Holiday Light Takedown and Storage: Where Your Lights Live Until Next Year|Who Takes Down Your Christmas Lights? Here Is How It Should Work|January, and the Part of Holiday Lighting Nobody Plans For

The forgotten half

Holiday lighting conversations happen in October and November and stop at the install date. That is the fun half. But the season ends, and then there is a second job nobody scheduled. The people who thought about that in October have a much better January than the people who did not.And that is unfortunate, because the second half is the one that costs you if it is not covered. Anybody can hang lights in November. The real question is what happens after. That question is worth asking before you book, not the one you have in January.

Doing it yourself, honestly

Taking lights down is worse than putting evercrestlighting.com landscape lighting installation them up, and almost nobody expects that. The weather is worse. The motivation is gone. And the reward for finishing is a tangle of strands you now have to store. Then the strands get boxed and shoved somewhere, where they tangle, get crushed, and lose a section by next November.

How it should work instead

On a properly structured holiday lighting service, January is already covered. When the season ends, the same company returns and takes it all down. The lights get labeled and stored in their facility, ready to reinstall the following season. You never store a single strand.

Why storage is not a small detail

Three things happen when the lights do not live at your house. Space is reclaimed. The lights do not degrade in a hot attic, since attic heat and crushing are what kills them. And because they are catalogued to your property, next season looks like this season.

The permanent alternative sidesteps all of it

There is another answer worth naming. Permanent lighting does not have a takedown. It is a bigger first step, and it is not right for everybody. But if the takedown conversation is the part you dread, it is a fair question to raise.

The other question worth asking

Over a full season, something will eventually need a look. What matters is whether anybody comes out. Service during the season is either included or it is not, and you should know before December. Ask before you book, rather than the week you need it.

The second year

Year one is the effort. Once a display is designed and stored, the following year is scheduling. Next season is a call, a date and the same display back on the house. Changes start from what is already there, instead of a blank page.

Nail this down first

Ask whether takedown is included or billed separately. Ask who owns the materials, because that decides where they end up. Ask roughly when in January the crew comes. EverCrest Lighting includes takedown and off season storage with its holiday lighting work, and installs permanent LED systems for anyone finished with the yearly cycle, for homes and businesses throughout Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, based in Greenville. Consultations are free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email [email protected].

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