Christmas light installation in West Lake Hills

Know the West Lake Hills lighting rules

West Lake Hills has one of the stricter outdoor lighting ordinances around Austin. Holiday lights get a pass, but only for a set window. The city exempts holiday decorations from Thanksgiving Day through January 8, unless a neighbor complains and the city inspector finds the lights are shining onto their property.

Here is how we plan around it:

• We can install as early as November 9. Just keep the display dark until Thanksgiving Day.
• Plan to switch everything off by January 8. We send a reminder, and takedown happens in early January.
• Ground floodlights have their own limits under the ordinance. We don't use them. Our designs are bulb lines, wraps and garland aimed along your house, never toward the neighbors.

You can read the exemption yourself in the city code.

Made for hillside homes

A lot of homes here have steep pitches, two or three levels and a mix of shingle, tile, stone and stucco. We bring ladders and gear sized for multi-story rooflines, and we use clips made for gutters, shingles and stone ledges. No nails, no staples, and every clip comes off in January.

Live oaks are the other half of a West Lake Hills display. We wrap trunks and limbs up into the canopy so the tree glows from the street, not just the bottom six feet.

What's included

• Commercial-grade LED lights, cut to fit your home
• Design, installation and a timer set to your schedule
• Free service calls within 48 hours all season
• Takedown in early January and storage until next year