Looking for cheap and good
I have the lights
1 story house
I have the lights
1 story house
4:24p, 11/7/22
My son has his own Christmas light business, he is Senior at CSHS and future aggie. He Custom makes them for your house. He does good work,
4:48p, 11/7/22
ABC Home & Commercial Services. We've been installing lights for years and will be doing it for many years to come!
6:10p, 11/7/22
1. Borrow a ladder from a friend
2. Buy staples and a staple gun from Lowe's
3. Keep the Christmas tradition alive and put up your own decorations
2. Buy staples and a staple gun from Lowe's
3. Keep the Christmas tradition alive and put up your own decorations
6:43p, 11/7/22
In reply to Love Gun
Do not staple your Christmas lights.Love Gun said:
1. Borrow a ladder from a friend
2. Buy staples and a staple gun from Lowe's
3. Keep the Christmas tradition alive and put up your own decorations
6:46p, 11/7/22
In reply to A Net Full of Jello
I don't put staples through the wires. I also don't believe in spending a ton on lights, either
A Net Full of Jello said:Do not staple your Christmas lights.Love Gun said:
1. Borrow a ladder from a friend
2. Buy staples and a staple gun from Lowe's
3. Keep the Christmas tradition alive and put up your own decorations
I don't put staples through the wires. I also don't believe in spending a ton on lights, either
6:47p, 11/7/22
In reply to A Net Full of Jello
Or use curved staples.
A Net Full of Jello said:Do not staple your Christmas lights.Love Gun said:
1. Borrow a ladder from a friend
2. Buy staples and a staple gun from Lowe's
3. Keep the Christmas tradition alive and put up your own decorations
Or use curved staples.
6:38p, 11/9/22
Ace Handyman Services. We can provide labor to put up lights you already own, or provide custom length lights for you. Not required to use our lights but you have that option. Either way, we will take down and store at your house so you don't have to worry about losing the investment of the lights next year.
11:52p, 11/12/22
In reply to AggiePhil
I do not know them personally, but here is the link to the "about us" on their web page. They did a great job for an affordable price.
https://texaslightcrew.com/about-us/
https://texaslightcrew.com/about-us/
7:41a, 11/14/22
In reply to ags4rocks
How can we contact your son for a quote?ags4rocks said:
My son has his own Christmas light business, he is Senior at CSHS and future aggie. He Custom makes them for your house. He does good work,
8:24a, 11/14/22
Highly recommend Alex Escalante, he did some great work for us this weekend. 979-326-9431
9:34a, 11/14/22
In reply to ags4rocks
Contact info??
ags4rocks said:
My son has his own Christmas light business, he is Senior at CSHS and future aggie. He Custom makes them for your house. He does good work,
Contact info??
gig'em
11:03a, 11/16/22
I've spent some time researching this.... Here's a rundown of what to expect if you're shopping for light installers. There are plenty of companies/individuals in town offering the service (some know what they're doing, some don't). Most companies charge by the foot. Price for the first year includes the lights, then the price for the second year is labor only to install the lights you purchased already. $7-10/foot is the going rate to include lights (about $3-4/foot of that is the material cost, the rest is labor). These installers want you to use their lights because they know they won't have to jack with messed up strands, tangles, bad bulbs, bad clips, etc. from customer-provided lights. They also probably want to store the lights at their shop so that you have to call them back to install next year.
If you're shopping, consider these 3 options -
If you're shopping, consider these 3 options -
- I agree with previous comments on this thread that Texas Light Crew is a very reputable, and well run light installation company in the BCS. He's also branched out to Austin I believe. I've talked with the owner Jeff at length about how he runs his business and he does it right. And yes, Jeff and his crew are all local EMS/Firefighters.
- Arrow S Pest Control. The owner Trevor partners up with a home inspector and the two of them do Christmas lights since both of their primary businesses are a little slower in this season. They do an awesome job, and Trevor is a stand up guy.
- Then there's us (Ace Handyman Services Bryan College Station). We are a little different because we charge an hourly rate for the install (not by the foot), which allows us to put up customer-provided lights and decorations if that's your preference, or we can put up custom length lights that we supply & cut on site at $3/foot. Most average homes are 2-3 hours with 2 guys to do the install, purely based on how simple or extensive you want to go with it. So far, in every job we've done our hourly rate comes out cheaper than the standard per-foot price. When we take the lights down after the holidays, we will store them at your home.
6:05p, 11/24/22
Found someone to do it for $35/hr
Ace was by far the best other option (cheapest, professional etc) of those offered here.
Ace was by far the best other option (cheapest, professional etc) of those offered here.
1:03a, 11/25/22
In reply to aggiepaintrain
May have to hit them up. I was supposed to put ours up Sunday but I may have broken a few ribs today…
5:47p, 11/27/22
In reply to MsC2012
??MsC2012 said:
Switched to permanent lights and never have to worry about this again!!
11:02p, 11/27/22
In reply to InMyOpinion
They aren't in BCS yet, but they are called Trimlight. It's very reasonable as long as you price out install. I can control them from an app. Someone should franchise them in CS. They are amazing. I told a lot of people about them when I was in town this weekend.
12:20a, 11/28/22
Well one place quoted me $6k for the ones under your eves, I take it that's not reasonable.
6:43p, 7/26/25
We're the company that installs the lights at Northgate and College Station City Hall. We'd love to help anyone out with their lighting project in an around the Bryan / College Station area!
KingdomChristmasLights.com
KingdomChristmasLights.com
12:47p, 7/27/25
In reply to TyHolden
A homeowner down the street has permanent lights. They light them up for any and all occasions. And they look like shyte.TyHolden said:
Who does the permanent lights? I might as well just get that.
1:19p, 7/27/25
In reply to 75AG
one man's **** is another man's gold...
75AG said:TyHolden said:
Who does the permanent lights? I might as well just get that.
A homeowner down the street has permanent lights. They light them up for any and all occasions. And they look like shyte.
one man's **** is another man's gold...
9:01p, 7/27/25
In reply to TyHolden
I got quotes from multiple companies including Jellyfish. Astoria lighting company out of Houston seemed to have the highest quality product while Jellyfish was the cheapest. Astoria was willing to match Jellyfish's price, so I went with them. I had them installed in March so maybe they were more willing to negotiate as it was their offseason. I've been very happy with them. They look great and have lots of options and features that look really neat.