Not up front. Professional Christmas light installation runs about $8–$25 per foot each season, while permanent lights typically run about $25–$40 per foot installed, once. If you pay for holiday installs every year, the totals get closer over time. When they cross depends on your home, the tier you pick and how long you stay, so we're happy to quote both.
Permanent vs. Traditional Christmas Lights
Should you install permanent lights or keep hanging Christmas lights every year? Here's an honest comparison of cost over time, work, looks and flexibility.
Side by side
| Permanent lights | Traditional Christmas lights | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Low-profile track with RGBW LEDs that stays on the roofline year-round | Seasonal light strings hung in the fall and taken down after the holidays |
| Typical professional price | About $25–$40 per foot installed, one time | About $8–$25 per foot, every season, plus add-ons like tree wraps and takedown |
| Ladder work each year | None for the roofline once installed | Up in the fall, down after the holidays |
| Colors | Any color, warm white or a holiday scene, changed from an app | Whatever strings are hung that season |
| Rest of the year | Warm white accent lighting, other holidays, game days | Nothing on the house |
| Trees, shrubs and displays | Roofline and accent lighting | Roofline, trees, shrubs and yard displays |
| By day | Track is matched to your trim as closely as available colors allow | Strings and clips are visible while they're up |
Prices are typical ranges to help you compare, not a quote. Your exact price is confirmed on-site in writing.
Permanent lights may fit if…
- You decorate every year, or pay someone to
- You'd like warm white accent lighting the rest of the year
- You want to change colors for other holidays and events
- You're staying in the home for a while
Traditional lights may fit if…
- You decorate only some years
- You want trees, shrubs and yard displays lit too
- You'd rather nothing stays on the house after the season
- You'd like a lower cost this year
Questions
Yes. Set to a holiday scene, the same track lights the roofline in warm white, classic multicolor or red and green. They don't drape or hang like strings; they sit in a straight, even line.
Yes. They cost less in a single year, nothing stays on the house after the season, and they can go on trees, shrubs and yard displays as well as the roofline. If you only decorate some years, seasonal installation is often the better fit.
Yes. Some homeowners put permanent lights on the roofline and add seasonal strings on trees and shrubs for the holidays. One quote can include both.
It depends on your HOA. Permanent lights are an exterior change, so many HOAs want an architectural review request first. Seasonal lights usually fall under holiday decoration rules, which can include take-down dates.
More about permanent lights: Permanent outdoor lights · Cost · Permanent vs. traditional lights · Govee vs. professional · HOA approval · Christmas light installation · Service areas
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