By Mike Gambino If you have ever consulted with a few independent custom landscape lighting designer builders about having a system built at your home or business. Costs that run the gamut to very high to very low. You will never ever find any two alike...
By Mike Gambino What do I mean by that? The aura or vibe that a landscape lighting client puts out to a professional landscape lighting designer at the initial meeting and throughout the project most times will dictate the quality of product, level of service and...
By Mike Gambino I operate in a trade that works with electricity yet is almost totally unregulated which some will tell you it is a good thing (not me) some will say bad. Low Voltage landscape Garden lighting. In California a contractors license is required however...
By Mike Gambino 1. Are you a licensed landscape contractor that specializes in system construction and lighting design and may I please see a copy of your contractor's license? Most landscape lighting designers have a copy of their landscape contractors license in their design portfolio or have...
By Mike Gambino Pricing is something a lot of businesses struggle with, from startups and solopreneurs to major players that have been in their industry for decades. Adobe makes a bunch of the software that keeps the world running and gives it away for free, but when...
By Mike Gambino Everyone has to start somewhere, I totally understand that. I just don't subscribe to the deceptive practice of fake it until you make it mentality that so many newbies who enter into the landscape lighting business seem to employ in regards to getting...
By Mike Gambino No I don't mean that you need to get your overalls on and shovel out of the garage and prepare to start digging. Nothing good in life comes without at least a minimal amount of effort on the recipients part. This is true...
By Mike Gambino I have been in the home improvement contracting business in various forms dating back almost 40 years. Almost three quarters of my lifetime has been spent working with property owners and fellow contractors on new construction and remodel landscape and of course for...
By Mike Gambino When you’re paying tens of thousands of dollars for a custom built landscape lighting system, you have a right to expect the best. Unfortunately, not every lighting system builder can deliver. Whether it’s lack of experience, simple incompetence, or flat-out deceptive behavior, a...
By Mike Gambino Working with a specialized custom landscape lighting design build contractor such as Gambino landscape Lighting can minimize the likelihood you’ll hear “no” from your contractor during the design and build process. As a custom low voltage LED landscape lighting design build contractor we are...
