Questions
Christmas light installation: questions and answers
Everything people ask us before they book, answered plainly. Nothing here is hidden behind a click.
Price and what you get
How does pricing work?
Rooflines are priced by the foot: $9.50/ft with our C9 lights; $6.50/ft with yours, without track. Trees, palms and other extras are priced per piece from your photos. Most single-family homes start around $400–$800 for roofline only, or $1,000–$2,500 for a full front display. We give you a free quote after a quick call or a photo review.
There is no charge for the quote and no deposit to look at your house.
Do you charge by the foot?
Yes, for the roofline. It is $9.50 per foot with our C9 lights, which covers the lights, the install, every repair during the season, and the January takedown. Customer-owned roofline lights: $6.50 per linear foot, without track. Installation and January takedown are included; season-long maintenance is not.
Trees, palms, bushes and other extras are priced per piece from your photos. The cost page has the full breakdown.
The service itself
Do you provide the lights?
Yes. We provide all the professional-grade LED lights (C9 bulbs on the roofline, or icicles if you pick them), timers, extension cords, clips, and hardware. The lights stay our property: we maintain them through the season and take them back in January, so there's nothing for you to store.
That means you never buy a strand, never test a strand, and never find a tangled box in the garage in November.
Can you hang lights I already own?
Yes. Customer-owned roofline lights: $6.50 per linear foot, without track. Installation and January takedown are included; season-long maintenance is not.
With our C9 lights it is $9.50 per foot, and the lights, the season's maintenance and the January takedown are all part of it.
What if a bulb goes out during the season?
Text or call us and we come back out. Maintenance is included in every package, so a dead bulb or a dark section costs you nothing and you never touch a ladder. It covers the lights we supply, not lights you already owned that we hang for you.
Tell us which part of the house is out and we can usually bring the right part on the first trip.
Do you remove the lights after the holidays?
Yes. Removal is included in every package. We take everything down in early January. Our lights come back with us; if they're your own lights, they stay with you.
Next year is one text. Nothing to haul down and nothing to throw away.
Someone else hung my lights. Will you take them down?
Yes. Takedown-only is about $200. That is an approximate number, not a fixed price. Text us two photos of the front of the house and we will give you the real number.
What happens to the lights depends on whose they are. If another lighting company supplied them, they stay with us. If they are homeowner-owned, they go back to you.
Can you do commercial properties?
Yes. Most of our work is houses, but we also light small office buildings, retail storefronts, and HOA common areas. Send photos of the property and tell us what you want lit, and we put together a commercial quote.
Commercial properties receive a custom quote based on what needs lighting and the access required.
Will the lights damage my roof?
No. Every strand is held by a clip that hooks over a shingle edge or onto the gutter lip. Nothing is nailed, screwed or stapled into the roof, the fascia or the stucco.
Trees and palms get wrapped, never drilled. When the lights come down in January, there is nothing left behind to find.
Timing and booking
When can you install?
We install from early October through Christmas, starting as soon as you book. The calendar fills in the order people say yes, and the days right before Thanksgiving go first.
If you want a specific date, tell us the date when you ask for the quote and we will hold it once your deposit is received, if it is still open.
How early should I book?
Sooner is better. We take bookings from September, and installs run early October to Christmas. The week before Thanksgiving is the busiest stretch of the whole season.
Bookings stay open right up to Christmas, but early dates go first.
When is the last day to book this season?
Through Christmas, subject to available dates. Text us and we will tell you exactly what is still open.
We would rather tell you a week is gone than take a job we cannot do properly.
HOAs, weather and the rest
What areas do you serve?
All of Orange County. Every city in the county has its own page, plus Ladera Ranch, which is an unincorporated community rather than a city. We are based in Laguna Hills, and season-long maintenance is part of both packages everywhere on that list.
If your city is not on that list, text us anyway. If you are close we will say yes, and if you are too far we will tell you straight away.
Do you handle HOA approval?
Many Orange County communities have their own rules on holiday lighting: which colors are allowed, how early lights can go up, and when they have to come down. Tell us your HOA when you ask for a quote and we design inside those guidelines.
We cannot file an approval for you, because boards deal with the homeowner. We can give you the detail a board normally asks for: what we are installing, where it goes, and the dates it is up.
What if it rains on my install day?
We do not work on a wet or unsafe roof. If weather pushes your date, we move you to the closest open slot and text you as soon as we know.
Rain almost never costs you the season. It usually costs a couple of days, which is one more reason to book before the last week.
What about wind?
Clips hold well in the wind we normally get here. A hard Santa Ana is a different thing, and it can pull a strand loose or knock a section out of line even on a good install.
If that happens, text us. Wind repairs are covered by the same season maintenance as a dead bulb, on the lights we supply. There is no separate charge for weather.
Do you install permanent lighting too?
Yes. Permanent RGB roofline lighting is a track of color-changing LEDs mounted once and left up year round, controlled from your phone. It is a different product from seasonal Christmas lights, priced per home after we look at your eaves.
Still not answered? Text (949) 295-2090. A real person reads it. Or read the longer guides on HOA rules, when to book, rain and wind, and takedown.
Ready for a number?
Roofline runs $400–$800 for most homes. A full front runs $1,000–$2,500. Text two photos and we will tell you exactly where your house lands.
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