ᐅ Lighting Design for a New Single-Family Home

Hello everyone,

We are currently building and will soon need to decide on ceiling light outlets and light switches on the ground floor. Since we are still a bit unsure, we are hoping to get some advice here 🙂

Attached is the floor plan with marked ceiling light outlets (red L) and switches (purple K), as well as connecting lines. Please excuse the somewhat messy layout.
Unfortunately, the floor plan is not dimensioned, but I hope the room sizes give a clear enough idea of the dimensions.
North is at the top.
There will be a terrace to the west.
The main entrance is on the east side.
On the north side, there is a secondary entrance door leading to the carport. The lamp south of this door should be activated by a motion detector at the switch (green B).
We want to install LED strips in the utility room and the kitchen, which I have illustrated as green stripes. When I search online for LED strips, I mostly find ones with side connections or without detailed information :\ Therefore, I planned the outlets at the edge of the strips... What are your experiences with this? Maybe I just searched awkwardly.
In the small storage room under the stairs, there should be a small light mounted on the north wall.
On the staircase, there should be a light that can be switched from both the top and the bottom.
On the west wall of the living room, there should be either a single light or a strip along the wall, possibly continuing around the corner at the bottom.
We haven’t thought about specific lamps yet; that will come later.

We would be very grateful if you could share some suggestions or experiences with us.

Thanks in advance and best regards 🙂

We had a plan similar to yours, which we refined and adjusted during the shell construction phase.
During a walk-through with the electrician, we went through the house room by room, shared our ideas, and decided on the exact locations for each switch.
The electrician marked these spots with chalk in the unfinished construction.
To prepare, we had a wish list including lighting, power outlets, LAN, roller shutter switches, TV, outdoor lights, doorbell system, shed, garden power, and more.

Where is the main entrance located? Many things depend on that. If I enter through one entrance, certain areas should be controllable from there. If you plan two entrances, these functions should be possible from both.

For example, hallways are not controlled by you from inside to outside at all. Therefore, the switch at the bottom right in the living room is completely unnecessary.

You need many two-way switches; hallways require switches on both sides since you want to be able to turn the lights on or off from either side.

The floor plan confuses me!

Thank you for your comments.

ypg schrieb:

Where is the main entrance?

According to my description, it is on the east/right side, where the floor plan says "Entrance."

ypg schrieb:

You don’t switch hallways from inside to outside at all, for example.

Oh yes, thank you.

ypg schrieb:

The switch in the lower right of the living room is completely unnecessary.

But that is the switch for the outdoor lighting 😱

ypg schrieb:

The floor plan is confusing to me!

KlausBautHaus schrieb:

But that is the switch for the exterior lighting 😱

I’m also confused by the lines, Ks, and Ls 😳

I’m sitting on the sofa, then I get up and go shopping. For that, I have to go to the stairs, press some buttons, then to another part of the open-plan living space to press more buttons, and finally press another button in the hallway.

You could do it that way, but it would drive me crazy...

The lower right part in the open-plan living area doesn’t make sense; it should be part of a general outdoor lighting switch.

Is the outdoor lighting at the entrance always on? What about the one above the mirror in the bathroom?