What You Get When You Partner With Southern Lights

Why Use Southern Exposure Landscape Management For Your Lighting Project?

1.        We create safety (function), beauty, and ability to extend outdoor living spaces.

2.        This isn’t just an “add-on” for our company; lighting is a true passion and direction for Southern Exposure.  We have dedicated company & division to lighting

3.        Certified LED and Low-Voltage Lighting installers.

4.        Experience.  Knowledge.  Quality.

Please answer these questions and compare us to our competition.   Do our competitors. . . .?

a)       Achieve true equal voltage to each fixture?

b)       Create a hub system for convenience of maintenance and ease of locating problems quickly because the problems can be pinpointed?

c)        Use copper crimps and grease tubes as a waterproof connection as opposed to simple black waterproof caps?

d)       Offer a full line of LED fixtures and bulbs?

e)       Know what type of fixture to use when & where in the landscape?

f)        How to use colored lens & creating different effects?

g)       Have the ability & knowledge to use photocell, hardwire, dimmable systems?

h)       Incorporate chandeliers, lanterns, and specialty fixtures into their designs and installation?

i)         Design their systems to be able to make additions to system; something that will save you a lot of money?

j)         Give a diagram of installation: detailing runs, voltage & amp readings, hub & transformer placement?

k)        Know the most up to date installation techniques and tips to create that breathtaking effect, not just uplighting your home like every other installer?

l)         Have Certified Lighting installers?

m)     Install the highest quality products:  VISTA, Kichler, Clarolux, Hadco?

n)       Offer a Warranty:  lifetime on fixtures (non LED), 10 years on transformer, 10 year on system (connections & wire)?

o)       Offer a maintenance program?

5.        Customer satisfaction surveys will be mailed out at the end of each project to ensure that the homeowner/property owner is satisfied with the level of service.  Our supervisor’s compensation is directly influenced by those surveys along with property evaluations.

6.        Monthly coupons & discounts are offered to existing customers that are not offered to the public: such as lighting, mulch/pine needles, stone work, patio & water feature coupons, etc through our newsletter and online emails.

7.        We have the ability to perform exceptionally in other areas of the landscape with our other dedicated Divisions.

8.        Can offer a list of quality references.

9.        Green Friendly.  We strive to find and utilize “Green” products anywhere and everywhere we can:  LEED Certification, Permeable Pavers, Recycled Granite Pavers, LED & Low Voltage Lighting, Edible Plantings, Organic Fertilizer Programs, Rain Gardens, Rainfall Harvesting, etc.

10.     Ability to finance larger projects: Hardscapes, Design, Lighting, Tree/Shrub Installation, Drainage Systems & Water Features.

11.     Referral Program: Up to $250 cash or credit for referring your friends, neighbors, or family for our services. 

12.     Our Education Center on our website is loaded with ‘How To’ Projects for the Do-It-Yourselfers.

13.     We are extremely creative and think outside the box about placement of fixtures & types of fixtures.

14.     Free Demonstration: Need an agreement for responsibility of product once on customer’s site.

Here’s the Sales Pitch

15.     If you feel we’re too expensive, please compare our quote ‘apples to apples’ with contractors of equal skill and experience.

a.        Remember:  Lowe’s/Home Depot products will work for a year or two, but connections & sockets will weaken and leak very quickly and will have to be replaced and cost more in the long run, we can take out the detailed diagram provided to help save cost, use non-copper fixtures, remove photocell.

b.        We can take credit cards (Mastercard, VISA) and offer automatic billing.

c.        We offer low interest rate financing or 0% for six months.

16.     If you’re interested in a lighting system and decide to use us, you’re entitled to…

a.        $25 off a yearly maintenance program (if you sign up at completion of lighting system).

b.        Up to $200 in our referral program.

c.        $250 off a lighting system (valued over $2000) and provide a free demonstration if interested.

d.        Combine a lighting system (valued over $2000) w/ another one of our services (other than maintenance) and take an additional 5% off on top of the $250.