How much does Christmas light installation cost in San Antonio?

Christmas light installation in San Antonio comes down to feet of roofline. With us it is $7 a foot on a one-story home and $9 a foot on a two-story, with a $649 minimum, and the lights are included. A 150-foot roofline is $1,050 on one story and $1,350 on two. See your house lit up with your price before you book.

What does roofline lighting cost per foot?

Home	Price per foot of roofline
One-story	$7
Two-story	$9

A two-story costs more per foot because the work goes slower. The crew sets up higher, moves the ladder more and clips fewer feet an hour.

Ridge and hip lines count as roofline, at the same per-foot rate. Every lights job has a $649 minimum, so a short roofline is priced at the minimum.

Want your number? Send your address on our holiday lighting page and we text back a picture of your house lit up with one price.

What do other San Antonio installers charge?

• SA Holiday Lighting: the front roofline of a one-story home of 1,000 to 1,999 square feet starts at $229 for installation only, with your own lights, or $599 with their LED C9 lights, cords, timer and clips.
• Elite Lighting Designs: home lighting starts at $1,000 for up to 100 feet of roofline and 6 strands of mini lights. On that plan, the first year you buy the decorations and keep them, and later years cover install and removal.
• Backyard Boys: $7 a foot one-story and $9 two-story, $649 minimum, with the lights, fixes within 24 hours, takedown and storage included.

Checked Nov. 3, 2026, from each company’s own price page. Prices change, so check with each company.

An install-only price looks lower because you buy, store and replace the lights yourself.

What is included in the price?

The per-foot price is the whole job, not just the install:

• The lights. You do not buy anything.
• Installation, clipped to the roofline.
• Upkeep all season. If a light goes out, we fix it within 24 hours of your message, weekends included, at no charge.
• Takedown in January.
• Storage until next year.

A 50 percent deposit holds your install date.

How much do trees and bushes cost?

Trees and shrubs are added to your roofline price, per item:

• Tree, trunk wrapped to the split (about 8 to 10 feet): $350 per tree
• Tree, trunk plus 8 to 10 feet up each main limb: $850 per tree
• Big live oak, trunk to the split: $949
• Big live oak, trunk and main limbs up to about 21 to 25 feet: $1,800
• Small shrub up to about 3 x 4 feet, one net: $100
• Large shrub up to about 4 x 8 feet, net blanket: $150

Above about 25 feet we hang strands around the outside of the canopy, priced from a photo. Magnolias and anything unusual are priced from a photo too. More on the options is on our tree lighting page.

What changes the price?

• Feet of roofline. This is the biggest factor. A long, broken roofline with several gables costs more than a straight ranch.
• Stories. One story is $7 a foot, two stories $9.
• Ridges and hips. Lit ridge and hip lines are added to the roofline feet.
• Trees and bushes. Each one is added on top, by size and how much of the tree you want lit.
• Walkways and fences. These are priced on their own. See fence and yard lighting.

Elite Lighting Designs lists residential lighting from $1,000 for up to 100 feet of roofline. Some low prices you see are labor only, where you buy and store the lights yourself. Ours include the lights, upkeep all season, takedown and storage.

How do we measure the roofline?

We start with satellite pictures of your home and text you one price. On install day we measure the real footage. If it lands within 10 percent of the quote, the price does not move. If it is more than that, we text you the new price before we start, so nothing changes without your yes.

How to get your price

Text a photo of the front of your home to the number below, or send the request form on our holiday lighting page. You get one price back, with no sales call. If you hung your own lights and just want them down in January, see Christmas light takedown.

Planning the timing? Read when to put up Christmas lights in San Antonio. We hang lights across San Antonio, including Stone Oak and Alamo Heights, and in New Braunfels. If the leaves are down before the lights go up, here is whether to rake or mow them.