Why people stop doing it themselves
Hanging Christmas lights sounds simple until you are on the ladder in a cold wind. Between the ladder, the weather, and the strand that dies the day after you finish, hiring it out stops feeling like a luxury.
What you should be getting
A full Christmas light installation covers more ground than most people expect. First a design, drawn for your house rather than pulled off a shelf. Then the install, handled by people who do this all season. Then upkeep through December. And then takedown in January and storage until next year, which is the part that keeps your attic empty.
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 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 which parts of the property are included, since a general description leaves
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Reading a Christmas lighting quote
A quote that is just a number is not a quote. Scope should be written down: which rooflines, which trees, which entryways. Material ownership belongs on the page. It should say who takes them down and where they are stored between seasons. And it should say what happens if something quits in the middle of December.What December looks like once you hire it out is worth describing. You come home and it is done, having spent the afternoon somewhere else. 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
If you are going to do this every single year, it is worth asking about permanent lighting once. Permanent lighting goes up once that covers the holidays and the rest of the calendar too. EverCrest Lighting does both. The consultation is free. Based in Greenville, they cover Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
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