Leasing Christmas Lights: How It Works
Leasing Christmas lights means you pay for a season of lighting, not for a box of lights. The lights stay ours. That one fact is why everything else is included.
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What the lease covers
A design for your house.
Rooflines, peaks, gables, columns, walkways, trees. We lay out what will look good on your specific home, in the colors you choose.
Lights cut to fit.
Measured and cut to your roofline. Not retail strands, not the wrong length taped over.
Professional installation.
Clipped properly, run cleanly, tested before we go.
Maintenance all season.
A bulb, a strand, a section knocked out by ice - call and we come out. No charge, no argument.
Takedown in January.
On a scheduled date. Packed and gone.
Off-season storage.
Your lights live with us until next November.
Free gutter cleaning.
Done while we are already up there, at no extra cost.
What you are paying for
You are not buying a set of lights. You are paying for a season of lighting, and the lights belong to us. We maintain them because they are ours, we take them down because they are ours, and we store them so they are ready and in good condition when November comes back around.
What it means for you:
- No lights to buy
- Maintenance included for the season. A light goes out, you call, we come out
- Takedown and storage included
- No box of half-dead lights you have to make a decision about in three years
Why the lights are cut for your house
These are not retail strands. They are measured and cut to your roofline, in the colors you choose, so they sit straight and go back up the same way every year.
Lights made for one roof are not much use to anyone else, which is one more reason it makes sense for us to keep them.
Lease, rent or buy
People use the three words as if they meant the same thing. They do not.
Buy
- Who owns the lights
- You
- Who puts them up
- You, or someone you pay each year
- Who fixes them
- You
- Who stores them
- You
Rent
- Who owns the lights
- The rental company
- Who puts them up
- Usually you. A box arrives and goes back
- Who fixes them
- Depends on the company
- Who stores them
- The rental company
Lease with us
- Who owns the lights
- We do
- Who puts them up
- We do
- Who fixes them
- We do
- Who stores them
- We do
Some people call what we do Christmas light rental. It is closer to a full service, because the lights, the labor and the storage all come together.
Questions about leasing
No, and that is deliberate. You lease them for the season. Maintenance, takedown and off-season storage are all included because the lights stay ours.
Not quite. Rental usually means equipment only. A lease with us covers the lights, the installation, maintenance through the season, takedown and storage.
A design for your house, lights cut to fit, professional installation, maintenance all season, takedown, off-season storage, and gutter cleaning while we are up there.
