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SPECIALIST LANDSCAPE & INTERIOR LIGHTING - CONSULTANCY, DESIGN & INSTALLATION



“We are totally bowled over …….is that really our garden - it looks amazing!! Thanks so much, we are truly, truly, delighted.”
Mr & Mrs D. - Winchester, Hampshire

"I have to say that a large part of the evening’s success was due to the lighting around the garden and pool area. Everything looked great."
Mr R.B. - Shackleford, Surrey

"We love the lights this evening, they look great! You’ve great attention to detail and vision! Thank you for what you’ve done so far, it’s excellent and makes the garden look inviting at night now, as well as just during the day."
Ms K.G. - Hindhead, Surrey

Garden gate lighting
Tree lighting on pine
Kitchen lighting in 18th century Berkshire Mill House

Welcome

Aceum ('ay-see-um') are the experts in garden lighting design, landscape lighting, interior lighting, consultancy and installation, across the south of England. We are experienced specialists in lighting and electrical requirements of prestige properties and listed buildings, and have created the lighting for national award winning gardens. Aceum delivers the highest standards of workmanship and superb value for money. Our service is truly professional and always courteous - something that is borne out by the testimonials from our many delighted clients.

Based in Hindhead, Surrey, Aceum is a design consultancy and installer for both interior and exterior lighting projects.We regularly work with leading architects and interior designers, plus award winning garden designers and landscapers, to create stunning living spaces. Most importantly, we work with you, the client, as friends and advisors, to help make your wishes come true.

We proudly provide specialist professional lighting design services (prestige and historical property lighting, garden and landscape lighting, architectural lighting, museum and gallery lighting, hospitality and retail lighting) without the huge cost of the large lighting design agencies.

Aceum's founder and lead designer is Andrew Dean. With an academic background in art and design, a lifelong passion for gardening and architecture, many years immersed in theatre lighting, and full electrical credentials, Andrew is the ideal person to help you with your lighting requirements and ensure that the result will be extra special. All Aceum staff are experienced professionals, dedicated to one thing: giving you superb, friendly service with exceptional value for money (you really will be pleasantly surprised!).




"Once again can't thank you enough. Absolutely delighted with the result! All your research into what I was looking for totally paid off."
Mrs S. - Hindhead, Surrey

"Thank you so much for all your help, it really is very much appreciated. You really have been amazing from the very start of this project. We can honestly say you've been an absolute star. I know we have had a few changes of mind along the way, but you have just adapted and made it all work amazingly. We really appreciate your flexibility and professionalism. You have helped to make our house a real home."
Mr & Mrs A.S. - Haslemere, Surrey

"The space is transformed by the new lights, and just what we wanted....You have been so helpful to us and so good to us thus far, and we feel fortunate that you were recommended to us."
Rev.H.D. - Haslemere, Surrey

Garden wall lighting with pleached hornbeam
Pergola lighting
Urn with pergola, trellis, and lighting

Exterior

We believe that gardens should be beautiful, enjoyable and usable, by day and by night. No properly designed space can reach its full potential without properly designed lighting
...something that requires both artistic and technical expertise.

You may have a garden that you already enjoy during the day, or have ideas for a beautiful new garden to come. Either way, you should be able to enjoy your garden in the evenings too, and your garden deserves to be lit with the same artistry and expertise that that was put into the landscaping and the planting.

Outside lighting can cost the earth (in both senses) if it is not designed and specified properly:
• For it to look superb, be economical to run, and be environmentally friendly, your specifier should know lighting science inside out
• For it to compliment your garden correctly, your designer needs years of horticultural and lighting experience
• For it to be completely safe, legal and long lasting, your installer must be a qualified and Part P registered electrical contractor
Aceum's credentials are completely unrivalled in these three combined fields, which is why we are the choice of top award winning landscapers, designers and gardeners. We are much imitated but never matched.

We only use high quality outside lights and materials that are tried and tested by us, and that offer excellent value to our clients. Protecting the environment is important to us, and our aim is always to keep running costs and carbon footprint to a minimum without compromising design in any way. We can help you achieve all your requirements without falling foul of the many rules and regulations concerning nuisance lighting, wildlife protection, and light pollution. With Aceum, you will be both safe and legal.


Click here to read a short article on garden lighting design...



"It was AMAZING!!! [......] looked stunning and our neighbours wish to employ you. ... You are a very kind man and the best in the business - thank you so much."
Mrs D. St.Cross, Winchester

"Thanks again for your time and guidance in bringing our garden to life after dark."
Mr & Mrs J. - Welwyn, Hertfordshire

"Lovely to come home to Christmas lights, thank you."
Mrs L.L., White Waltham, Oxfordshire

Kitchen fireplace lighting with Aga
Kitchen interior lighting with downlights and pendant
Orangery lighting with downlights and pendant

Interior

We provide professional consultancy for interior lighting, plus design and installation, and specialise in combining ergonomically designed practical lighting with ‘wow factor’ effect lighting. We also provide a wide range of electrical services for prestige properties and listed buildings, and we are particularly careful about the aesthetics of all installations.

Our lighting design and installation experience covers a wide range of specialist buildings and environments. Recent listed building projects have included:
• A large medieval country estate
• Elizabethan cottages and farmhouses
• Jacobean farmhouses and bakery conversion
• A new, ultra modern glass wing on a Regency period water mill
• A early Victorian country mansion
• A Victorian school conversion
• Arts & Crafts country houses
• A two-storey atrium on a Surrey style country house
• A converted Edwardian country hotel and stables
• Newly built gated community town houses

Aceum is a Part P accredited installer, and our work complies with IEE Wiring Regulations and all relevant building regulations. We are legally permitted to certify our own design, installation and testing - saving you the trouble and expense of having to notify your Local Authority Building Control prior to any work commencing. Always double check that your electrician is accredited.

We are also proud to operate our own clean environment policy, ensuring that we are tidy, discrete, respectful of your home, and kind to the environment. We place a strong emphasis on energy conservation, and this is reflected in all our designs and advice that we give.




"We are so delighted with the lights."
Mrs C.O. Sunningdale Berkshire

Thank you so much for the fabulous lights. What a real treat to come home to!
Ms H.F., Hurley, Oxfordshire

"Many thanks for the work, the lights look terrific as usual. We are delighted. Speak soon for the next project!"
Mr & Mrs I.A., Busbridge, Surrey

From a few of our garden projects...

...and from our interior, display and architectural projects...


"The best lighting designers take a holistic approach to their work. They understand that serving the client in the best possible way includes understanding and addressing all their lighting needs - both physically and psychologically. The desired result is, after all, an immensely positive experience for the client. That experience is colored by moods and emotions – these are what ultimately determine the impact and success of the project."
Steve Parrott – Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals

Driveway and gates lighting

Contact Us

Exterior, and specialist interior, projects are taken on across the south of England. To have an informal chat about your requirements, or to arrange a free estimate visit, please call or email us anytime. We very much look forward to hearing from you.

07899 655785



info@aceum.co.uk

Strone, Grove Road, Hindhead, Surrey GU26 6QP



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    • Some of our associates and clients...

    Royal Horticultural Society
    British Association of Landscape Industries
    Aceum Blog on LandscapeJuice
    Greenbuild Landscapes
    Surrey Garden Design
    Stroma Part P certification
    Stroma Certification
    Haslemere Educational Museum
    Cranleigh Arts Centre
    Keats Estate & Lettings Agents
    The Society of Light & Lighting
    International Association of Lighting Designers
    Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals
    The Campaign for Dark Skies
    Envy Garden Design






    An article by Andrew Dean of Aceum

    - published in the journal of the Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals in the USA



    I wonder how many interior architects/designers would draw up plans without any mention of lighting and power fixtures. Well, the answer is none. They wouldn't dream of building, plastering, decorating, carpeting and furnishing an interior, only to then think about channelling cables into walls and through ceilings. And yet, the equivalent still happens all too often in landscape and garden design.


    An opportunity missed

    This is not trying to suggest that those involved in the landscape side are being remiss in any way. Far from it. Many landscape designers are extremely adept at assessing the effects of changing daylight, and incorporating these into their designs. However, it does seem a great pity, when modern lifestyles are spread over so many more hours of the day and night, and when new technologies are constantly providing better methods of illumination, that many designers are failing to see the real benefit of outdoor spaces that are both useable and enjoyable during the hours of natural darkness, as well as during the day.


    Added value

    Yes, incorporating lighting adds yet another layer of complexity to the already complex work of the landscape designer, and proper lighting design is a combined art form and science that requires much knowledge and experience.



    That is why working with a professional lighting designer from the outset is both a time saver and a very shrewd investment for the landscape designer. Proper landscape lighting professionals will open up new insights in the landscaper’s design, bringing out additional aspects of the landscaping and planting in a way that is only possible with well crafted artificial light. This can give the proposal to the client a powerful new unique selling point. Moreover, a landscape lighting designer will ensure that electrical safety is made a top priority throughout, that all national and local regulations concerning power and lighting are strictly adhered to, that efficiency is maximised and life of system running costs are minimised, and that light pollution and light nuisance are given the utmost attention. The two design disciplines complement each other perfectly and, in our experience, the working relationship is a stimulating and enjoyable one for both parties.

    A stitch in time

    However, one can imagine that that relationship might become very strained if the owner of a newly installed designer garden suddenly decides that it would now be nice to have it lit at night. Retrofitting lighting in a garden, so that it is unobtrusive and yet effective, is a difficult and painstaking process (we know, because we do it regularly with heritage gardens) and all that extra bother can be obviated in a new garden if the lighting is taken into consideration from the outset of the design project.



    Choose wisely

    Choice of lighting designer is important. Domestic electricians often pass themselves off as designers because they are qualified to install outdoor lights but the results are usually very disappointing and expensive to rectify. Lighting engineers may be great at the functional lighting but might lack the artistic flair to create appropriate effect lighting, or the required horticultural knowledge to really draw out the very best from the landscape at night.

    Include lighting

    Including lighting design at the landscape design stage will save money and time in the long run, will provide a more attractive sales proposition, and will produce a better end result than will be achieved if it is added as an afterthought.

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