The case for handing it off
The job seems small in the driveway, then it takes a Saturday. Between the height, the cold, and the strand that dies the day after you finish, hiring it out stops feeling like a luxury.
The parts of the job
A proper 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 where the ladders stop being your problem. Then maintenance during the season, since something always needs a look. And then takedown in January and storage until next year, which is the part that keeps your attic empty.
What happens in January
Everybody thinks about the install. Almost nobody plans for taking them down. EverCrest Lighting handles takedown and keeps the lights in off season storage, so it comes back out ready the following year.
Residential and commercial holiday lighting
At a house, the design is the roof edge, the entry and whatever is worth lighting in the yard. For a business, holiday lighting is about being seen, which is why storefronts, entries and patios get the attention. The install schedule is usually the negotiation, because the work has to fit around open hours.
What to settle before you book
Agree on the scope in plain terms: the roof edge, the porch, the trees, the walk. Sort out ownership of the materials before the install. And agree on what January looks like before anything goes up.
What a good quote should tell you
One line and a price is not something you can weigh against another company. It should say which parts of the property are included in specific terms: the roof edge, the porch, which trees, which walks. It
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The other option: lights that stay up
For anyone who does this annually, a permanent system is a fair question to raise. Permanent lighting is one install that covers December and every ordinary evening after it. 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].