Smart Lighting Installation
Lights that dim for film night, come up gently in the morning and switch themselves off when the house is empty. Philips Hue, Lightwave and wired control, designed and fitted across Sussex.
Smart lighting replaces either your bulbs or your light switches with ones you can control from your phone, your voice or the switch already on the wall. Done well, it is the one smart home upgrade a family uses every single day. Done badly, it is a box of bulbs that stop answering the moment someone flicks the switch off. We design around how each room is actually used, fit it tidily, and leave you with scenes that just work.
A single room with smart bulbs and a scene or two starts from about £250 fitted. Smart switches across three or four rooms are usually £750 to £1,500. Whole-house lighting control, with the hall, landing and outside lights on schedules, runs from about £2,000. Every job starts with a free survey and a fixed written quote.
Bulbs, Switches or Both
The right answer depends on the room, the wiring and who lives there. We will tell you which, and when the cheaper option is the better one.
Smart Bulbs (Philips Hue)
Colour, warm-to-cool white and dimming from a Hue Bridge that keeps working locally when the internet does not. Best for lamps, bedrooms and living rooms where you want colour and scenes without touching the wiring.
Smart Switches & Dimmers
Lightwave or Shelly modules behind your existing switch plates, so the wall switch, the app and the voice assistant all agree. Best for kitchens, halls, landings and anywhere with several fittings on one switch. No more "the bulb is off at the wall".
Scenes & Schedules
"Film night" dims the lounge and kills the kitchen glare. "Goodnight" turns everything off except the landing at 10%. A sunrise fade in the bedroom, and lights that look lived-in while you are away. We build these with you, then show you how to change them.
Outdoor & Garden Lighting
Path and porch lights on dusk-to-dawn schedules, garden lighting on a scene, and security lights that fire your cameras' alerts rather than waking the neighbours. Weatherproof fittings, properly cabled.
Works With What You Have
Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home and Matter. We pick kit that still works if a cloud service is switched off, and we set the smart devices on their own network so they never slow your laptops down.
Lighting That Looks After Someone
A landing that lights itself at 20% when an older relative gets up in the night, and a hall that comes on when the front door opens. Small things that prevent falls. It pairs with Guardian monitoring.
What Smart Lighting Costs
Guide prices for the kit and our time, fitted and programmed. The survey settles the exact figure; the quote is fixed once you have it.
One Room
- Hue Bridge or hub
- 3 to 4 smart bulbs or one dimmer
- Two scenes set up
- Voice assistant linked
- App setup and a walkthrough
- 12-month workmanship warranty
Living Spaces
- 3 to 4 rooms
- Smart dimmers behind existing switches
- Bulbs where colour matters
- Film night, goodnight and morning scenes
- Away-from-home schedule
- 12-month workmanship warranty
Whole House
- Every room plus hall, landing and outside
- Motion-triggered night lighting
- Outdoor dusk-to-dawn and security
- Heating and blinds in the same scenes
- Isolated smart home network
- 12-month workmanship warranty
Start With Lighting, Get It Right
Lighting is where most smart homes begin, and where most of the money gets wasted on bulbs that end up in a drawer. The survey is where we save you that.
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Room by room, not gadget by gadget We walk the house with you and note what each room is for, who uses the switch and where the lamps live. Then we choose bulbs or switches per room.
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The wall switch still works Guests, children and grandparents can use the house without an app. That is the test every design has to pass.
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Local control first Zigbee and wired control keep working when the broadband drops. Cloud features are a bonus, never the foundation.
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Handover you can keep Written notes of what is where, the logins, and how to add a bulb yourself. Then a phone number that is answered by the person who fitted it.
Smart Lighting Guides
Best Smart Lighting Systems in the UK
Hue, LIFX, IKEA, Lightwave and Sonoff: what we fit and what we avoid.
Buying GuideBlack Friday Smart Home Deals 2026
What is worth buying in the sales, and what we would skip.
Getting StartedSmart Home for Beginners: Where to Start
Cut through the jargon. Here is what to buy first.
ComparisonAlexa vs Google Home vs HomeKit
We install all three. Here is our honest take.
Smart Lighting Near You
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does smart lighting cost to install?
A single room with a hub, three or four smart bulbs and two scenes starts at about £250 fitted. Smart dimmers across three or four rooms are usually £750 to £1,500. Whole-house control including outside lights runs from about £2,000. We survey for free and the quote is fixed.
Smart bulbs or smart switches: which is better?
Bulbs are better where you want colour or you have lamps: bedrooms and living rooms. Switches are better where one wall switch runs several fittings, such as kitchens, halls and landings, because the switch keeps working and nobody can "turn the smart off". Most houses end up with both.
Will my lights still work if the internet goes down?
Yes, if the system is designed for it. Philips Hue talks to its bridge over Zigbee and Lightwave switches work from the wall, so scenes, schedules and switches carry on without broadband. You lose voice control and remote access until it is back. We avoid cloud-only bulbs for exactly this reason.
Is there a good Philips Hue alternative in the UK?
For bulbs, IKEA Tradfri and Innr work with a Hue or Zigbee hub at roughly half the price, and LIFX is strong on colour without a hub. For switches, Lightwave is the UK-made option and Shelly modules fit behind almost any existing switch. Our smart lighting guide compares them.
Lighting That Fits How You Live
Book a free survey. We will walk the house with you, say which rooms suit bulbs and which suit switches, and quote a fixed price.