Estimate the install, invoice it when it's done, and see what you actually made after parts and time.
SideWRK starts every holiday lighting installer at these prices and does this math on every job you write up. Change any number.
The seasonal lighting & decor job as the app lays it out — your own cost sitting on it, and the estimate your customer approves from their phone.
Set your per-foot rate once and the estimate does the math — 150 feet of roofline, two tree wraps, a wreath on the gable, each its own line. Trace the eaves on a satellite map before you ever drive out.
The January takedown isn't a favor, it's a line on the estimate — included in your seasonal price or billed on its own. Either way it's on the ticket, so nobody calls in February asking when you're coming.
Halloween displays in October, rooflines in November and December, takedowns into January — and recurring plans so this year's houses become next year's re-installs without a single cold call.
Send a branded approval link. Your customer sees the estimate and taps Approve — logged with their name, the time, and the amount — so the leased strands and clips are covered before you order them.
Take a card or Apple Pay in the app, and the money goes to your own Stripe account on its normal payout schedule. Jobs flip to Paid the moment the balance hits zero.
Lights, clips, timers, and fuel carry a private "your cost" the customer never sees — so the Money tab shows what the season actually nets you. Leased lights that come back in January keep earning; track them like it.
The work this app was built around.
SideWRK runs the business side from your phone, on the job.
Estimate the install, invoice it when it's done, and see what it actually cleared — with every job site and customer on file.
Add the customer and the house, then the work — the roofline in feet at your rate, trees per item, the takedown line, a photo. Send a branded estimate in a tap.
Text or email the estimate. The customer reviews it and taps Approve — authorization logged automatically.
It becomes a numbered invoice with your details on it. Record payment, and your real profit lands in Money.
Roofline lights price by the linear foot for the whole season — install, mid-season fixes, and January takedown in one number — with trees, wreaths, and Halloween decor per item. Here's the honest math, plus a free calculator.
$3–$8 a foot installed is the common range — closer to $4–$10 when leased commercial-grade lights and takedown are in the price. 2026 data puts a typical job between $220 and $684, and premium displays reach $12 a foot.
Most established installers quote one number that covers the lights (leased), clips, a timer, mid-season bulb fixes, and the January takedown. Customer supplying their own strands? Roughly 30% off — labor only, no warranty on their lights.
A small tree or shrub wrap commonly runs $75–$125, big trees climb past $300; wreaths and garland price per piece, and Halloween or fall decor is per-item or hourly. Hold a minimum — many pros won't roll a truck under $500.
Roofline feet in, install price out — before the ladder even comes off the truck.
The seasonal lighting & decor rate behind SideWRK's estimating defaults is $6/roofline ft, with 55% of a typical ticket paying for time rather than materials. Both numbers come from our 2026 Side-Work Rate Report, which publishes the same figures for all 42 trades.
These tools run free right here — inside SideWRK they fill your estimate for you →
There is one plan and this is it. The Seasonal Lighting & Decor build you are looking at is one of 42, and every one of them is already switched on — no upgrade, no add-on. Pick up a different trade next month and the app switches with you. Your customers come with you — one book of people, every job you have ever done for them, whichever trade you had your hat on for that day. $190 a year if you pay yearly, which is two months free.
Nothing above is behind a higher tier. There is no higher tier.
Same ladder, same roofline — the lights go up next.
Every trade — all 42 on one $19/mo plan.
Same ladder, same houses — a September gutter route puts you on the roofline right when the lights conversation starts. Both trades are already in your plan — one login, one client list, nothing more to pay. Plans are month-to-month — add a trade for the season and drop back after, right from Billing.
SideWRK for Gutter Cleaning →National 2026 data puts the average professional install around $444, with most jobs between about $220 and $684. Roofline work commonly runs $3 to $8 per linear foot installed — closer to $4 to $10 when leased commercial-grade lights and January takedown are in the price. Trees, wreaths, and Halloween decor bill per item on top. Use the free Christmas light install calculator to find your number.
No — the season runs longer than December. Halloween and fall displays go up in October, holiday lights run November through December, and takedown carries into January — nearly five months of installs. Event and patio lighting fit the same per-foot and per-item pricing.
Yes — takedown is part of the job, not an afterthought. Put it on the estimate as its own line (most pros fold it into the seasonal price), then put the customer on a recurring plan so next season's re-install is a tap, not a cold call.
Yes — every trade is unlocked and you switch between them in a tap, sharing one customer list. Seasonal lighting pairs naturally with gutter cleaning and pressure washing — same ladder, same houses.
SideWRK is $19/month — every trade, everything included. You start on the free plan: five jobs a rolling year, no card, and no expiry. Paying lifts every limit — $19 a month, or $190 a year.
Wondering what to charge? How to price Seasonal Lighting & Decor jobs — with real numbers →
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