11/10/2026
Horror stories I have heard about Christmas Light Contractors:
1. We had a customer who paid for an installation last year, had a contract agreeing to buying the lights, an installation, maintenance, and taking the lights back down after the season.
The contractor came to install the lights, and that went perfect. The customer paid in full for the service, and enjoyed the season. Howver, when they had a bulb go out they contacted the contractor, to no prevail.
The contractor ghosted them. Never came back to take down the lights... On their 2 story home.
Without the equipment, the customer's couldn't get the lights down. With some help they were able to get most of them, but there were clips left in their shingles, wires left on their roof, and they never heard from that contractor again.
2. This story starts the same, the customer agreed to a contract to buy the lights, agreeing on price, and services.
The first year went great, the contractor installed and took the lights down for their agreed price.
However the next year, unexplicably, the contractor drastically raised their prices, and then would not return the lights, that they agreed to "sell" to the customer.
**I have actually heard of this happening multiple times, or the contractor retrns the lights without any information as to where each strand is installed, what goes where, or what brand the lights were so they could be easily replaced.
This just goes to show that not every contractor is the same, and even though a cheaper price up front looks nice, sometimes it does not end up being the best option.
This is not to say that we are the only reliable contractor, there are many in our area who do good business. Just be weary!
