The reason homeowners call
Hanging Christmas lights sounds simple until you are on the ladder in a cold wind. Between the ladder, the cold, and the strand that dies the day after you finish, plenty of homeowners hand it off.
What you should be getting
The job has four parts, and the last one is the one people forget. It starts with a design for the house: what gets outlined, which trees get wrapped, how it looks from the road. Then the install, done by a crew with the right ladders and the right hardware. Then upkeep while the lights are up. And then takedown, then off season storage, so nothing comes back into your garage.
Storage matters more than people think
Everybody thinks about the install. Almost nobody plans for taking them down. Takedown and off season storage are part of how they work, which means nothing lives in your attic between seasons.
Residential and commercial Christmas lighting
Home installs usually cover the roofline, the entry and a tree or two. For a business, the display is doing marketing work, so the storefront and the entrance matter most. The install schedule is the part that takes planning, because the work has to fit around open hours.
Worth putting in writing
Be clear about what is in scope, because "the front of the house" means two different things to two people. Agree on whether the materials are yours or theirs, because it changes what happens in January. Settle the end of season while you are still talking about the install.
What a proper estimate should tell you
One line and a price tells you nothing you can compare. Scope should be written down: the exact lines and features included. Material ownership belongs on the page. It should say who
https://johnnyuqjr969.image-perth.org/picking-an-outdoor-lighting-company-what-to-ask-what-a-good-outdoor-lighting-company-does-differently takes them down and where the lights live until next year. And it should say what happens if something quits in the middle of December.What December looks like once you hire it out is the part worth picturing. A crew shows up on a scheduled day, the lights go up, and you were at work. After the season the crew returns for the takedown, and the boxes do not come back to your garage.
The other option: lights that stay up
For anyone who repeats this every season, a permanent system is a fair question to raise. Permanent lighting goes up once that covers December and every ordinary evening after it. EverCrest Lighting installs both. Consultations are free. They serve Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina from Greenville. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected].