The case for not doing it yourself
The job looks easy from the ground, then it takes a Saturday. Between the height, the weather, and the strand that dies the day after you finish, hiring it out stops feeling like a luxury.
The parts of the job
A full Christmas light installation is more than a crew showing up with your old strands. First a design, drawn for your house rather than pulled off a shelf. Then installation, which is the part you are really paying to skip. Then upkeep through December. And then takedown in January and storage until next year, so nothing comes back into your garage.
Storage matters more than people think
Most homeowners think about the setup and forget the teardown. EverCrest Lighting handles takedown and keeps the lights in off season storage, so next year starts with a phone call instead of a tangled box.
Residential and commercial holiday lighting
Home installs are about the front of the house and the yard. For a business, holiday lighting is about being seen, so the storefront and the entrance matter most. The install schedule is usually the negotiation, since most businesses want the ladders gone before the doors open.
Nail these down first
Be clear about what is in scope, because "the front of the house" means two different things to two people. Sort out whose lights they are before the install. And agree on takedown and storage before anything goes up.
What should be on the page
A quote that is just a number is not a quote. It should say what gets lit in specific terms: the roof edge, the porch, which trees, which walks. It should say who owns
https://blogfreely.net/morvinlmrb/h1-b-outdoor-landscape-lighting-installation-where-the-light-should the materials, since that determines where they go after the season. Takedown and off season storage need to be on the quote, not assumed. And it should say who to call during the season if a section goes dark.The realistic version is short. A crew shows up on a scheduled day, the display goes in, and you were at work. After the season the crew returns for the takedown, and the boxes do not come back to your garage.
If you would rather stop repeating this
If you are going to do this every single year, ask about permanent lighting at least once. A permanent LED system goes in once along the roofline and stays, handles the holidays through an app, and doubles as everyday lighting the other eleven months. EverCrest Lighting does both. The consultation is free. Based in Greenville, they cover Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected].