Permanent Roofline & Christmas Lights in Highland Park, IL
Christmas lighting and permanent roofline lighting in Highland Park, engineered for bluff exposure, ravine lots and the Prairie School rooflines around Ravinia.
Christmas lights from $799 · Permanent roofline from about $3,000
The Unique Charm of Highland Park
Highland Park has the most difficult terrain of any town we light. A hundred foot bluff runs along six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, wooded ravines cut as much as a mile inland, and elevations swing between 580 and 725 feet. That is not scenery to us, it is access planning. Four Union Pacific North stations serve the city, Braeside, Ravinia Park, Ravinia and Highland Park, and the Ravinia district still carries the character of the artists' colony it began as, anchored by the Ravinia Festival and its 3,200 seat pavilion, home to the Chicago Symphony since 1936. Frank Lloyd Wright's Willits House is here, along with work by John S. Van Bergen, Shaw and Adler.
Our Services in Highland Park
From magical Christmas displays to permanent architectural lighting, we have professional solutions for every property and every season.
Residential Holiday Lighting
Ravine and bluff lots mean the ground under the ladder is often lower than the ground the house sits on. We stage from stable footing, use standoffs where a ladder cannot be footed safely, and specify attachment rated for wind coming straight off the lake. Design, install, mid season maintenance, takedown and storage included.
Commercial Holiday Lighting
The downtown shopping district and the blocks near the Ravinia and Highland Park stations get their evening traffic in exactly the weeks holiday lighting is up. Clean architectural lighting on a storefront does more for a December evening than any window cling.
Permanent roofline lighting in Highland Park
Bluff and ravine lots are where permanent lighting earns its keep: one careful installation instead of a crew footing ladders on ravine ground twice every season. The track mounts along the eave and is fastened with the lake wind in mind, and on the Prairie School houses around Ravinia it follows the long horizontal line the architecture already draws. It runs warm white most nights and switches to color from your phone. Permanent systems start around $3,000 for a typical roofline. If you would rather keep it seasonal, color changing RGBW C9 lights start around $1,400 and cover Halloween through Christmas from one October install.
Bluff exposure and ravine footing
Two local conditions drive how we build here. First, wind. A house on or near the bluff takes lake wind with nothing in front of it, so clip density goes up, strands get secured at shorter intervals, and we avoid runs that can whip against a soffit all season. Second, footing. On ravine lots the grade can fall away sharply within a few feet of the wall, which rules out a straightforward ladder set. We survey the approach before quoting so install day does not turn into a conversation about what we cannot safely reach.
Prairie rooflines, and the price
Wright's Willits House is here for a reason: this is Prairie School country, and low pitched roofs with deep overhangs need the bulb line tucked under the fascia rather than outlining a peak that barely exists. Seasonal lighting starts at $799 and up, depending on the complexity, height and access of the job. Highland Park quotes move on access far more than on square footage, so a modest house on a ravine can price above a larger one on flat ground.
Read how access affects costWhat Our Clients Say
5.0 average from 35 reviews on Google, Yelp and Facebook
- Grace Wang-BishopGoogle★★★★★
We had a great experience with our permanant holiday light installation! Vitalli did an excellent job with amazing attention to detail — everything looks beautiful and perfectly aligned. Communication was clear and professional from start to finish. Highly recommend!
- Robert GrayGoogle★★★★★
These guys are amazing!! My house looks way better than any year when I tried to do it myself!!!They are true professionals.I’ll be calling them again next year.
- Agnes ReneeGoogle★★★★★
Hanging Lights Club did a great job with our Christmas lights for a reasonable price. The photos show the work they did on to trim the front and side rooflines. I would strongly recommend them.
Get your free Highland Park quote
Tell us about your property and we will quote seasonal, color changing or permanent lighting, with an honest take on which one fits.