Yes, September. We know it feels early.
Every year we have the same conversation in late November with someone who assumed there'd be availability. There usually isn't.
Here's why: installation has to happen in a narrow window — roughly mid-October through the first week of December. Before that it's too early for most people. After that, it's cold, it's icy, and the roofs are genuinely unsafe. Every crew in the county is working the same eight weeks.
So the schedule gets built in September, and it's largely full before the first frost.
What booking early actually gets you
Your preferred install date. Some people want lights up right after Halloween. Some want the weekend after Thanksgiving. Early bookers pick; late bookers take what's left.
Locked pricing. Book in September, your price is set.
A design conversation instead of a rush job. We walk the property, talk through what you want lit, and plan it properly.
Actually getting on the calendar. The blunt one.
How the whole thing works
September — design and booking. We walk your property, talk through rooflines, trees, walkways, and columns, and get you a number and a date.
October to early December — installation. Commercial-grade lights, cut and sized to your house. Timer set up. Nothing for you to do.
All season — maintenance. A strand goes out, you text us, we come fix it. Included.
January — takedown and storage. We pull it all down and store it until next year. You never handle a tangled box.
What it costs
Christmas light installation is quoted per home, because it depends entirely on how much you want lit and how the house is shaped. A single roofline is a different job than roofline plus trees plus walkway plus columns.
We quote it flat after walking the property. No hourly surprises.
The part that sells it for most people
It isn't actually the install. It's January.
Everybody's fine climbing up in November when they're excited about Christmas. Nobody wants to do it on an icy morning in January when the decorations feel like a chore. That's the month people remember why they hired someone.
A safety note we mean sincerely
Roof and ladder work in cold weather is genuinely dangerous. About half of all emergency-room-treated ladder-fall injuries happen from six to ten feet — normal house height. Add ice, cold hands, and short daylight, and December roofs are the worst version of that.
Get on the September list. Request a quote or call (801) 698-9900.