Lighting By Plum
Free Lighting Consultation (£125 Value)
4 Houzz Awards
6 Houzz Badges
Contact Info:
Toria Thorpe
11 Greenway
Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 2BL
United Kingdom
11 Greenway
Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 2BL
United Kingdom
Typical Job Costs:
£500 - £20,000
Each lighting design and installation is entirely client specific and so the above range is a ballpark one. After an initial consultation, we ensure to cater to your style, lifestyle and budget. Get in touch and let us help!
Each lighting design and installation is entirely client specific and so the above range is a ballpark one. After an initial consultation, we ensure to cater to your style, lifestyle and budget. Get in touch and let us help!
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Buckinghamshire's Award Winning Lighting Design Consultancy
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Our message is simple ... enhance your home with light, don't just illuminate the space.
"Lighting by plum’s ideas transformed our building project into something truly special. They were fantastic to work with and are highly recommended." ...feedback from some of our happy clients, Jude and Ben.
Established in 2014, Lighting by Plum is an independent lighting design consultancy based in Buckinghamshire, specialising in residential lighting design. We cover all aspects of home and garden lighting across the home counties.
We have worked on hundreds of residential homes and gardens including; extensions, new builds, buy to sell developments, flats and apartments, barn conversions, country estates and listed buildings.
The technical knowledge we have of the fast paced lighting industry, along with a highly creative approach to lighting, design and control will ensure your project is not only kept on track but also enhanced and compliant with the latest industry standards and regulations.
"I believe that you instantly 'feel' if a space is comfortable, and this often has a huge amount to do with the way it is lit." says Toria.
"Get the lighting right and you will use the space for what it is intended for, get it wrong and you will not use it!" says Mike.
With the right lighting, your home will not only be warm and welcoming but also suit your lifestyle and comfort.
Services Provided
Lighting, Lighting Design, Swimming Pool Lighting, Lighting Consultation, Lighting Consultancy, Residential Lighting, Internal Lighting, External Lighting, Garden Lighting, Lighting Scheme, Lighting Concept, Lighting Control, Home Cinema Lighting, Home Gym Lighting, Energy Efficient Lighting, LED Lighting, Linear Lighting, Pendant Lighting, Wall Lighting, Kitchen Lighting, Bathroom Lighting, Dining Room Lighting, Lounge Lighting, Bedroom Lighting, Decorative Lighting, Architectural Lighting
Areas Served
Chesham, Amersham, Gerrards Cross, Tring, Chalfont Saint Giles, Chalfont Saint Peter, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, Beaconsfield, Berkhamsted, Oxford, Marlow, Little Marlow, Great Missenden, Stokenchurch, Chesham Bois, Wendover, Chartridge, Bovingdon, Chorleywood, Seer Green, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, Stoke Poges, Burnham, Cookham, Cookham Dean, Bisham, Farnham, Farnham Common, Farnham Green, Farnham Royal, Windsor, Flackwell Heath, Uxbridge, Rickmansworth, Harefield, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, St Albans, Hatfield, Harpenden, Aylesbury, Waddesdon, Thame, Radnage, Henley, Henley-on-Thames, Maidenhead, Ascot
Awards
Lighting Industry Association Certificate (formerly the Lighting Industry Federation)
34 Projects for Lighting By Plum
Ayot Saint Peter, Hertfordshire
Contemporary New Build
10 photos
Pangbourne, West Berkshire
Barn Conversion
7 photos
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
Modern Renovation & Extension
15 photos
Windlesham, Surrey
Traditional New Build
8 photos
Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
Contemporary Renovation & Extension
11 photos
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Modern New Build
20 photos
Whistley Green, Wokingham
Traditional Oak Frame New Build
14 photos
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Garden Landscape Lighting
7 photos
Amersham, England
Home Tech & Lighting Design Workshop with Lighting by Plum @ Sky House
73 photosShared
Harwich, Essex
Grand Design Build - Harwich
3 photos
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Oxford - Whole House Renovation
8 photos
Fowey, Cornwall
Cornwall - New Build
8 photos
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37 Reviews for Lighting By Plum
5.0|37 reviews
Work Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Value5.0
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Client
Mike has done an outstanding job for us both internally and externally on our Edwardian House renovation. Great attention to detail, very respectful of client needs and always available to help when there is an issue. We are delighted with the scheme and effect. Could not recommend more highly. Alex (Bucks)
16 November, 2020
Adrian Sear
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Client
I’m an electrician that has done nearly 50 projects alongside Lighting By Plum over the last 5/6 years. Spanning new builds, small retro fit installations & and total electrical renovations to both interior & exterior spaces of people’s homes & gardens. In my 20years experience of being an electrician I haven’t come across a more professional & thorough company. Their attention to detail & knowledge of the lighting they recommend is second to none, which makes the job of installing the high quality products a doddle. The team if not on site are always on the phone to help with any questions or advice and are top of every project to get the best possible result.
I can’t overstate enough how important it is to have a high standard lighting designer improve your homes lighting, which is why I’m pleased going forward ADS Electrical will be on hand to bring Lighting By Plums designs to life.
Adrian Sear
ADS Electrical Services (London) Ltd
25 August, 2020
Nicholas Vere-White
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Client
Mike was recommended to us by our Landscape Designer to design and advise on a lighting plan for a newly created Garden. We found Mike to be extremely pleasant and always returned our calls if he was unavailable or out of the office. Mike took great care and pride in our design and also made the process less stressful by ordering all of the components direct from the supplier! Once our Landscaping came to the point of final planting, Mike contacted us so that he could set out the positioning of the lighting to make sure it was discreet but to full effect amongst the chosen shrubs and plants. In addition, Mike also followed up by e-mail asking if we could supply night-time images to show if his setting out had created the right mood for the layout of the Garden.
On presentation of his final Invoice we were pleasantly surprised to discover Mike had reduced the quoted figure due to spending less hours on the project than he originally anticipated, which we found to be a very honourable gesture!
Nick and Doris
7 August, 2020
Simon Behagg
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Client
Mike and the team at Plum provided internal lighting design services for our kitchen/dining room/living area, as well as boot room, utility room, and external lighting around our patio and rear door entrance.
The design is absolutely fantastic. We have used a Rako system and Mike has pre-programmed 4 scenes which makes lighting each of the areas really simple. The design ideas Mike had were really interesting and very stylish and really made a difference to the whole area. The cost of the design and the lighting was worth every penny - we could not have come close to designing anything as good...
Mike was really good at listening to what we wanted, and was careful to understand how we intended to use the space. He was also very sensitive to our budget, offering a ton of ideas in different cost brackets.
I could not recommend Plum more highly. Bravo!
6 April, 2020
GRAHAM WARNER
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Client
Mike and Toria advised on the lighting array for a barn undergoing refurbishment. The main barn in particular needed a complete rethink of the lighting design. Mike came up with suggestions which when implemented have given the beams and features a wow factor. The customer care throughout was exemplary and we appreciated Mike's enthusiasm and attention to detail. We have no hesitation in recommending Lighting by Plum
18 February, 2020
Jo Mayhead
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Client
Mike did a brilliant job helping us to light our new kitchen and recommend light fittings which we loved. It makes a real difference to the feel and look of the kitchen - money well spent.
6 December, 2019
Studio Alpa
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Colleague
A long overdue review however, I met Toria through a network meeting back in 2014, her technical knowledge and great ideas along with her likeable and bubbly personality encouraged me to hire her services for my own renovation project in 2015-17. As an Interior designer I had a very clear idea of the lighting scheme and effect `I wanted but needed Toria's technical knowledge to realise the desired effect. She also put forward some of her own ideas that I hadn't thought of that worked extremely well. I cannot recommend Toria and Mike enough, they are extremely professional, knowledgeable and you will always feel comfortable asking them anything relating to lighting!
14 November, 2019
Clare Wright
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Client
I can not recommend Lighting by Plum enough. They were incredibly professional, provided a fantastic service and were literally the best part of our building project. We really look forward to working with them again on stage 2 of our build.
7 October, 2019
Jane Leonard
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Client
Mike Thorpe of Lighting by Plum takes all the pain out of everything to do with your lighting and he has a great manner too.Nothing is too much trouble and he always responds quickly to emails and phone calls.I strongly recommend him.
5 October, 2019
Aly & John Parker
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Client
We have always known that great lighting can make an average house great, and a great house amazing - equally poor lighting can make a great house poor etc etc. Thus we are passionate about lighting - but after our wonderful luck in finding Mike and LBP - we realise that we had failed miserably up to now!
We cannot praise Mike and the whole LBP team highly enough. Our lighting is simply stunning and takes our wonderful house to an entirely different level. Mike is hugely knowledgeable, creative and imaginative, yet practical and so easy to work with. That’s not just us saying that; our builder and marvellous electrician (tho’ sceptical at the outset with some ideas!), are now huge fans and their eyes have been opened to the ‘possible’. Mike is also a fantastic communicator, nothing is too much trouble, and he holds the total respect of our whole building team - some achievement! I describe him as a problem solver - not a problem giver!
What Mike & LBP deliver is also excellent value - this is premium quality service and product - but at an totally affordable price.
In short, we cannot recommend Mike and the whole LBP team highly enough. They have an amazing corporate culture and customer focus ethic and deliver such wonderful results.
26 September, 2019
O O1
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Client
Mike at 'Lighting by Plum' was incredibly helpful, responsive and professional during our house renovation. He understood my ideas, gave me a framework to work around, let me be creative but also ask for help when I definitely needed it! The lighting options, different moods and atmospheres we can create in our house are something I had never thought about before hence Mike's help was essential. The results are simply fantastic; we are absolutely thrilled and I would recommend Mike's help to anyone.
5 September, 2019Last modified:6 September, 2019
Powertrac Electrical Services
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Colleague
We are a home automation business and have had the pleasure of working alongside Lighting By Plum. They provide a high level of professionalism and quality, we regularly recommend them to other clients.
5 April, 2019
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