• ironeagl
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    1 year ago

    You went into debt on a credit card so you could pay someone else to install Christmas lights?

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      1 year ago

      Not just Christmas lights, they’re cleaning the gutters too, and taking the lights down after the holidays.

      Just over $1,000.

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        1 year ago

        Jesus. That is an insane amount of money for that unless you live in a 5000+ sf. house.

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          1 year ago

          Part of the penalty of not being able to do it myself. :( If we had a moss problem, they would treat that too, but the roof is only a year old. :)

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            Did you get a few quotes? The gutter cleaners near me charge less than $300 and I have a two story house. It’s close to upper $100s if only one story. Shop around and save yourself the coin unless that’s not an issue for you.

            I imagine hanging lights shouldn’t be that expensive unless it’s the first time and they are installing light hooks to be reusable each year.

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              Oh yeah, it wasn’t this bad when we started using them 2 years ago, but inflation is hitting everything.