Thank you. here’s the thing, lots of fixtures to be removed others to be installed.. dry wall, painting painting, supervi supervising and guarenteeing the work. seems bigger than an electrician, no?

These photos are an example of what I'm replacing with recessed lighting. some spaces will need new recessed. no more track lighting

So it sounds like you need to hire an interior designer to help you come up with a plan and wrangle everyone. It will be tricky to find one that will focus on just lighting but I am sure there is one out there- this is the kind of specialized job I love but you need local help.

Thank you, Hallett & Co., your comments have been very useful. Too bad you're so far away.

If you hire somebody to do this be sure to have him explain how he is going to install the lights and how much drywall he will disturb. I hired some clowns who removed large sections of drywall to install three recessed lights even though the wall was open and it could be seen that the studs were already notched for existing wiring above the ceiling level. It would have been possible to daisy-chain wires through those notches eliminating the need to cut the drywall other than for the housings ("cans").

This is extremly helpful, wdcruise. One guy said it was easy, no need to do much drywall work. Even I knew his aim was just to get the job and then . . . .