Christmas light installation for Smyrna bungalows and townhomes
From Jonquil City bungalows to Market Village storefronts, Smyrna's mix of postwar cottages and new townhomes calls for displays sized to each block. We hang, maintain, and remove commercial-grade LED lighting across Smyrna and the Vinings border streets, one package for the whole season.
What the Lockheed boom left on Smyrna streets
Smyrna took its nickname from a flower. The Jonquil City earns it every March, when thousands of bulbs come up along yards and sidewalks, and we handle the December equivalent: light, hung correctly, from the Vinings line to the Cumberland edge of town.
The housing here wears its history plainly. Bell Aircraft put 28,000 people to work building B-29s in nearby Marietta during the war, Lockheed reopened the plant in 1951, and Smyrna grew from about 2,000 residents in 1950 to nearly 20,000 by 1970. The one-story homes from that boom still fill the older streets, while three-story townhome rows have grown up between them over the past two decades. Lighting those two building types takes two different skill sets, and our crews carry both.
Downtown got rebuilt on purpose, and it worked. Market Village stacks townhomes above restaurants and shops beside the Village Green, and on December evenings the whole block turns on. Businesses nearby hire us to keep pace with it.
Our first crews went up ladders in 2018, and the running total passed 7,500 homes a while back. January takedown comes standard, and we supply the commercial-grade LED stock ourselves, every strand of it.
Knowledge of Smyrna neighborhoods
A crew that has worked Smyrna knows the tells. A 1955 roofline sits low with wide eaves; a new townhome runs tall with almost no eave at all. Our trucks carry ladders and hardware for both, because here they are often parked on the same street.
Safe and reliable service
Insurance covers the crew before a boot touches a ladder rung. Mounting is clips only, no fasteners, and the postwar fascia boards on Smyrna's older homes get treated like the 70-year-old wood they are.
Custom looks, from subtle to showstopper
A bungalow can carry one warm line of light and look finished. Homes on the Vinings side often want more: roofline first, then wrapped trees and a lit entry. We draw the plan against your actual house before we put a number on it.
Complete service from start to finish
One agreement runs the whole season. Mid-season failures get fixed on our regular Smyrna passes, usually within a couple of days, and the lights winter in our warehouse instead of your attic.
Jonquil City rooflines, block by block
Drive across Smyrna in December and the housing range shows itself inside ten minutes. Near downtown, one-story homes from the Bell and Lockheed years sit on small lots, with rooflines a crew can dress from a step ladder. Toward the newer streets, construction climbs to three stories and trades wide eaves for tall gables.
Crews route through Smyrna weekly all season, so install dates hold and repairs never wait long. Quotes get built house by house rather than from a citywide flat rate, because a flat rate would be wrong on most of these blocks, in one direction or the other.
Bigger rooflines on the Vinings side
Smyrna runs up against Vinings, and the housing scales up as you approach that line, with deeper lots and considerably more roofline per house. Displays over there usually want more than an outline. Wrapped trees and garland join the plan, and each of those is a separate line on the itemized quote, so the total reflects the footage we measured and the trees we counted rather than a guess from the street. Send a few photos of the front through the contact form and we will come back with a written number, usually within a business day.
These are also the homes where booking early matters most. Large designs occupy the longest install slots, and the calendar only holds so many of those before Thanksgiving. The early-bird window exists for exactly this planning problem, and Vinings-side homeowners use it more than anyone.
Shopfronts around Market Village
Market Village gave downtown Smyrna a center of gravity: ten restaurants, shopfronts with townhomes above them, and the Village Green with its library and community center a short walk away. December is the district's best month, and the businesses around it feel the pull.
A shop or restaurant within a few blocks of that glow either joins it or looks closed by comparison. Our commercial installs go up outside business hours and run on timers matched to yours. January removal is written into the contract, not offered later as an upsell.
October to January on the Smyrna calendar
Here is the honest timeline. Quotes and design visits happen anytime, but install slots start appearing in late October and the last of them disappears around December 15th, with the weeks before Thanksgiving claimed first. November 1st is the line that separates the 10% early-bird price from the standard one.
Through the season, displays get checked as crews pass on other Smyrna jobs, and reported problems get a fast visit. January is takedown month, included in every package. The lights, which we supplied in the first place, go into your storage or into ours, tested and labeled for next year. Townhome owners tend to choose ours, since a three-story ladder is not standard garage equipment.
Postwar bungalows beside three-story townhomes
No city we serve mixes a 1950s bungalow and a brand-new townhome on the same block as often as Smyrna does. The bungalow is the easier job and the cheaper one: a low, continuous eave, finished in a few hours, with far less roofline to measure than a townhome front, so it quotes lower. The townhome is a vertical problem, three stories of gable with barely a foot of eave, and it calls for taller equipment and a different design instinct. Height and roof access show up on that quote as their own lines, and a call to (470) 777-7443 gets you walked through both.
Between those two extremes sit the brick ranches of the boom decades, and they take a classic single-line roofline treatment better than almost anything built since. Infill keeps adding contrast, so we assess lot by lot. Whichever side of that mix you live on, the display should fit the building's actual bones, and ours do.
December traffic from the Battery to Belmont
Smyrna sits minutes from Truist Park and the Battery over in Cumberland, and holiday events there push visitors along Smyrna streets all through December. Homes and businesses on those routes get an audience they never asked for. Plenty decide to dress for it.
Belmont tells the other half of the story. The Belmont Hills shopping center opened in 1954 as the largest in the Southeast, and after 2016 the site came back to life as the Belmont development, new homes and shops on old ground. Our crews light the new rooftops and the surviving originals with equal care.
Smyrna bungalow and townhome questions
What Smyrna owners ask about height, pricing and dates on the Cobb route.
How do you light a three-story Smyrna townhome with barely any eave?
We design it vertically, with gable outlines instead of a long eave line, and bring taller equipment for the height. Height and roof access appear as their own lines on the quote.
Why does a 1950s Smyrna bungalow quote lower than a townhome?
A bungalow has a low, continuous eave with far less roofline to measure, and a crew finishes it in a few hours. Text photos to (470) 777-7443 or send them through the contact form for a free itemized number.
Why do Smyrna install dates tighten before other areas?
Marietta and Smyrna share crews, so Cobb-side dates go first. Call by November 1st and you still pick the date and take 10% off. December callers usually land between cancellations.
Can a shop near Market Village keep its lights on our business hours?
Yes. Commercial installs go up outside business hours, run on timers matched to yours, and January removal is written into the contract.
Can a Smyrna townhome owner store the lights with you?
Yes, and most do, since a three-story ladder is not standard garage equipment. The lights come down in January and go into our storage tested and labeled, or into yours if you prefer.
Get a number for your Smyrna bungalow or townhome
Near the Vinings line, around Belmont or a block from Market Village, send a photo of the front through the contact form or call or text (470) 777-7443. Book by November 1st for the 10% early-bird price.
Get a free quote for your Smyrna house
Text us a photo of the front of the house and your address, call, or fill out the form. You get a written, itemized quote, usually within one business day.
