Why people stop doing it themselves
The job looks easy from the ground, then it takes a Saturday. Between the height, the weather, and the strands that quit halfway through, plenty of homeowners hand it off.
What you should be getting
The job breaks into a few pieces, and the last two are the ones people forget to ask about. It starts with a design for the house: which lines get lit, what color, how it reads from the street. Then installation, which is where the ladders stop being your problem. Then maintenance during the season, since something always needs a look. And then takedown, then off season storage, so nothing
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Storage is the underrated part
Everybody thinks about the install. Fewer people think about the takedown. EverCrest Lighting takes it down at the end of the season and stores it off season, so it comes back out ready the following year.
Both sides of the work
Home installs are about the front of the house and the yard. Commercial holiday lighting is doing another job: a business wants to look open and be noticed in December. The install schedule is the part that takes planning, because the work has to fit around open hours.
Worth putting in writing
Agree on the scope specifically: the roof edge, the porch, the trees, the walk. Agree on whether the materials are yours or theirs, since that decides where they live after the season. And agree on what January looks like before December.
What a good quote should tell you
One line and a price tells you nothing you can compare. It should say which parts of the property are included in specific terms: rooflines, entries, trees, walkways. Material ownership belongs on the page. It should say whether takedown is included and where they are stored between seasons. And it should say who to call during the season if a section goes dark.The realistic version is undramatic. You come home and it is done, having spent the afternoon somewhere else. In January another day gets scheduled and it all comes down.
The other option: a permanent system
For anyone who repeats this every season, a permanent system is a fair question to raise. A permanent LED system goes in once along the roofline and stays, does the holiday colors from your phone, and gives you warm white the rest of the year. EverCrest Lighting installs 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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