Christmas Light Installation Cost in Kansas City (2026 Prices)
Christmas light installation in Johnson County runs $9 per foot of roofline — about $900 to $2,520 for most homes. Here is what that covers.
The short answer: $9 per foot of roofline. Most Johnson County homes land between $900 and $2,520.
That is one number, not a base rate with surprises stacked on top. It covers the lights, the install, the season, the takedown and the storage. Below is what drives the total on your house and what the price actually includes.
What the $9 per foot covers
You are not buying lights. The company owns them. That matters more than it sounds like it does, because it changes what happens when a bulb fails in the second week of December.
Included in the per-foot price:
- Commercial-grade C9 LED bulbs on cord cut to fit your roofline
- Plastic shingle and gutter clips — never nails, staples or screws
- A timer set to the schedule you want
- In-season repairs at no charge
- January takedown
- Off-season storage, with the same set going back up next year
Nothing on that list is an upsell. If a section goes dark in mid-December, someone comes out and fixes it, and you are not billed for the visit. That is the part homeowners tend to underestimate when they compare quotes. A cheap install with no repair coverage is a cheap install right up until the first ice storm.
The full rate sheet lives on pricing.
What makes one house cost more than another
Roofline length is the only variable in the base price. Not square footage, not the value of the house, not how many stories it has on its own.
A ranch in Prairie Village with a long, simple front can measure more feet than a taller house in Leawood with a compact front elevation. That surprises people. The measurement follows the edge you want lit — the gutter line, the rakes, the peaks — not the footprint of the building.
Typical ranges in this metro:
Single-story fronts usually measure 100 to 180 feet. At $9 per foot, that is $900 to $1,620.
Two-story homes with peaks, dormers or a second-floor gable usually measure 180 to 280 feet. That works out to $1,620 to $2,520.
If your house has a lot of articulation — three gables, a bay window, a wraparound porch — you will be toward the high end of your bracket or above it. If you want only the primary front edge lit and nothing else, you can come in well under. You control how many feet you buy.
You can also measure it yourself before you ask for a quote. How to measure your roofline walks through it with a tape measure and a phone.
Add-ons and what they cost
Roofline is the anchor. Most people add one or two things around it.
Wrapped trees are $150 each. A lit wreath is $125 installed. Lit garland runs $18 per foot, which is the right call for porch columns and a front door surround. Path lights are $8 per foot. Shrub nets are $45 each. Color or RGB bulbs on the roofline add $2 per foot.
The most common combination on a Johnson County house is roofline plus one wrapped tree plus a wreath over the entry. That reads well from the street without looking like a display. Each of those exists as a standalone service too, starting with roofline lighting.
Color deserves an honest note. RGB at $2 per foot is a real cost increase on a 250-foot house — $500 on top. Warm white is the safer look on brick and on stone, which is most of what is built here. Color works best in shorter runs and on trees.
How the quote actually happens
Send your address. The roofline gets measured off satellite imagery. You get a price by text within 24 hours.
No sales visit. No one sitting at your kitchen table. If the satellite measurement looks ambiguous — heavy tree cover, a recent addition that has not been re-flown — you will get asked for a photo rather than a scheduled appointment.
A deposit holds your install week. The balance is due after the lights are on and working, not before. That order matters, and it is worth asking any company you call whether they do it the same way.
Where the money goes, honestly
At $9 per foot on a 200-foot house, you are paying $1,800. Here is the fair way to think about that.
You are paying for materials you do not own but also do not have to buy, replace or find room for in the garage. You are paying for two ladder trips — one in the cold, one in the colder — that you do not take. You are paying for a warranty on function through the whole season. And you are paying for takedown in January, which is the part nobody wants and everybody puts off until March.
The first year, a DIY setup with decent commercial-grade C9s and clips will cost you a few hundred dollars in materials plus a full weekend. That is a real alternative and we lay it out fairly in DIY versus professional. The math changes by year three, when the strings have started failing and the storage tub has become a knot.
Timing and what it does to price
The rate does not go up as December gets closer. What changes is availability.
Installs run October through mid-December. The lights turn on whatever date you pick — most people choose the day after Thanksgiving. Booking in September or October means you pick your week. Booking in the first week of December means you take what is open, and Kansas City weather gets a vote too. An early cold snap or an ice event pushes everything back a few days and the schedule compresses behind it.
If you are trying to decide when to call, when to hang Christmas lights in Kansas City covers the calendar in detail.
Service area
Kansas side of the metro only. That means Overland Park, Leawood, Prairie Village, Olathe, Lenexa, Shawnee and Mission, among others. The full list is on service areas.
Cole's family runs Brick Doctor KC and has been on roofs in this metro since 1996, which is the reason the clip-only, no-fastener rule is not negotiable here.
Get a price
Send your address and you will have a number by text within 24 hours. No visit, no pitch, no obligation to book. Send your address and see what your roofline measures.
