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Lighting and switches

The Light Impact's lighting design (sent by Harriett, 27 Oct 2026) set against what we have already chosen: the fans, the feature lights on the two stone walls, the pendants, the strip lights and the switches. Downlights in pairs everywhere, inside and out, placed for each room rather than on a grid, and dimmers. And every change to the electrical layout (power, data, switches), room by room, for the electrician's one review.

The electrical layout is Spectra's (rev H, WD 14 and 15, Dwelling 1), sent by Stefan on 29 October to review alongside the lighting. From the tender (R2, item 15 and the Electrical Allowance for each dwelling) and The Light Impact's design (rev 1, 27 Oct 2026), for the meeting with Harriett on Friday 30 October. The product photos are the makers' own; the reference photos are John's, of another house. Counts are per dwelling, as drawn.

John, to Mastacon

Dimmer switches, downlights in pairs for everywhere, including the balconies and downstairs alfresco area — not your standard boring square layout.

To confirm or price

  • Downlights in pairs, everywhere (John, 26 Oct 2026). The tender's electrical allowance already reads “Double down lighting throughout house for architectural finish. Bathrooms single down lights” (66 downlights per dwelling). The Light Impact's plan has the pairs, including the balcony and the downstairs alfresco: good. It shows 71 downlights per dwelling (DL.1 to DL.3): is the difference over the allowance, and what does it cost?
  • Layout: not a standard grid. The Light Impact's pairs sit in a regular grid in the living, the bedrooms and the balcony (a pair at each corner of the room). We'd like each pair placed for what is under it: over the island and the dining table, the sofa, either side of each bed head, the stone walls and the artworks, down the corridor, and over the seating in the alfresco and on the balcony. The two lights of a pair close together, as in the photos. Please revise the plan for us to review before rough-in.
  • Fittings: small-aperture, deep-recessed anti-glare downlights, trim flush with the ceiling, warm white (3000K), dimmable, as in the photos. The Light Impact's D700.B (white, 90 mm cut-out, 3000K, dimmable) suits. Colour: the plain downlights white, so they disappear into the white ceiling; we are considering black for the adjustable art lights (D700.RSX, made in black) so they read as a feature. Any price difference?
  • Dimmers (John, 26 Oct 2026): rotary dimmers, as in the photo, in the Hager Silhouette range (the WBMDUR rotary dimmer, trailing-edge for LED), on the living and dining, kitchen, bedrooms, alfresco and balcony lights; plain switches in the bathrooms, laundry and garage. Matched to the downlights' drivers so nothing flickers or hums. Neither the allowance nor The Light Impact's plan shows dimmers: please price, and confirm the D700 drivers suit them.
  • Switch colour: the tender has matte black Hager Silhouette switches and power points. We are considering matte white in the same range, so they disappear on the white walls. Is it the same price? To confirm at the meeting.
  • Ceiling fans are already chosen, in place of The Light Impact's white Surf 52 (FN.1, six per dwelling): the living, a ThreeSixty Kirra 183 cm DC, black base, Washed Oak blades, no light; Bed 1, 2 and 3, a FARO Barcelona Klim 150 cm DC, matt black and pine; the alfresco and the balcony, the tendered EGLO Surf 60 in matt black with Burmese Teak blades (if it is rated for a coastal site; otherwise a coastal-rated fan in the same look). Each on a wall controller rather than a remote (remotes go missing in a rental). Fan-rated fixings and blocking at each. Tender item 15 covers five fans; the living-room fan is extra: please price.
  • The two stone walls have their lights chosen: a pair of Buster + Punch Exhaust surface downlights on each (graphite, brass Cross detail), about 430 apart and 250 off the stone: the entry's long wall near the front door, and the stone wall in the pool-side lobby by the laundry. The Light Impact's plan has an in-ground uplight at the entry's wall instead and nothing at the lobby wall: please swap in the Exhaust pairs (four per dwelling) and price them. At the entry, the Exhaust pair on its own switch, dimmable and on a night-time sensor for late arrivals, with the two recessed downlights towards the service-door end on the second gang.
  • Pendants: dining, the RoyaleGlow organic pendant in white, medium 80 × 42, centred over the round table (chosen for now; The Light Impact suggests the Tradition oval). Island, a linear pendant: The Light Impact's Tasman double is the kind of thing we had in mind; finish to choose. The stair void (PL.1, three TBC): our proposal is one cascade of opal glass globes on black cords, lowest globe about 2.2 m above the entry floor (section 12a). Bed 3: travertine ring pendants either side of the bed in place of wall lights.
  • Bed 3 layout (the plan says “check bedroom layout”): the bed head is on the east wall, centred on the grooved oak cladding, with the robe on the west wall (section 01a). So the two bedside points go either side of the bed on the east wall, about 1.2 m off its centre line, not on the west wall as drawn.
  • Wall lights: Bed 1 and Bed 2 (WL.6, WL.4): black swivel-head wall lights either side of the bed, switched at the bed, with power at both bedsides. Bathroom and ensuite (WL.2, WL.5): the vanities have walnut mirrors, not backlit (decided at the lighting meeting, 30 Oct 2026), so is a wall light still wanted there? The corridor's W2000 uplights and the paired art lights on the two artworks suit us.
  • Strip lights we have asked for elsewhere, to be on this plan: under the kitchen's overhead cupboards and the island overhang; a warm strip in the curtain pockets (living and bedrooms); under each shelf in the robes (on the room's switch); the slot in the bathroom ceiling washing down the fluted wall; under the vanities on a motion sensor as a night light; the laundry cupboards switched on by the bi-fold doors opening; along the top of the balcony's frosted glass. And two LED battens on a motion sensor in the garage.
  • Outside: The Light Impact's up/down wall lights (EX.1) are drawn white; we'd prefer black, as for the front lighting (09b), coastal-rated. In-ground uplights black, as drawn: four in the courtyard's planting slot, two in the patio slot, one under the olive; low step lights in the side-path wall; 12 V garden uplights in the back garden (the six “landscape” points); on a timer or dusk sensor (09a).
  • Power and data, changes to the electrical layout (WD 14 and 15), bedrooms: so the electrician can take everything in one review (Stefan, 29 Oct), the changes are collected here room by room (most are already asked on the room's own page). A double power point with USB-C at each bedside in all three bedrooms, placed for the bed as designed (Bed 3 either side of the bed on the east wall). The TV and data point opposite each bed, as drawn. Bed 1: power at the slot window head if the Duette blind is hard-wired (02b). Bed 3: power at the curtain pocket for the motorised track (tender).
  • Bedroom switching: the ceiling lights on two-way switches, at the door and at the bed; the wall lights (or Bed 3's pendants) switched at the bed; the fan on its wall controller by the door.
  • Living, dining and kitchen: TV and data behind the TV unit (08a); the dining pendant's point centred over the table (08a), not drawn; a double power point with USB-C in the island's waterfall end (05b); double power points above the butler's bench for the kettle, toaster and microwave (05b); points for the integrated fridge, the dishwasher, oven, induction cooktop and ducted rangehood where the kitchen design puts them; and the LED strips' drivers somewhere they can be reached.
  • Bathrooms, washroom and ensuite: the plan shows IXL 4-in-1 heat-lamp units in the washroom and the ensuite. We've asked for humidity-sensing exhaust fans with a run-on timer in every wet room (section 10), and the air-con heats the house: are the heat lamps still needed? A hard-wired heated towel rail on a timer in each bathroom (10). No power is needed behind the mirrors: they are not backlit (30 Oct).
  • Laundry and garage: power for the washer and heat-pump dryer as laid out in 11b, and a point inside the tall cupboard for the stick vacuum's dock. Garage: WD 14 shows two fluorescent battens; we've asked for LED battens on a motion sensor with a switch at the hall door (11c), power and data at the door opener, and an EV charger circuit.
  • Data (Cat6), not drawn: the Wi-Fi access points, one upstairs, one in the downstairs corridor ceiling and one outside under the balcony (the plan shows Wi-Fi only upstairs); the video doorbell beside each front door; the TVs; the solar inverter; all run back to a patch panel in the network cupboard, with a double power point there (00b).
  • Air-con controllers (Reeve asked, 28 Oct; not drawn): the main controller upstairs in the living area (the living, kitchen and Bed 1 are upstairs), a second controller downstairs in the hall outside Bed 2 and Bed 3, and Wi-Fi control so it can be turned off between guests and the temperature range limited. Please price the second controller and the Wi-Fi.
  • Outside: a weatherproof double power point on the balcony clear of the bbq (13a), and one in the alfresco (both drawn: please confirm the positions). Dwelling 3: the pool equipment circuits and a power point for the pool cleaner (07a); the roof-to-switchboard conduit for the solar and batteries (07b).
TLI plan · ground floorThe Light Impact's lighting design, ground floor (rev 1, 27 Oct 2026), drawn once for all three dwellings. The plans on GroundPlan (PDF download there)
TLI plan · first floorThe Light Impact's lighting design, first floor (rev 1, 27 Oct 2026)
Working drawings · WD 14–15The electrical layout as drawn (Spectra's working drawings rev H, WD 14 and 15, Dwelling 1; sent by Stefan, 29 Oct 2026, to be reviewed with the lighting): the power points, TV and data points, switches, exhaust fans and smoke alarms. The lights on it are the original single downlights, superseded by The Light Impact's design. The changes we need are listed below, room by room
Chosen · living fanChosen: living-room fan, ThreeSixty Kirra 183 cm DC, black base, Washed Oak blades, no light (John, 29 Sep 2026). The other finishes alongside. ThreeSixty Kirra
Chosen · bedroom fansChosen: bedroom fans (Bed 1, 2 and 3), FARO Barcelona Klim 150 cm DC, matt black body, pine blades (John, 29 Sep 2026). FARO Klim 150
Proposed · outdoor fansOutdoor fans (alfresco and balcony): the tendered EGLO Surf 60 (152 cm), matt black with Burmese Teak blades (20550117), which is the brief: black body, timber-look blades, about 150 cm. Proposed, if it is rated for a site 1 km from the sea. EGLO Surf 60
TLI plan · FN.1The Light Impact's FN.1: Surf 52 inch in white, six per dwelling. Not this one: the fans are already chosen (above). Surf 52
Chosen · stone-wall lightsChosen: feature lights on the two stone walls, a pair of Buster + Punch Exhaust surface downlights on each (the entry's long wall and the pool-side lobby by the laundry), graphite with the brass Cross detail, about 430 apart and 250 off the stone. The other details alongside. Exhaust Surface
Chosen for now · dining pendantChosen for now: dining pendant, RoyaleGlow organic pendant, white, medium 80 × 42 (29 Sep 2026), centred over the round table. The Light Impact proposes the Tradition oval (below). RoyaleGlow
Tendered · switchesSwitches and power points: Hager Silhouette (tendered in matt black), in matt white and matt black, and the Silhouette rotary dimmer (WBMDUR, trailing-edge, for LED), which takes a black or white knob. Hager Silhouette
TLI · DL.2DL.2, the main downlight: TLI D700.B, 10.6 W, 3000K, 45°, IP44, dimmable, white, 90 mm cut-out. 20 downstairs, 30 upstairs, in pairs. D700.B
TLI · DL.1DL.1: TLI D700.MINI, 40 mm, 10.6 W, 3000K, IP44, white or black; trimless available. Over the showers and vanities, the lobby and the landing (6 down, 3 up). D700.MINI
TLI · DL.3DL.3: TLI D700.RSX, adjustable art and feature light, 76 mm, 10 W, white or black. In pairs on the corridor artworks, over the vanities, and in the robe (8 down, 4 up). D700.RSX
TLI · WL.1WL.1: TLI W2000.S wall uplight, 30 W, white or black, for an indirect wash. Three in the downstairs corridor. W2000
TLI · PL.2PL.2: Tradition pendant, oval, off-white (E27), over the dining table. Ours is the RoyaleGlow (above). Tradition
TLI · PL.3PL.3: Tasman double, a linear LED pendant (24 W, 3000K) over the island; finishes White, Bay, Navy and Bonfire, finish TBC. The book had a black linear pendant here, no model chosen. Tasman
TLI · LED stripLED.1, 2 and 4: PL9002-S aluminium channel with a 3000K strip, channel in silver, white or black. Joinery (LED.1), under the vanities on a sensor (LED.2), and 24.75 m recessed into the living-room ceiling over the sheers and the feature wall (LED.4). PL9002-S
TLI · LED.3LED.3: PL9002-S-WP, the IP65 version, in the showers (5.54 m down, 1.88 m up). PL9002-S-WP
TLI · SL.1SL.1: TLI W100.SIP-CR step and night light, 48 mm, 1 W, white or black. Up the stair wall and low in the hall, on a sensor (7 down, 1 up). W100
TLI · ING.1ING.1: TLI I154 in-ground uplight, 4 W, black (also white, bronze, basalt), IP65. Five per dwelling, outside and on the entry's stone wall inside. I154
TLI · EX.1EX.1: TLI-601 up/down wall light, 14 W, IP54, drawn in white (also black, bronze, basalt). Six on the ground floor outside, two on the balcony. TLI-601
Reference photo · 1 of 5Reference photo (John, 26 Oct 2026): downlights in close pairs in a living room, set out for the room rather than on a grid
Reference photo · 2 of 5Reference photo: a pair of small deep-recessed downlights in an outdoor soffit, the look for the alfresco and the balconies
Reference photo · 3 of 5Reference photo: another outdoor pair, close together, trims flush with the ceiling
Reference photo · 4 of 5Reference photo: a pair set off a stone feature wall, as for the entry's stone wall
Reference photo · 5 of 5Reference photo: rotary dimmers on one plate