Hamilton is about 55 minutes south of Missoula and serves as the anchor stop on our Bitterroot route days, with Corvallis and Victor installs grouped on the same trip.
Hamilton is the biggest town in the Bitterroot and the far end of our route, and it has a wider mix of homes than anywhere else in the valley, from Victorian houses near the Daly Mansion to new construction on the benches toward Blodgett Canyon. Montana Lights is owned and operated by Constructive Brothers, a licensed and insured Missoula construction company, and we bring the full service to Hamilton. We supply commercial-grade LED lights cut to your house, design the layout on a free visit, install, maintain through the season, and take down and store in January.
Downtown Hamilton matters here in a way it does not in smaller valley towns. Main Street from the highway down toward the river is lined with brick storefronts and offices that stay busy through December, and a lit block pulls people in from the highway. We install commercial rooflines and window outlines on those buildings after hours, and we set the timers so the street is lit for the evening and off by midnight. On the residential side, Hamilton homes deal with the same valley wind and early snow as the rest of the Bitterroot, plus a lot of tall spruce and ponderosa in the older neighborhoods that need a lift to wrap properly.
Hamilton is about 55 minutes from Missoula, which is why we run it as the anchor stop on Bitterroot route days and group Corvallis and Victor installs around it. Most Hamilton homes come in between $900 and $2,500 for a first season and lower after that, since the strands are cut once and stored with us. Commercial quotes are itemized the same way. Book by October 31 for the Lit by Thanksgiving Guarantee, and count on the 48-Hour Repair Promise for anything that fails. Call (406) 207-2524 for a free design visit.
Lighting homes near Main Street, Daly Mansion, Ravalli County Museum, Blodgett Canyon, Bitterroot River and throughout the Hamilton area.
Send your address and what you have in mind. We reply with a price, usually the same day. Most homes: $700 to $2,500 for the full season.
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Hamilton's Main Street has the densest run of storefronts in the valley, and most of the buildings share walls and parapets. We outline parapets and window frames with commercial C9 and mini lights on a single timer per building, and we schedule the lift for early morning so parking and the sidewalk are open by the time shops open.
The older neighborhoods on the east side of town toward the Daly Mansion have tall Victorian and craftsman homes with steep gables and wraparound porches, and mature spruce planted decades ago. Those houses look best with a restrained warm-white C9 line that follows every gable, and the spruce is worth wrapping, but only from a lift.
Wind pours out of Blodgett Canyon onto the west side of Hamilton, and homes on the benches there get hit harder than anything downtown. We clip every socket and keep strands tight to the fascia, and we avoid loose garland swags on the windward side, because a swag that whips all night is a repair call waiting to happen.
Storefronts in downtown Missoula and Hamilton and HOA entrances in Miller Creek and Grant Creek get commercial-grade LED displays with season-long service, installed by a licensed and insured construction crew that carries its own liability coverage.
Commercial Holiday Lighting in Hamilton →We supply the lights, design the display, hang it with roof-safe clips, keep it running all season and take it down in January. Most Missoula homes run $700 to $2,500 for a first season.
Residential Christmas Light Installation in Hamilton →C9 LED bulbs on socket wire cut to your exact peaks and gutter runs, held with shingle tab and gutter clips so your roof looks the same in April as it did in October.
Roofline & Gutter Lighting in Hamilton →Pre-lit artificial wreaths on the gables and front door, LED garland along railings and window frames, all matched to the color of your roofline and installed on the same visit.
Wreaths, Garland & Accents in Hamilton →Based in Missoula. Bitterroot, Frenchtown, Blackfoot and Seeley Lake homes are grouped into route days so installs happen on schedule.
Free design visit. Posted pricing. Lit by Thanksgiving Guarantee when you book by October 31.
Install slots fill by early November. Send your address and we will text you a price for your roofline, usually the same day.
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