What we do
- Indoor relighting. Replacing dated halogen downlights with modern LED, adding circuits to support 3-zone lighting (ambient, task, accent) per room, fixing the dim-buzz hum that plagued early dimmable LEDs.
- Pendant and chandelier installation. Including the high-ceiling work in classic Málaga Centro apartments where access is the actual job. We bring scaffolding or tower ladders as needed.
- Garden lighting. Path uplighters, tree spots, wall washers, low-voltage systems for plant beds. Always with proper IP-rated boxes and a dedicated outdoor circuit with RCD protection.
- Pool and water-feature lighting. LED rings retrofitted into existing housings, colour-changing controllers, integrated with pool pump timers. We coordinate with the pool maintenance company so your lights and chlorination both still work.
- Smart lighting. Hue, Caséta, Shelly, Sonoff, full KNX. We will tell you honestly when smart is overkill (a one-bedroom apartment) and when it is genuinely worth it (a villa with daily routines, multi-zone scenes, and guests who do not understand a five-bulb chandelier dimmer).
- Bathroom lighting. Strict zoning under the REBT. We install only IP-rated fittings in the appropriate zones, with the right SELV transformers where needed. Heated mirrors and shaver-zone sockets handled the same way.
Lighting design — what that means in practice
A lit room is not a designed room. Three principles guide the relighting work we do:
- Layer the light. Ambient (overall room glow), task (where you need to read, cook, work), accent (what you want to look at). A single ceiling rose serves none of those purposes well.
- Match colour temperature. 2700K for living rooms and bedrooms (warm, hospitable). 3000–3500K for kitchens and bathrooms (clean, alert). Skip 5000K+ unless you are lighting a workshop. Mixed colour temperatures in the same space look amateur.
- Switch where you actually walk. Add intermediate switches at logical points (top and bottom of stairs, both sides of a long hallway). Smart lighting only fixes this in part — physical switches in the right places remove decisions.
Practical considerations in Málaga
Two things specific to here. First, summer heat — recessed downlights with poor ventilation can shorten LED life dramatically. We use fittings rated for the kind of insulation actually above the ceiling, and we never install thermal-blanket-style insulation directly on a hot fitting.
Second, outdoor durability. The combination of high UV, salt air on coastal properties, and summer thunderstorms is brutal on cheap garden lighting. We specify equipment from manufacturers whose outdoor lines are IP65 or better and whose fittings we have personally seen survive five years on the Costa del Sol.