The light fixture needs to be over the handle and lock. It is located correctly. Ideally, the design would have had the door swing reversed as well as the light fixture moved.

However. A production builder doesn't do attention to detail. If you wanted attention to detail, you should have been more involved at the plan stage, or gone the actual custom route.

is there enough headroom to put the light over the door? As long as it doesn't violate code, there is no reason you cannot move it. You are the one paying for this, not anyone else.

Or put a fixture in the ceiling instead. That's what we have in a similar covered doorway. Your builder may not give you these options now (though you can always ask, if willing to pay for the changes), but after the fact you can fix it to how you want it.

I can’t see a problem with the right hand pic at the top

I think the right photo looks best.

Not sure why the porch above would matter? You put ceiling lights in first floor rooms with second floor rooms above, why can't you do that here?

Porch is lovely, by the way!

This is a common problem with production building, it is a "one size fits all" scenario. I conduct a lot of new homeowner selection appointments. I generally tell my home-buyers to take what the builders give them in the beginning and switch it out later to something more appropriate for the space, especially if they do not have the money to "upgrade". I try to guide them in spending their available upgrade funds in the more important areas like tile and cabinetry, places that are more difficult to upgrade later on.

This should have been noticed at the plans on paper stage. I like the other location better, but then the door needs to be re-done as well- if that even works with the interior.

Yes, you need the light on the side you open. It does look a bit crowded, but since your door opens inward, it won't actually block the door at all, and since it's beyond the frame, nobody will be bumping their heads. Maybe you can go back later and have a flush sconce subsituted for this one to give it less of a crowded feel -- it's worth the price of an extra fixture to feel better about the outcome.

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Good luck!

Thank You!

It is a beautiful home and you love the location, so this issue is not really viable in the balance of things. The light is in the correct spot for unlocking the door; you have more fun things to work on now than this! Let's look at furnishing and arranging and landscaping!

I agree with katbv.

I would prefer an over head light.

And as the one who is writing the checks, you have every right "to be over involved".

This is a (tiny) example of what happens when you are not

I think a lantern light to the right of the door adds a nice design element.