Off Season Storage and Holiday Light Takedown: Where Your Lights Live Until Next Year|What Happens to Holiday Lights in January? Ask Before You Book|January, and the Part of Holiday Lighting Nobody Plans For: What to Expect

The forgotten halfHoliday lighting conversations happen in October and November and stop at the install date. That is understandable. 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 question is whether anyone comes back. That question is worth asking before you book, not after the season ends.What a January ladder day involvesThe takedown is worse. The weather is worse. The motivation is nonexistent. And the reward for finishing is a box you have to find room for. Whatever goes into that box is in worse shape next season.How it should work insteadTakedown belongs in the original agreement. At the end of the season the crew comes back and removes the display. Everything gets catalogued and stored off site, instead of living in your attic. You never handle any of it.Why storage matters more than it soundsOff site storage does more than free up a shelf. Space comes back. The lights stay in the condition they were in, because they are stored properly rather than compressed under something heavy. And because they are labeled by where they go on your house, reinstall is faster and lands the same way it did last year.The other routeThere is a version of this where January stops being a thing at all. Permanent lighting does not have a takedown. It is a different purchase with different math, and it is not right for everybody. But if the takedown conversation is what is bothering you, it is worth asking about once.What happens if something quits in the middle of DecemberA display runs for a month or more, and things mounted outside in December occasionally stop working. The question is who you call. Service during the season belongs on the quote, and you should know before December. Ask before you book, not on the twenty second of December.What next season looks likeYear one is the effort. Once a display is designed and stored, repeating it is administrative. Next season comes down to picking a day. Changes build on the existing plan, rather than starting over.Nail this down firstAsk whether takedown is included or billed separately. Ask whose lights these are, because that decides where they end up. Ask how removal gets scheduled so you are not chasing anybody in February. 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 across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, from Greenville. Consultations are https://evercrestlighting.com/permanent-lighting/ https://evercrestlighting.com/permanent-lighting/ free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email info@evercrestlighting.com.