How much does professional holiday lighting cost on Long Island? Most full-service holiday lighting on Long Island costs $1,500–$2,900 for the season, all-in — design, commercial-grade LED product, installation, in-season service, January takedown, and storage. Roofline-focused displays start around $1,000; large estates and full-property displays are priced at the design consult.
Helpful Services is the holiday lighting service of a year-round lighting company. The same team that designs permanent landscape lighting across Nassau and Suffolk designs your seasonal display: commercial-grade LED product supplied and custom-cut to your roofline, installed by our crew, serviced all season, then taken down in January and stored by us. You approve one fixed season price at the design consult — before anything is ordered or climbed — and that number covers the whole season.
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One season price, set at your design consult and fixed before work is booked. The ranges below are the typical Long Island ranges, consistent with what Long Island installers publicly quote.
| Display | Typical season price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Roofline Classic | $1,000–$1,800 | Front roofline and peaks in warm white or colour, custom-cut C9 LED, timers set, in-season service, January takedown and storage |
| Roofline + Entry | $1,800–$2,900 | The roofline plus the entry layer: door and window outlines, columns or porch lines, garage framing |
| Full Front & Landscape | $2,900–$4,500 | Roofline and entry plus the landscape layer: wrapped trees, shrub and bed accents, stake-lit walkways and driveway edges |
| Estate & commercial | By design consult | Full-property displays, multiple structures, HOA entrances and commercial properties — written proposal from a site walk |
The per-foot check: national full-service installer data prices complete displays at $8–$12 per linear foot of roofline, all-in (lights, clips, install, January takedown, storage) — a useful cross-check on any quote, including ours. It is a national reference, not a Long Island figure; the tier ranges above are the Long Island numbers.
What the price is not: it is not a product purchase (the display is built from our commercial-grade product — see What’s Included), not an install-only fee with takedown and storage billed later, and not a teaser that grows on the invoice. Additions beyond the approved design are priced and approved before they go up.
Four things move a display between the tiers:
What does not move the price after the consult: the product (ours, included), in-season service (included), and January takedown and storage (included). The number you approve is the number the season costs.
Every Helpful Services holiday display is one season price covering five things. Compare any quote against this list — if a line is missing or priced as an extra, the headline number is not the season number.
A design conversation first: which rooflines and peaks to light, warm white or colour, where the trees and entry fit, and what to deliberately leave dark so the display looks finished rather than busy. You approve the design — and the fixed season price that goes with it — before anything is ordered or climbed.
We supply commercial-grade LED lighting — the professional C9 class of product installers use, not retail strands — measured and custom-cut to your roofline so runs end cleanly at corners instead of looping past them. Clips, cords, and timers are part of the product package. Because the display is built from our product, we can stand behind it for the whole season: if a section fails, it is our product and our problem, not a strand you bought three years ago.
Trained crew, ladders and roof work handled by us, fixtures clipped — never stapled or nailed through your shingles or trim. Timers set and tested before we leave, so the display runs itself every evening. Most single-family displays install in a day.
If a strand or section goes dark during the season, call us — service during the season is included in the price, not a new invoice. December weather on Long Island is hard on displays; the service promise is the difference between a display that looks right on Christmas week and one with a dark corner in every photo.
After the holidays we return, take the whole display down, label it by section, and store it for the off-season. Nothing goes back into your garage or attic. Next season starts from the design and the fitted display already on file — rebooking is a phone call, and the install is faster because the display was built for your house.
Displays built from lights you already own (see the FAQs — our season guarantee requires our product); line-voltage electrical work such as a new outlet or circuit — if your design needs one, that belongs to a licensed electrician and we will say so and coordinate it, the same honesty standard as our permanent lighting work; and any element not in your approved design — additions are priced and approved before they go up, never discovered on an invoice.
A finished display is composed, element by element. Most homes use two or three; estates use more. Each element is priced inside your one season number once the design is approved.
The backbone: front roofline, gables, peaks, and ridges in warm white or colour C9 LED, custom-cut to the exact runs of your house. Straight, even, and visible from the street — the element every neighbour’s display is judged against.
Door and window outlines, columns and porch lines, garage framing — the architectural layer that makes the roofline look intentional and gives the house a welcoming face, not just a lit roof edge.
Wrapped trunks and canopy accents on the trees that carry your front yard, shrub and bed lighting, and stake-lit walkways and driveway edges that guide guests to the door. On wooded North Shore lots, this layer does the same work moonlighting does the rest of the year.
Warm white is the Long Island classic and what most of our designs lead with. Colour — a single accent colour, classic multicolour, or a colour roofline — is available from the same commercial product line. If you already have our smart permanent landscape lighting, holiday colour scenes can extend the display into the garden; ask on the consult call how the two work together.
Call (516) 300-1937 or request a consult. We talk through the look you want, measure the roofline and elements, and give you a design with one fixed season price — product, install, in-season service, takedown, and storage included. No obligation; if the calendar is full we will tell you on the call, not after a site visit.
Your crew installs on the scheduled date: display custom-cut and clipped, timers set, every section tested before we leave. Most single-family homes are done in a day. Early installs can stay dark until you choose your switch-on night — going up early does not mean lighting up early.
You enjoy it; we stand behind it. Anything goes dark, call — in-season service is part of the price.
We return in January, remove the display, label it by section, and store it off-season. Your design stays on file, so next year’s booking is one call and your slot is held ahead of new customers.
Holiday lighting runs on a short calendar, and we would rather publish it than hide it:
If your date matters — a party, family arriving, a house full for Christmas week — say so at the consult and get the install date confirmed in the booking, not “sometime in November.”
We install holiday lighting across Nassau and Suffolk Counties from our Bethpage base — the same service area as our permanent lighting work. Holiday displays are a route business in November, so our priority booking areas follow our lighting markets:
Not on the list? If you are on Long Island in Nassau or Suffolk, call — November routes form around demand, and one street booking together often builds a route.
Two honest ways to light a house for the holidays:
The seasonal display (this page): bigger, brighter, classic C9 rooflines and wrapped trees, designed fresh each year, taken down in January. It is the look most people picture — and it is a service you rebook each season, at season prices like the ranges above. Published math from our own teardown: a professional seasonal display at $1,500–$2,900 a year is real money across five seasons — which is exactly why the permanent conversation exists.
Permanent lighting (our year-round practice): our permanent landscape lighting — designed, layered, smart-controlled — works every night of the year, and zoned smart systems carry holiday scenes: warm scenes for December, colour for events, back to calm architectural light in January, with nothing to hang, take down, or store. Most professionally installed residential landscape systems cost $2,500–$8,000 — the full picture is on our outdoor lighting page.
Many clients do both across time: seasonal displays while the kids are young, then a permanent system designed once. Start the conversation on whichever call you make — we will tell you honestly which one fits your house and your patience.
Most full-service holiday lighting on Long Island costs $1,500–$2,900 for the season, all-in — design, commercial-grade LED product, installation, in-season service, January takedown, and storage. Roofline-focused displays start around $1,000; large estates and full-property displays are priced at the design consult. Those are the typical ranges Long Island installers publicly quote; your fixed season price is set at your design consult, before any work is booked.
Five things: the design, the commercial-grade LED product supplied and custom-cut to your house, professional installation with timers set, in-season service if anything goes dark, and January takedown with off-season storage. One number covers all five. If you are comparing quotes, ask what the other number leaves out — takedown and storage are the two most commonly unbundled.
The display is built from our commercial-grade product, fitted to your house, and stored by us between seasons — you never buy strands, untangle anything, or give up garage space. The fitted display and your design stay on file, so next season’s install is faster and starts from a design that already works on your house.
Book as early in the fall as you can. Installs run through November — pre-Thanksgiving dates go first, and Long Island installers’ calendars typically fill by mid-November. We install into early December while slots remain, but once the calendar is full we stop booking rather than overbook the season. If you are reading this in November, call today — the answer on the call is honest either way.
January. Takedown is scheduled as part of your booking, we handle the ladders and the roof, and the labelled display goes into storage until next season. Weather can shift a specific January date by a few days; it never turns into a February surprise.
Call us. In-season service is included in your season price — a dark section is our problem to fix, not a new invoice. It is the main reason displays are built from our commercial-grade product: we can service and stand behind what we supplied.
Our season service is built on our own commercial-grade, custom-cut product, and the in-season guarantee depends on it — so we do not hang retail strands or lights from a box in the garage. If your existing lights matter to you (a family set, a special piece), tell us at the design consult and we will talk honestly about what can be incorporated and what cannot carry a guarantee.
No. Displays are clipped on — professional clips on gutters and shingle edges — never stapled or nailed through roofing or trim. Custom-cut runs end at corners, so nothing is drilled, stretched, or left hanging. Takedown removes everything cleanly in January.
Warm white is the Long Island classic and the look most of our designs lead with. Classic multicolour and single-colour designs are available from the same commercial product line, and trees, entry architecture, and walkway elements are composed into the design either way. You approve the design — colours included — before anything is booked.
Yes — commercial displays, HOA entrances, and community properties are designed and quoted the same way: design, supplied product, install, in-season service, January takedown, and storage, with a written proposal from a site walk. Commercial calendars fill even earlier than residential, so call as early as possible.
Most single-family displays install in a day. You do not need to be home for the whole install — we need access to the exterior and any gated areas arranged in advance, and we will confirm the plan with you at booking. Timers are set and tested before we leave, so the display runs itself from the first evening.
Nothing. We take the display down in January and store it. Next fall, one call rebooks you: your design and fitted display are on file, returning customers are scheduled ahead of new bookings, and most returning installs are faster than the first year because everything was built to fit your house.
A designed display, hung by a crew, serviced all season, taken down in January, and stored — from the same lighting team that designs permanent systems on Long Island all year.
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On the call: tell us your town, the look you want — warm white classic, colour, roofline-only, or the full front — and any date that matters. We will tell you honestly which range your home fits, whether install slots remain, and what happens next. November slots are first-come; when they are gone, they are gone.