Living room in warm light 
Lit bookcase
2 photographies
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Bulbs and sources
The way in: you replace bulbs and keep the fittings. It is the cheapest way to connect an existing villa.
- White
- Warm to cool white
- Colour
Bedroom · living room · hallway
Philips Hue
Connected lightingConnected lighting,
and the villa run from a distance
A rental villa is managed remotely. Switching on before a guest arrives, off after they leave, simulating occupancy out of season: that is what connected lighting brings here, far more than changing colour.
Philips Hue — living room in colour
The house
The standard of domestic connected lighting
Philips Hue is the most widespread and best-documented system on the market: bulbs, strips, bars, outdoor lighting, all driven from an application and compatible with the major assistants.
For a rental villa owner, the value lies elsewhere than in atmosphere: it is remote control, scheduling and occupancy simulation. Three functions that answer real problems on an island.
ConnectedRemote control from the application
60 Hz throughoutFittings and voltages to be stated by island
OutdoorA dedicated range, bollards and floodlights
RentalScheduling and occupancy simulation
The ranges
Four families, one system
Everything is driven from the same application: the bedroom bulb, the kitchen strip and the driveway bollard. The coherence is what creates the value, not the isolated product.
Indirect cove lighting 
Light bars in a living room
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Strips and bars
Indirect lighting: under wall units, behind a screen, in a cornice. It is what gives the impression of lighting that was designed rather than fitted.
- Strips
- Bars
- Cornice
Kitchen · living room · headboard
Garden bollards and spots 
String lights on a terrace at dusk 
Lit outdoor staircase
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Outdoor lighting
Bollards, floodlights and controllable string lights. Useful for the driveway, the pool deck and lighting a façade — and for security.
- Bollards
- Floodlights
- String lights
Driveway · terrace · pool deck · façade
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Control and accessories
The bridge, the switches and the sensors. This is where real use is decided: a guest must be able to switch on without installing an application.
- Bridge
- Switches
- Sensors
Whole villa · remote management
Why this brand here
Six points before
fitting out a villa
Connected lighting is excellent when it is well installed and disastrous when it depends on an unstable connection. This is what we settle.
- Remote controlThe main argument hereSwitch on before a guest arrives, off after they leave, check from Europe. That is what justifies the investment in rental.
- Occupancy simulationOut of seasonA villa closed for six months lights itself on a random pattern. Simple, and deterrent.
- ConnectionThe weak pointThe system depends on the villa’s network. On an island, that is verified before fitting out, not after.
- Voltage and fittingVoltage by islandThe point everyone forgets: a bulb ordered in Europe does not light on Sint Maarten. We ship the right version.
- OutdoorsIngress protection ratingThe outdoor range exists, but salt air stays hard on electronics. Place it under an overhang where possible.
- RetrofitFits onto what existsYou can start with four bulbs and extend. No need to rewire the villa.
Best-sellers
What we recommend here
The elements that genuinely serve in a rental villa and a second home, in the order we install them.
Philips Hue — light sources Connected bulbs
The first step. You keep the existing fittings and the villa becomes controllable in an evening.
To order from the factory
Philips Hue — TV backlighting Light strip
Under wall units and in a cornice. The effect that separates a well-lit kitchen from a lit one.
To order from the factory
Philips Hue — outdoors Outdoor lighting
Bollards and floodlights for the driveway and the pool deck. Schedulable, and therefore deterrent out of season.
To order from the factory
Philips Hue — lit desk Bridge and switches
The heart of the system, and the wall switch that lets a guest turn the lights on without an application.
To order from the factory
The catalogue
The whole Philips Hue collection,
in catalogue
Philips Hue — the catalogueOne hundred and fifty pages: bulbs, strips, bars, outdoor fittings and controls. The point across our territories is not colour — it is the only system that can be driven remotely when the villa stands empty.2026 editionAvailable in the showroom
Ordering and delivery
Connection, fitting, voltage
Three technical points decide success. The third is the one everyone forgets when ordering from Europe.
- Voltage and fitting
- State the island: Voltage by island and 220 V share neither the same bulbs nor the same fittings
- Network
- Check the villa’s Wi-Fi coverage before fitting out — the system depends on it entirely
- Switches
- Allow one wall switch per room in use: a guest will not install the application
- Outdoors
- Place the electronics under an overhang where possible: salt air remains the first enemy
- Extending
- Start small and extend. No need to fit everything on the first project
What happens next
A selection, a price, a date
Tell us the island, the volume and the installation date. We come back with a costed selection and a lead time. The study is free and without obligation.