From old stone farmhouses to quiet cul-de-sacs, holiday lighting planned for the way Newtown Square is laid out.
Newtown Square is the post office name for Newtown Township in Delaware County, and most people use it for the whole township. The community grew up where West Chester Pike (Route 3) crosses Newtown Street Road (Route 252). We bring Christmas light installation to Newtown Square homes, both seasonal and permanent, and we light events and deliver fresh-cut trees here as well.
Welsh Quakers settled the area in the 1680s, and it stayed mostly farmland until trolleys and then cars brought suburban growth in the early 1900s. You can still see both eras. Old stone homes and a few surviving farms and estates sit not far from the suburban neighborhoods that came later.
Each of those asks for something different. A stone farmhouse at the end of a lane needs light that reaches from the road to the door. A house on a cul-de-sac often has a clean front that a simple outline suits. A townhome may come with association rules. Tell us which you have and we will send a free quote built for it.
Lights go up along gutters, peaks and window frames, around the front door and on whichever shrubs and trees you pick. When a Newtown Square house sits back from the road, we plan the display for the view people get as they drive past, not only from the front step.
A permanent system mounts along the trim line and stays up all year, sitting close to the house so it is easy to overlook in daylight. It runs from a phone app, warm white on an ordinary night and any color you like for a holiday or a family celebration. It suits owners who plan to stay put for years and would rather skip an install every fall.
We bring a fresh-cut tree to your door, so there is no tying one to the roof of the car. Add it to your lighting booking or order it on its own.
Bigger lots leave room for outdoor holiday parties, family celebrations and weddings at home. String lights, bistro lights, and tree and pathway lighting can turn a lawn or terrace into a place to gather.
Some of the oldest properties in Newtown Square sit well off the road, with a lane, a stone house and sometimes a barn or outbuilding. Lighting only the house can leave the drive in the dark. Pathway lights, a lit gate or a few wrapped trees along the lane draw the eye in from the road and help guests find their way at night.
Stone walls do not take a clip the way a gutter does. On these houses the lights go on the gutters, window frames and porch, with stakes and ground runs for everything else.
Outbuildings, a springhouse or a garage set apart from the house can be included in the plan, so the whole property reads as one lit scene.
Older farmhouses also tend to have additions built over the years at different heights. It pays to look at the whole outline and pick which parts deserve the light, so the result looks planned rather than patched together.
Where a Newtown Square neighborhood has a homeowners association, the rules can cover when lights go up, how long they can stay, which colors are allowed or what may be attached to shared walls. It is worth reading them before anything goes up.
Townhome rows add one more question: what happens at the shared wall. We keep the lights to your unit unless your neighbors want to join in, and we run cords so they do not cross a shared walk or patio.
Send your HOA guidelines with your quote request and the plan takes them into account. When the season ends we pack the lights away and keep them until next year.
Both kinds of lighting make sense here, for different households. Seasonal lights go up in the fall and come down after the holidays, which suits anyone who likes to change the look from year to year or who may move in the next few years.
Permanent lighting suits a family settled in the house. The track sits along the trim all year, and many systems let you change colors from an app, so the same lights could cover Christmas, birthdays and summer evenings on the patio.
You can also mix the two: permanent lights on the house and seasonal lights on the trees, shrubs and lane. Tell us which way you lean when you ask for a quote.
Yes. Newtown Square and the rest of Newtown Township are in our service area, along with nearby Delaware County towns. Quotes are free. That includes farm properties, larger estates and townhome communities across the township.
Yes. Pathway lights and wrapped trees along a drive suit larger properties. They are laid out so the lights lead to the house without dark gaps. Lit gateposts or a lit entrance at the road also help guests find a house that sits well back.
Yes. Send your HOA guidelines with your quote request and the plan takes them into account, from colors to where the lights go.
The price depends on how much of the house is lit, how high the work goes, the number of trees and shrubs, your color choice and timers. A townhome and a farmhouse on several acres are very different jobs, so we quote each property on its own. Sending a few photos and a rough idea of what you want lit helps us price it.
They can be if you plan to stay in the house and want lights for more than one holiday. The lights stay mounted along the trim, so there is no install each year, and you change colors from an app, so the same lights work for Christmas, the Fourth of July or a summer party. Seasonal lights suit people who want a different look each year or may move soon. You can also put permanent lights on a Newtown Square house and add seasonal lights on the trees.
Yes. We deliver fresh-cut trees to homes in Newtown Square. Ask about it when you book your lights, or call (610) 819-5409 for a tree on its own. If you are booking lights at the same time, we can quote the tree and the display together.