The Issue: Switched On

Let there be light

There is no denying that autumn is here and with it comes those ever earlier dark evenings and duller days. We have already discussed the need to show your home in the best light if you are selling and certainly how essential it is for buyers to consider how a home might look at different times of the day and in which direction sunlight will hit that home.

But you can do more, of course you can. With time and money any home can be wired so that your side-lighting can be turned on from one central point, walk in and flick a switch and the room lights up. You can certainly set the mood with side-lights but that wiring, well it’s expensive and messy.

There is a fast and easy solution though and you can fit it in minutes. Remote controlled sockets are an inexpensive solution and we found a set in a high street electrical supplier for under £20 for a set of four. That included four plug in sockets and a remote control.

Create the best lighting effect for your room

The control offered the option to turn on the four sockets as a group or individually. It also offered dimmer control for each socket giving the user an incredible range of lighting options. Once installed, simply by plugging the sockets into existing sockets and your lamps into the new units, you are ready to go.

The units are small too, hardly noticeable really and what a massive improvement on having to scramble around, often in the dark, to create the best lighting effect for your room.

If you are selling and are having viewings then be prepared, turn on all the lights you have that show your home to best effect. Under cupboard lights in the kitchen? Turn them on. Table lamps, up and down lighters? Turn them on. In wardrobe lights? Make sure they are working. Garden lights? Get them on too or at least be ready to turn them on for a touch of drama.

Make sure the agent knows where all the switches are too.

The message is show your home in the very best light!