New Jersey
Christmas Light Installation in Morris County, NJ
Professional holiday lighting for Morris County homes. We supply commercial-grade lights, install them, service them all season, take them down in January and store them until next year. You never touch a ladder.
Garden State Exterior Solutions, LLC · Licensed & insured · Serving Morristown, Randolph, Chatham, Madison, Denville, Parsippany, Mendham, Chester and Rockaway
Hills, snow and mature trees
Morris County is the most physically demanding area we install in, and it is worth being upfront about why.
The terrain is genuinely hilly. Houses sit on grades, driveways slope, and setting a ladder safely on a sloped approach to a two-story roof is a different job than doing it on flat ground in Toms River. It takes longer and it takes a crew that knows what it is doing.
Morris also gets real snow. More of it, earlier, than the shore. Two things follow from that: install before the first accumulation if you possibly can, and make sure whoever installs your lights sets the runs so snow sliding off the roof does not take a section with it. Every year we get calls from Morris homeowners whose lights came down with the first heavy slide.
Third factor: mature trees. Big old oaks and maples throw a lot of shadow and block sightlines. Sometimes the answer is not more roofline — it is lighting the trees themselves.
Book early in Morris
The install window here is shorter than at the shore because the weather closes it sooner. We aim to have Morris installs finished by mid-November rather than the week before Thanksgiving. If you are in Mendham, Chester or the western edge, aim earlier still.
What every install includes
- Commercial-grade LED bulbs and wire, custom-cut to your roofline.
- Professional install with clips. Nothing stapled or nailed into fascia, shingles or trim.
- In-season service calls included. Something goes dark, we come back out.
- January takedown and storage. Nothing ends up in your garage.
Get a number for your house
Two ways: run it through the free cost calculator for a ballpark in about thirty seconds, or text a photo of the front of your house to 732-773-0628 and we will quote it properly. Most quotes come back the same day, and we can pull your property up by satellite instead of coming out.
See full pricing, timeline and what is included.
Morris County lighting FAQs
Do you really cover Morris County?
Yes. We are based in Ocean County and Morris County is roughly 90 minutes away, so we schedule it in blocks rather than one job at a time. We cover Morristown, Randolph, Chatham, Madison, Denville, Parsippany, Mendham, Chester and Rockaway. It is our own insured crew, not a subcontractor or a franchise handoff.
How much does Christmas light installation cost in Morris County?
Most single-story homes with the front roofline lit run about $400 to $700, a typical two-story about $700 to $1,400, and larger full installs with peaks, columns and trees $1,500 and up. Price is driven by linear feet, roof height and pitch. You can get a ballpark for your own house with our free cost calculator.
Is there a minimum job size in Morris County?
For counties further from our base there is a minimum, because a seasonal install means three trips out — install, service and takedown. We will tell you honestly on the phone whether your job clears it. If it does not, we would rather say so than take the job and rush it.
When should I book?
August through October. There are only about five prime installation weekends between Halloween and Thanksgiving. For counties outside Ocean and Monmouth we work in scheduled block weeks, so once a block fills the next opening can be a week or more out. Book earlier than you think you need to.
Do you supply the lights?
Yes. Seasonal installs include commercial-grade LED lights we supply and cut to fit your roofline, professional install, in-season service, removal in January and storage until next year. You are not buying, storing or replacing anything.
Do you install permanent lighting too?
Yes, and for homes further from our base it often makes more sense. A permanent LED track is installed once and then does Halloween, Christmas, the Fourth of July and everyday warm white from an app, with no annual install or takedown trip.
