I think if you went for recessed lighting it would be ok - spots dangling down might be too much ! If you speak to an electrician about the best type of lights for dimming, as some work better than others ! :-)

Hi Kriss, I have just sourced the exact same lights in Stainless steel for a bathroom - I went to 'Endon'. But you could try websites such a 'Lyco' or go to your local Electrical Supplier/Wholesaler, mine is CEF, and you can show them that picture, they will be more than happy to source an equivalent. I hope this helps! Holly

Thank you everyone, I sincerely appreciate all your interest and advice. Since I posted last week the electrician has installed a piece of kit that allows one of the circuits of 12 spots to dim to dark. It's called a Hamilton GRID-IT LED dimmer. The same piece of kit has not worked for the other circuit of 18 spots. As instructed by my electrician I have returned the fitting to get a replacement as he thinks it may be faulty. We will try again next week. I have attached a photo of as much of the ceiling for you to see for yourselves. Jonathan, thank you so much. The ceiling is the bog standard 'Brilliant White' but the walls are Farrow and Ball 'Strong White' which is a very pale grey which has helped reduce the dazzle. I will look into toning down the ceiling too. I hadn't thought of that, so thanks again. Clever, thanks for all your interest. I can't find the technical details of the spot or the dimmer but have attached a photo of the spot. As mentioned above, only the circuit of 18 in the extension doesn't dim to dark now, but the electrician is going to try and fit a replacement dimmer next week. Thank you so much. Source, thank you, I did wonder if that is possible. I'm not sure if my budget can stretch to that but in some ways I think that would be the best solution. I will ask my very patient builder to quote. Thanks again.

You're renovation looks fabulous. Though I fully understand how you feel about the spotlights. I have a similar concern with the extension that we are doing on our house at the moment. How about adding a normal chandelier in your living area? Do you have any scope to add some of the spotlights onto another switch? i.e. one switch switches all of the lights on an another switch maybe only half of them? If you don't mind me asking which sliding door company did you go for in the end? we are just finalising ours and its a toss up between; ID Systems, Raeyners and Dutemann. I hope you work it out with minimal cost.