Well, good on the United Kingdom for protecting all wild birds, even ones that are a nuisance. Taking a parking space! The nerve! Claire

We had Seagull in last house. It was fine, we never would have changed it. It was hot--we had the xenon bulbs. We are doing the led tape lights from Maxim STarstrand this time--You can buy the strips in 1' segments, up to maybe 5'. They can be attached to each other. You need to go to your local lighting store and see what's out there. We are doing lighting in the glass cabinets and this is also another reason we are not doing the Seagull. They are bigger in size than the tape and we need something relatively flat in our situation, I have glass on the sides of the cabinets as well so they have to be fairly hidden. I think your guy is just used to Seagull, and he might not want to branch out. Go to the store, a good lighting store. Here is a link that might be useful: maxim starstrand

That picture is just lovely. They almost look posed. Thanks for sharing.

I had the hardest time with UCL. I didn't like anything I saw and I really don't like the spot light effect of the individual LEDs on strips. I did try going on line to look at environmental lights but with a new build and being in a location where shipping is a problem, I decided there were only so many items I could obsess about. Then I saw the WAC UCL LEDme Pro at a lighting showroom and it had everything I needed. Good color, low profile, hardwired because that is what we are set up for, and the diffuser creates an even light - no individual spots. For a few hundred dollars it met all my requirements and the decision was behind me. They aren't installed yet so no picture but I know they will be just fine. Very clean, very simple. Our current UCLs (ALKCO fluorescent and very similar box design to the WAC) have been installed for 27 years, are still going strong and I use them every day. Keep in mind you will probably never change out your UCLs and you will probably never see or actually notice the light source. So make sure you like the beam spread and the color and you are set. Good luck!