Come home on the evening train to a lit front porch, without spending a December weekend hanging a single strand.
In December it is dark by the time most commuters step off the train at Paoli, and a lit porch is a nice thing to walk up to. For generations Paoli was where the Main Line commuter trains from Philadelphia ended their run, and the station still sees SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line and Amtrak's Keystone trains. The town itself is not a borough. It sits across Tredyffrin and Willistown Townships, with Lancaster Avenue running through the middle.
The name goes back to 1769, when Joshua Evans opened an inn here and named it after General Pasquale Paoli of Corsica. The inn is long gone, but the crossroads around it grew into the Paoli we know: shops and offices along Lancaster Avenue, and houses of many ages on the roads that spread out from it, from older homes near the station to larger properties farther out in the townships.
We offer Christmas light installation in Paoli for homes of every size, permanent lighting for people who would rather never hang a light again, and season-long lighting for businesses along the avenue. Tell us about the property (a few photos help) and we will send a free quote.
For busy households, permanent lights are an easy way to have a lit house all year, warm white after work and colors for holidays and game nights. The lights mount in a slim track along the trim and stay up all year, and many systems let you change colors and set schedules from an app.
If you prefer classic bulbs for the holidays only, we install them before the season with clips along the gutters and eaves. When the season is over, we take them down and keep them in storage for you.
Paoli's shops, restaurants and offices along Lancaster Avenue are seen by a steady stream of drivers. Lit windows, entrances and signs help a business stand out through the season, especially in the late afternoon when the sun goes down before the evening rush is over.
Short on time after work? We can have a fresh-cut Christmas tree brought to your door in Paoli, so you can skip the lot entirely and keep your evening for something else.
If you leave early and get home late, December means the house is dark both ways unless something switches the lights on. A timer can switch the lights on at dusk and off when you choose. Ask about adding one to a seasonal install; many permanent systems can also run on a schedule from an app.
Permanent lights also save the fall weekend that seasonal lights usually take. They stay along the trim all year and sit close to the house, so they are hard to spot in daylight.
Not ready to commit to a permanent system? A seasonal install still takes the work off your plate, and the lights come from us, so there is nothing for you to buy.
You can start with seasonal lights to see how you like a lit house, then move to a permanent system once you know you want the house lit beyond the holidays. Or go straight to permanent if you want lights ready for every season. Either path works, and we are happy to talk it through.
On the streets close to Lancaster Avenue and the station, where houses sit nearer one another, the lights are seen from the sidewalk and the street. A neat line along the gutters, the porch rail and the front windows suits a house like that, and on a twin or a narrow front it is usually all you need for a crisp, finished look. If you are not sure where to start, the gutter line across the front does the most work: it outlines the house from the street and from the walk home, and everything else can be added around it. Shrubs by the front door are a quick, low addition that frames the entrance after dark.
Where a Paoli home sits on a bigger lot with tall trees, set back from the road, the plan changes. On those properties the best displays usually combine the house with the yard: lit trunks on the trees nearest the road, shrubs along the front and a lamp post at the end of the drive. Lighting the trees and beds near the road brings the display out to where neighbors and passing drivers actually see it, instead of leaving it tucked behind a lawn.
If your neighborhood has an association with rules on decorations, send your HOA guidelines with your quote request and the plan takes them into account, from the colors to the dates lights go up and come down.
Color and bulb choice are yours. Warm white along the eaves gives a quiet, classic look that suits older homes near the avenue. Multicolor C9 bulbs bring a bolder, old-fashioned Christmas feel that reads well from a long way off. Many permanent systems let you change colors from an app, so on those you do not have to settle on just one.
Yes. We install seasonal Christmas lights and permanent lighting on homes in Paoli, on both the Tredyffrin and Willistown sides, and light businesses along Lancaster Avenue. Paoli is close to the middle of the area we cover, about 30 miles around Malvern.
Permanent lights are mounted in a slim track along the trim of the house and stay up all year. You change colors and set schedules from an app on your phone, so the house can be warm white most evenings and festive for a holiday. Because they stay up, there is nothing to hang each fall.
Permanent systems are built to stay on the house year round for many seasons, which is the whole point of them. How long a particular system lasts depends on the product and the conditions, so ask us about the system we would recommend for your Paoli home when we quote. If you are not sure you will be in the house for years, seasonal lights may be the better fit for now.
They are fixed to one house, so they make the most sense if you plan to stay. Some homeowner associations limit what can stay on the outside of a home. If either of those applies, a seasonal install may suit you better.
Yes, with a timer or a schedule. Ask about adding a timer to a seasonal install, and many permanent systems can run on a schedule from an app. For anyone who commutes from Paoli, that is a big part of the appeal: the lights can already be on when you walk up from the station.
The cost depends mostly on how many feet of trim are lit and how high and complex the house is. A simple run along the front gutter is a smaller job than lighting every eave and gable on a large home. Tell us what you want lit (a few photos help) and we will send a free quote.