A gazebo on the lakeshore at Minnetonka on a clear day

Permanent Lighting in Minnetonka, MN

Wooded lots are genuinely dark, which makes roofline lighting more useful here than in a street-lit neighborhood. Long low contemporary rooflines also suit it particularly well.

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A two-story home at dusk with permanent lights along every roofline

The Wally's Way

Permanent Lighting in Minnetonka

A wooded lot with a long setback and mature canopy is properly dark after sundown. No street lighting reaches the house and there is often nothing between you and the trees. On a well-lit suburban street roofline lighting is largely decorative. Out here it is the difference between arriving at a dark shape and arriving at your house.

The architecture helps too. The long low rooflines on the contemporaries and split-levels around here give us clean uninterrupted runs, which light well and quote well.

Our own Signature 48-volt system, built and installed by us
Track color-matched to your trim and screwed into the soffit
True 3000K warm white plus 16 million colors
A phone app with no monthly fee, set up before we leave
Lifetime warranty on the LEDs, 10 years on the system

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Control From the Patio

Control Everything From Your Phone

Picture a July evening on the walkout patio with trees all around, and you decide the roofline should be a little softer. You don't go inside. You open the app. Because every light is its own pixel, taking its own color and brightness, you can paint one bulb amber and the next one blue, or keep the entire line a single shade.

For most nights, pick true 3000K warm white. Think of the cozy glow from a table lamp in your living room, not the chilly blue cast cheap LED strands give off. Holiday or team color comes from full RGBW, meaning red, green and blue diodes paired with a white one of their own, for 16 million possible colors. We place each light 10 inches from the next.

Plenty of homes around Minnetonka stretch out wide and low, with the garage at one end. That's a long way for power to travel. Our Signature system is built on 48 volts so it doesn't sag over distance: the last light at the far end of the house shines as strongly as the one next to the garage.

Your phone reaches the controller by Bluetooth or WiFi, and there's never a subscription. Under a heavy canopy dusk shows up early, so a sunset-to-sunrise schedule that shifts with the calendar does a lot of quiet work. Build scenes for game day, a holiday or a trip out of town, choose individual lights where your layout allows, and we won't leave until the setup on your phone is done.

Roofline lights on a home changing scenes while a Wally's technician taps through the phone app

Tap a scene in the app and the roofline answers.

In the Summer Sun

Invisible During the Day

A common fear is a string of bulbs dangling off the house all summer. Our system doesn't work that way, and in daylight most guests walking up from the driveway never realize it's there.

The LEDs are set into a slender track, which we screw up into the soffit (the flat board on the underside of your eave). The overhang already shades that spot, and none of the hardware touches a gutter or a shingle.

We match your trim color too. If it has an RAL code, the numbered standard paint and trim companies use to name colors, we can make the track in that shade, and the control box lives in the garage. From a few feet away you might trace a thin line under the overhang. From the end of a wooded drive, the house simply looks finished until dusk.

Two-story house around dusk, permanent lights off, the trim-colored track tough to spot beneath the eaves

Same home at the same dusk, now with warm white permanent lights outlining the gables and eaves

Lights OffLights On

Drag the handle to flip this home from off to on.

Night view of a two-story home with every roofline lit in bands of pink, orange, green and blue

Covered in Writing

Lifetime Warranty on Your Lighting

A system that lives on your house through every season deserves real coverage, and ours comes in three written tiers: one for the LEDs, one for the hardware and one for labor and service.

Lifetime

LED coverage

Manufacturing defects in the LEDs stay covered as long as the system belongs to you.

10 Years

The whole system

A decade of coverage on the track, controller, power supply and wiring that carry the lights.

5 Years

Parts, labor, visits

Five years when a repair costs you nothing: materials, labor and the service call, handled by our local crew.

How It Works

Our Lighting Installation Process

Four stops between the first handshake and a house you can control yourself, taken in the same order every time.

1
Design Consult, Free and On Site
We walk your lot, measure the rooflines and talk about what you see from the drive, the deck and the road. Then we pick a trim-matched track color, look over the heights in person so nothing surprises us later, and write up an exact quote.
2
Track Install Day
We fasten the color-matched track to your soffit under the eaves and gables. If the house is tall enough to need a lift, we bring one. Power comes from a garage outlet, and for most homes that's the ceiling outlet already running the door opener, so the box sits up high and never has to come unplugged.
3
Your App, Ready to Go
We put the app on your phone, build a handful of starter scenes and schedule the lights for sunset to sunrise. After that it's your turn: you dim, pick colors and swap scenes while we coach.
4
Warranty Papers and an Evening Check
We register the warranty for you and put the written terms in your hands. After nightfall we cycle through every scene together and stay until running it feels easy.

Evening photo of a two-story house, warm white lights running up each gable and along the eaves

Night close-up of a peaked gable lit in blue

Pink and orange lights running along a gable peak and eave line after dark

Weighing Your Options

Why Permanent Lighting Beats Seasonal Lights

Holiday lights on a house tucked back in the trees usually mean one of two routines: you haul out the bins and climb, or you pay a crew to put strands up and pull them down each year. Minnetonka rooflines tend to run long, so either routine eats time. Here's how both line up against lights that never come down.

Home at dusk with permanent roofline lights shifting from orange through green to blue

Permanent Lighting

Up once, on whenever you like.

We build it ourselves: the Signature 48-volt system, fastened to the soffit and finished in your trim color. Warm white for everyday, color for holidays and game days, and a phone app to run it with no monthly charge.

After install, the only ongoing cost is power
Made to ride out Minnesota winters in place
Holiday color, team nights and an everyday glow
Tucked beneath the eaves, low profile by day

Higherto get started
Very Easyafter we're done
App Controlcolors, scenes, schedules
Looks Greatnoon or midnight

A knotted heap of colorful holiday string lights

Store-Bought Temporary

Low price, yearly chore.

The box is cheap. The hours on the ladder aren't. It makes sense if one holiday is all you decorate for and climbing doesn't bother you.

Small price per box of strands
Burned-out strands to swap each year
Two ladder days: one to hang, one to strip
Visible cords and clips all season

Lowto get started
Hardereach and every year
Manualoutlet or a basic timer
Looks Goodfor a few weeks

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Seasonal Install Service

We climb so you don't have to.

Our crew hangs your holiday display when the season starts and comes back afterward to pull it all down. It suits anyone who wants a display without spending a Saturday up a ladder.

Mid-range cost, due every year
One crew visit to hang, another to remove
Lit for the holiday stretch only
Appearance depends on the lights used that year

Moderatebilled yearly
Easyour crew does it
Seasonalholiday weeks only
Looks Greatduring the holidays

Pricing

Permanent Lighting Pricing

We price by the linear footage of track plus the controller and power components. The long low rooflines on the contemporaries here run efficiently, because a clean uninterrupted line costs less per foot to install than a broken-up one, even when the total footage is similar.

The design consult is free and our quote is firm before we order anything.

Choosing elevations is where you control the number. Lighting the approach and the walkout and leaving a road-facing elevation nobody sees is usually the better spend, and we will tell you so.

Free design
consultation
Track matched
to your trim
App setup with
your first scenes
0% financing
through Klarna
Lifetime lights,
10-year system
72-Hour
Worry-Free Guarantee

Built for Wooded Lots

Lighting for Wooded Lots

A wooded Minnetonka lot with a long setback and mature canopy is properly dark after sundown. There is no street lighting reaching the house and often no neighboring light either.

That changes the value of the system. On a well-lit suburban street roofline lighting is largely decorative. Out here it is the difference between arriving at a visible house and feeling your way up a dark drive.

The architecture helps as well. The long low rooflines on the contemporaries and split-levels around Glen Lake and Groveland give clean uninterrupted runs, which look excellent lit and are efficient to install. Our system runs at 48 volts, so the far end of a long single-story run glows as brightly as the end nearest the garage.

A home at night with permanent lights along the roofline

A Minnetonka Point

Walkouts and Tall Trees

Worth thinking about which elevations to light rather than defaulting to the front. On a wooded lot with a curving drive, the elevation you actually see on arrival is often not the one facing the road.

The walkout side is the other candidate. Many houses here have their main living space and deck at the back, facing the trees, and lighting that elevation makes the outdoor space usable later into the evening in a way front-of-house lighting does not.

Tree cover is the constraint to raise honestly. Heavy canopy right up against the roofline will obscure part of a run from certain angles, and branches moving against track is worth avoiding. We will point that out at the consult, and sometimes the recommendation is to trim first or to shift the run.

A two-story home at dusk with permanent lights along every roofline, shifting from orange to green to blue

Wally the walrus, the Wally's Home Services mascot

Reviews

Minnetonka Lighting Reviews

A sloppy permanent lighting job is hard to hide, since crooked track and uneven spacing show from the road. That makes our work simple to grade. After our crew leaves, head down the driveway and turn around for a look. If anything seems off, like a wavy section, a gap wider than the rest or something you just don't like, call within 72 hours. We'll come back out and correct it free.

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Spreading the Cost

0% Interest Financing Available

Lighting a full roofline, front and walkout side, adds up. Many homeowners find it simpler to think about in monthly amounts.

Our 0% interest financing through Klarna lets you install the complete system today and pay it off in installments, with zero interest charged.

During the free consult, we put the Klarna payment picture right next to your firm quote. You see both numbers and decide on your own schedule.

0% Interest Financing

Install everything today and split the cost into payments with Klarna.

Financing through Klarna is subject to approval.

See It Lit

Permanent Lighting for Every Occasion

A few of the looks our customers run on their homes.

A two-story home at night with warm-white permanent lights along every roofline and gable — Everyday
Classic Warm White
A soft warm-white outline that makes the house look finished after dark, which is how most owners run it most nights.

A single-story home at dusk lit in red, white and blue permanent lighting along its gables — Holiday
Red, White and Blue
One tap switches the whole roofline to red, white and blue for the Fourth of July, then back to warm white when the holiday is over.

A brick two-story home at dusk with purple and gold permanent lighting along the roofline and garage — Game Day
Team Colors on Demand
Purple and gold for game day, set from the app in seconds, with no strings to hang and nothing to take down after.

Your Local Team

Serving Minnetonka

Wally's Home Services covers Minnetonka and the surrounding Hennepin County area. We are one local company, not a franchise or a dealer network, so the people who quote your job are the people who do it and the people you call afterward.

Address: 4300 Quebec Ave N #100, New Hope, MN 55428
Phone: (612) 216-7894
Hours: Monday–Saturday: 8:00 AM–6:00 PM · Sunday: Closed

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ZIP Codes We Serve Near Minnetonka, MN

55305
55317
55331
55343
55345
55391
55410
55416
55424
55426
55435
55436
55439

Just outside Minnetonka? We also cover Wayzata, Edina, Chanhassen.

Frequently Asked Questions

Permanent Lighting FAQs

Straight answers so you know what you are booking. If your question is not here, call and ask.

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1. How much are permanent lights in Minnetonka?

We price by the linear foot of track plus the controller. Long, low rooflines are common here, and a clean uninterrupted run costs less per foot to install than a broken-up one. Choosing which sides to light is where you control the number. Our consult and quote are free.

2. Which side of the house should get permanent lights on a wooded lot?

Often not the side facing the road. On a curving wooded drive, you see a different side of the house as you arrive. The walkout side is the other good choice, since your deck and living space usually face the trees. We walk the approach with you first.

3. Do trees block permanent lights?

They can. Canopy that clears the roof makes no difference. Branches hanging over the eave hide part of a run from some angles. If branches touch the roofline, we may suggest trimming them first or shifting the run. We tell you at the consult.

4. Are permanent lights worth it on a dark lot?

On a dark lot they do real work. No street light reaches many houses here after sundown. A lit roofline turns a dark shape at the end of the drive into your house. So it earns its keep every night, not just in December.

5. Will a long run of permanent lights get dim at the far end?

No. Our Signature system runs on 48 volts, which keeps brightness even from end to end. On a long single-story run, the far end glows as brightly as the end nearest the garage.

6. How long do permanent lights last in Minnesota?

We build them to stay up through every winter, not come down each spring. Our warranty backs that with lifetime coverage on the LEDs for manufacturing defects. You also get 10 years on the system and 5 years on labor and materials.

7. Where does a permanent light system plug in?

Inside your garage. The control box goes on a garage outlet, and on most homes that is the ceiling outlet running the door opener. It sits up high and never needs unplugging.

8. Do permanent lights damage the soffit?

We screw the track into the soffit, and nothing touches a gutter or a shingle. If you ever remove the system, you will see small screw holes. Our 72-Hour Worry-Free Guarantee covers the install workmanship.

9. What if I'm not happy with the results?

Then we make it right, free of charge. Walk the property after we are done, and if anything falls short, call us at (612) 216-7894 within 72 hours. We come back and fix it at no cost to you. No invoice, no argument, no fine print. That is the Wally's Worry-Free Guarantee.