lights each, and on the south and north sides, one each. Our main terrace will be on the west side. On the other three sides, there will only be small seating areas, more like garden spots than terraces.
There will also be various other lighting fixtures in the garden among the plants, but their exact locations will be decided during the landscaping planning. We might also add solar-powered gutter lights to the rain gutters, but that would be at a later time.
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hampshire19 Nov 2021 12:47If you like an outdoor lighting fixture but your builder doesn’t want to use the façade for it, you can always get creative yourself. Here are a few thoughts:
Take a look at outdoor lighting used in stage and music settings. There are surprisingly affordable options that provide attractive lighting. There’s no rule that an outdoor fixture has to be mounted on the façade. Installed in the ground in front of the wall and carefully aimed, you can illuminate the wall and roof overhang without causing too much stray light, while still achieving enough reflection to see where you’re walking at night. You only need to run power outside, which should be possible. The rest involves laying underground cables close to the house.
Take a look at outdoor lighting used in stage and music settings. There are surprisingly affordable options that provide attractive lighting. There’s no rule that an outdoor fixture has to be mounted on the façade. Installed in the ground in front of the wall and carefully aimed, you can illuminate the wall and roof overhang without causing too much stray light, while still achieving enough reflection to see where you’re walking at night. You only need to run power outside, which should be possible. The rest involves laying underground cables close to the house.
pagoni2020 schrieb:
I’m afraid you might think that only perfectly planned and executed houses are discussed here.
Visit other people in their homes and you will see the opposite. We have a similar case: part of our attic is a "development reserve" (a euphemism for junk room). Why I didn’t install two more roof windows there is beyond me. It annoys me, but rather than getting upset about it now, I prefer to just not care. 😉
In my opinion, the most important thing when building a house is to end up in an area where you feel comfortable, with a nice environment, friendly neighbors, and a good relationship that lasts even after the construction project is finished. Everything else will follow.
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Georgian201919 Nov 2021 12:59Pinkiponk schrieb:
I assume that since I shared my floor plan and the related discussion, I'm known in this forum for my questionable taste, which is fine. Depending on the situation, I actually plan to invite forum members to an "open house" later on for a self-brewed beer to see if our house really turned out that bad. So far, I don’t think it did.
Back to the lamps: I imagine wall lamps somewhat like in the photo, perhaps with flickering gaslight simulation.
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Bollard lights are also a good idea. We have two such nostalgic lamps at the main entrance and one on the terrace. At the carport, there are two up-down spotlights, and another two up-down spotlights at the garden shed. In the garden, near the garden pump, there is a light bollard with power outlets that subtly illuminates a small part of the garden.
Tarnari schrieb:
Oh wait, this is probably one of those new things where a forum VIP calls it a "replacement villa," but it has nothing to do with a traditional villa. “Forum VIP” — is that something like “local celebrity,” and is it time for me to leave? — I’m just reading...
Pinkiponk schrieb:
Thankfully here in Leipzig — where some mistakes common in the West were avoided — there are wonderful houses that, when lit at night, look straight out of a fairy tale. ... at least in the sense that these are still houses from long before the misuse of the word “villa.”
Pinkiponk schrieb:
As little as possible, preferably nothing, should be attached to the exterior walls of the house. Flush-mounted installations are not possible; no switches or buttons; outdoor lights (the topic of this thread) can only be installed in certain positions due to manufacturing constraints, which unfortunately do not align with my aesthetic preferences at all. So why didn’t we take this part of your construction journey together — were you so afraid I’d talk you out of the square floor plan?
pagoni2020 schrieb:
Another addition contrary to the existing planning. [...] I’m afraid you might believe that only perfectly planned and executed houses are discussed here. Visit other people’s homes and you’ll see the opposite. [...] Back then, the rhetoric was about building a house, today it’s more like planning a moon landing — but in the end, you still get just a house. The poorly built houses tend to be less reported on, and in advertisements, people always look younger and slimmer than in reality. By the way, shoddy work has always flourished during boom periods. You plan a concert, but what you get built is more like a dress rehearsal. Or to stick with the analogy: you don’t land on the moon, but in Area 51 *smile* ... but on the other hand:
Hangman schrieb:
When building a house, I think the most important thing is to end up in an area where you feel comfortable, with a nice environment, friendly neighbors, and a relationship that remains intact even after the construction project is finished. Everything else follows from that. Yes, that’s the main thing and it should stay that way. YOLO, relaxed Pareto principle, too much perfection only leads to gray hair 🙂
However, from the perspective of buying a used home, there is nothing better than divorce houses around “just after the warranty period” (assuming everything was positively resolved during that period).
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hampshire19 Nov 2021 13:3711ant schrieb:
However, from the perspective of a used-home buyer, nothing is better than divorce properties that are "just past the warranty period" (assuming everything was positively resolved during that period). This opens up entirely new buying strategies for desperate house hunters: Find a house, cause a divorce among the occupants through hired service providers, and then purchase the house soon after it becomes available—before it even hits the market (NOT SERIOUS!!!)
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