What you actually get
A lot of “Christmas light guys” show up with a staple gun and a box of big-box lights. That is not what this is. Here is what is included in every seasonal install we do:
- Commercial-grade LED bulbs and wire, custom-cut to your roofline — no daisy-chained store strands, no gaps, no sagging.
- Professional install with proper clips. Nothing is stapled or nailed into your fascia, shingles or trim.
- In-season service. If a run goes dark in the middle of December, we come back out. That is included, not an upcharge.
- Takedown in January on a scheduled date, plus storage of your lights until next season.
Why homeowners stop doing it themselves
Emergency rooms see a spike in ladder falls every single holiday season, and most of them are homeowners on a roof in the cold with a strand of lights in one hand. On a two-story New Jersey colonial with a steep pitch and wet leaves in the gutter, it is not a Saturday project — it is a real risk.
The other reason is the result. A professional install looks like the house was designed that way: even bulb spacing, one continuous line, clean corners, no orange extension cord running across the front lawn. That is the part neighbors notice.
When to book (this is the part people get wrong)
Holiday lighting is a scheduling business, not a lighting business. There are only about five good installation weekends between Halloween and Thanksgiving, and every crew in the state is working them.
- August – September: best pricing, first pick of install dates. This is when repeat customers rebook.
- October: still fine. Most of our new-customer installs get booked here.
- Early November: we are usually into overflow dates by now.
- After Thanksgiving: honestly, we are often full. If you call, call early in the week.
Installs start in late October and run through the week before Thanksgiving. We can install and leave them off until you want them on — most people do exactly that.
Seasonal lights or a permanent system?
If you plan to be in your house more than about three more years, do the math on a permanent LED track system before you commit to seasonal. Permanent is one install, no takedown, and it does Halloween, the Fourth of July and everyday warm-white curb appeal too. Seasonal is billed every year, forever.
We install both and we will tell you straight which one fits your house and how long you plan to stay. Full comparison here: permanent outdoor lighting vs. seasonal string lights.
Where we work
We are based in Toms River and install across New Jersey, but "statewide" means something specific rather than a map with the whole state coloured in.
Ocean and Monmouth are our core route — standard scheduling, standard pricing. Middlesex, Somerset, Morris, Bergen and Burlington are run as scheduled block weeks, which keeps the pricing sane on a one-to-two-hour drive but means you should book earlier and there is a higher job minimum. Anywhere else, call us and we will tell you honestly whether we can serve you well.
Full breakdown: where we install and how far we travel. And if you are far from us, ask about permanent lighting first — one install instead of three trips a year changes the math completely.