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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)
23 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
Beaconsfield Kitchen & Dining Renovation
5 photos
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
High End New Build - Wentworth Estates
16 photos
Thame, England
Contemporary New Build, Thame
6 photos
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32 Reviews for Lighting By Plum
Jo Mayhead
Relationship
Client
Project Date
December 2018
Project Price
n/a
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
Relationship
Colleague
Project Date
April 2017
Project Price
> than £100,000
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
Relationship
Client
Project Date
June 2019
Project Price
> than £100,000
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
Relationship
Client
Project Date
September 2019
Project Price
> than £100,000
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
Relationship
Client
Project Date
September 2019
Project Price
£10,000 – £49,999
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
Relationship
Client
Project Date
July 2019
Project Price
n/a
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
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n/a
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n/a
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
Paul MacNiven
Relationship
Client
Project Date
December 2018
Project Price
£1,000 – £9,999
We engaged Lighting by Plum to work with us and our builder on our recent extension project. Toria and Mike were extremely responsive and easy to work with. They were good at listening to our ideas, adding in their own, and helping us refine things until we had a really good plan. They then helped us with the selection and ordering of fitments (making it a lot more manageable than it would otherwise have been), and worked very constructively with the builder's electrician to get them fitted right. The end result has been that the lighting is a highlight of our whole project and has proven to be a "wow" factor that people remark on when they see it for the first time. Without their input, I think we would have had an adequate, but more mundane, run of the mill, lighting scheme. We consider the money we put into this was well worth it. We were very happy with their work and glad to have them involved in our project.
2 April, 2019
S Job
Relationship
Client
Project Date
January 2019
Project Price
£1,000 – £9,999
I would highly recommend Lighting by Plum. I was looking for external lighting in my front garden to feature and highlight trees and the entrance to my garden. Mike was very knowledgeable and always gave excellent customer service. The timelines I was given were adhered to and the work was carried out very professionally. Any queries I had Mike always responded immediately. I would say first class customer service.
2 April, 2019
lizpearce437
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Client
Project Date
December 2018
Project Price
n/a
We used Lighting by Plum during our house renovation, Mike and Tori had clever ideas as to how to really use lighting to enhance the space as well as zone each area if open plan. We love their lighting ideas, some really simple and I now spent time mesmerised at the different lights and atmosphere created!! In addition when our electrician got stuck, Mike would pop round and sort it out. He really went above and beyond.
1 April, 2019
Cathy Thomas
Relationship
Client
Project Date
December 2017
Project Price
£10,000 – £49,999
We were building a new house and, realising the importance of lighting to the final finish and mood of our big dream project, decided that we didn't really like the architect's 'airport landing lights' rows of spots in the ceilings but weren't sure what to do instead. So we booked on one of Lighting by Plum's free workshops (advertised here on Houzz) to see what we could learn and came away bursting with ideas and possibilities. We had no real idea about the range of lighting on offer, the importance of ensuring uniform lighting shades and compatibility of switches to dimmers to ensure everything worked properly. We really warmed to Toria and Mike and, because of the scale of our project, decided that it would be money well spent to get their professional input. We are very glad we did. We now have very warm, welcoming, layered and interesting lighting in our brand new home and we are delighted with the finished product. Toria and Mike were great at negotiating, ordering and chasing delivery of the various bits of kit required and we would not hesitate to recommend them.
18 July, 2018
Matthew Gibson
Relationship
Client
Project Date
June 2018
Project Price
£1,000 – £9,999
Extensive house renovation and extension - Lighting by Plum recommended by a friend. Initially not sure whether we needed a lighting designer but very glad we decided to go with it.
Mike produced a comprehensive design for the house and garden - careful not to overdo it or blow the budget he has produced a stunning result. Visitors invariably remark on the lighting. Recommendation of fittings, knowledge and liaison with the electrician were all excellent.
Impossible to recommend Lighting by Plum highly enough.
9 July, 2018
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24 May, 2018