Halloween lights · Portland Metro
Halloween Light Installation in Portland Metro
Orange, purple or green — send a few photos of your house and we’ll text you a price. We hang your lights before Halloween, you skip the ladder.
- Starting at
- $4.50/ft
- Minimum
- $400
- Most homes
- $450–1,100
- Rooflines, porches, railings, windows and doors
- We hang the lights you already have
- Doing Christmas too? Halloween takedown is free on your Christmas install visit
Serving Portland Metro within about 20 miles — Lake Oswego, West Linn, Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Happy Valley, SW & NW Portland, Vancouver and Camas.
Ideas for your house
Colored house lights + yard ghosts 
Porch and entry lights 
Pumpkin string lights 
Bats hung from the eaves
Halloween light installation pricing
We price by the linear foot of lights we hang. You don't need to measure anything — we work out the footage from your photos and the map, and your quote is one clear number.
Single-story rooflines
$4.50 / linear ft
Eaves and gutter lines you can reach from a standard ladder, plus porch railings and ground-level runs.
Second story, gables & peaks
$6 / linear ft
Upper gutter lines and sloped roof edges. Longer ladder sets and more time per foot.
Steep, high or tricky sections
Quoted
Tall upper peaks, steep pitches and hard-to-reach spots are priced individually from your photos — if they can be done safely.
What a typical home costs
Installation of your lights, front of the house. Your quote depends on your actual footage and access.
| Home | Typical footage | Install price |
|---|---|---|
| Simple one-storyFront roofline of a one-story ranchAbout 80–100 ft | 80–100 ft | $400–$450 |
| One-story with gablesOne-story front with a gable or twoAbout 100–150 ft | 100–150 ft | $505–$755 |
| Two-storyTwo-story front, gutter linesAbout 120–160 ft | 120–160 ft | $650–$865 |
| Complex two-storyTwo-story with upper peaks and garageAbout 150–200 ft | 150–200 ft | $925–$1,230 |
Most homes land between $450 and $1,100. A small front porch or a single gable usually falls under the $400 minimum.
Included
- Ladder work and hanging your lights
- Clipping to gutters and shingles — no nails or staples
- Running cords to your outdoor outlets
- Testing every strand and swapping in your spare bulbs
- Setting up your timer or smart plug
- Re-securing anything we hung that comes loose this season
Not included
- The lights themselves (for now we install yours)
- Clips, cords and timers — we can pick them up at cost
- New outlets or electrical wiring
- Return trips to swap strands that burn out (quoted if needed)
How the photo quote works
Send photos + address
Snap 2–4 photos of the house from the street and tell us what you want lit. Takes a minute.
We measure and price it
We check your photos and the map view for footage, height and access, then text you a price.
Pick an install date
Approve the quote by text and choose a day. Have your lights ready — or ask us what to buy.
We hang them, you plug in
We clip, run and test everything, set your timer if you have one, and clean up. You pay after.
Which photos to send
- The whole front of the house, from across the street
- Any other side you want lit (garage, side yard, back)
- Your outdoor outlets, if you know where they are
- Your lights, if they’re already out of storage
For most homes that's all we need. If something can't be judged from photos — like a steep upper peak — we'll say so and may stop by to look before quoting that part.
What we install
Roofline & gutter lights
Orange or purple string lights along the eaves — the outline that makes the house read from the street.
Porch & railing lights
Porch beams, columns and stair or deck railings wrapped or run straight.
Windows & front door
Outlines around the entry and front windows where they can attach without damage.
Garage roofline
A single line over the garage — quick, cheap per foot, and very visible.
Bushes & small trees
Net lights or wraps on shrubs and small trees along the front walk.
Light-up decorations
Lightweight lit pieces hung from the eaves or porch — ghosts, bats, webs — when there’s a safe way to attach them. Ask about yours.
Why hire someone to hang them
October weather, wet roofs
By mid-October Portland roofs are wet most mornings. It’s the wrong time to learn how your ladder behaves on moss.
Up before the parties
Most people want lights up for the last two weekends of October. Booking a pro means they’re done on a set date, not “when we get to it.”
Clips stay for Christmas
We hang Halloween lights on clips that can stay up. If we do your Christmas lights too, the swap goes faster.
Why EVN Handyman
A real price before we show up
You get a per-foot quote in writing by text. If we find something different on site, we tell you before doing it — never after.
Quotes from your phone
No waiting a week for someone to come measure. Photos and an address are enough for most homes.
A local Portland company
EVN Handyman & Co LLC has done home repairs across Portland Metro since 2021. Same crew, same number, all year.
Straight answers on what’s safe
If a section of your roof isn’t safe to light, we’ll tell you plainly and quote the rest.
Takedown after Halloween
Add removal and we come back in early November, take everything down, coil each strand and leave them boxed in your garage.
Booking Christmas lights with us? We take your Halloween lights down on the same visit we install your Christmas lights — at no extra charge.
Removal booked with install: +40% of the install price. Removal only (lights someone else hung): quoted from photos, $200 minimum.
When to book
We're installing Halloween lights now through late October. The last two weeks before October 31 fill fastest — the earlier you send photos, the more dates you can pick from.
We don't hang lights in heavy rain or high wind. If weather moves your date, rescheduling is free.
Where we hang lights
We install halloween lights across the Portland Metro area, within about 20 miles of Portland, on both sides of the river.
- Lake Oswego
- West Linn
- Beaverton
- Tigard
- Tualatin
- Happy Valley
- Portland
- Camas, WA
- Vancouver, WA
Including Southwest Portland, Northwest Portland, Bethany, Cedar Mill, Raleigh Hills, West Slope, Dunthorpe. Not sure you're in range? Put your address in the form and we'll tell you.
Safe access comes first
Every install depends on safe access to your home. We look at height, roof pitch, roof and gutter condition, ground conditions for ladders, and where your outdoor outlets are before we commit to a section.
We may leave out or adjust sections we can't reach safely — for example very steep or tall peaks, wet or mossy roofing, loose gutters, or no stable footing for a ladder. When that happens, we tell you before we start and you don't pay for that section.
We don't work in high wind, ice or heavy rain. If weather moves your date, rescheduling is free. We plug into your existing outdoor outlets and don't do electrical wiring as part of a lighting install — if outlets look overloaded or aren't weather-protected, we'll point it out.
Questions homeowners ask
How much does Halloween light installation cost?
Installing your lights starts at $4.50 per linear foot for single-story rooflines, with a $400 minimum. Second-story lines, gables and peaks are $6/ft. We send an exact price after seeing your photos.
Can you get my lights up before Halloween?
Usually, if you send photos by mid-October. The last week of October is the busiest, so earlier requests get more date options. We’ll give you a real date with your quote — not a maybe.
Do I need to measure anything?
No. Send photos and your address and we work out the footage ourselves.
Do you provide the lights?
Right now we install lights you already own. If you still need to buy some, tell us and we’ll tell you what type and how many feet to get.
Do you set up inflatables and yard props?
Our focus is lights on the house. If you have yard props, mention them in the form — we can often set them up on the same visit and will include it in your quote.
Can you switch my Halloween lights to Christmas lights?
Yes. Book both and we take the Halloween lights down at no extra charge on the same visit we install your Christmas lights.
Will you nail or staple into my house?
No. We use plastic clips that hold onto gutters and shingle edges and come off clean.
How do I pay?
You pay after the install. We accept cash, Venmo, Zelle and major credit cards.
Planning Christmas lights too? Same pricing, and your Halloween takedown is free on the Christmas install visit.
Christmas light installation →Get your Halloween lights up before the 31st
Send us a few photos of your house. We’ll text back a clear price and a date.
From $4.50/ft · $400 minimum · You pay after the install