Siding in Highlands, NJ
Lightning Construction is a veteran-owned siding contractor serving Highlands, New Jersey and the rest of Monmouth County — GAF-certified, rated 4.9 stars across 264 reviews, with nothing due up front and no change orders. Typical Highlands jobs land between $10,000 and $22,000.
Siding in Highlands, house by house.
Highlands counts about 2,808 housing units, and the median one went up in 1975 — in the late 1970s and 1980s. Something like 61% went up before 1980.
Vinyl was standard by the time these went up, and thirty- to forty-year-old vinyl is exactly where it starts to fail. By this age the panels have lost enough flexibility that repairs stop being practical.
Between the single-family houses and the two- and three-families, wall areas here vary enormously — which is why siding estimates in town range more widely than people expect.
Owner-occupancy runs around 61% in Highlands, so a good share of the work here is for landlords and small property owners. Those jobs get the same written number and the same crews; they just tend to move faster.
What Highlands weather does to a house
Monmouth County is inland horse country on one side and the northern shore on the other, and Highlands is part of it. Salt air is the governing condition in Highlands, and it decides materials before anything else does. Two things do the damage here and both are edge conditions. Salt attacks the metal — fasteners, drip edge, flashing — from the hidden side, and coastal wind lifts whatever the salt has already loosened. Corrosion-resistant components and a properly sealed eave and rake are the whole defense. On walls, the same salt load is what chalks and pits south- and east-facing elevations years before the sheltered sides go.
What the estimate covers
- No deposit; payment comes after the work does
- No mid-job add-ons, ever
- GAF-certified crews, NJ Home Improvement Contractor 13VH12437000
- Free, unhurried inspection and a written number the same visit
- Permits pulled through the Highlands construction office
- Corrosion-resistant flashing and high-wind fastening as standard
Highlands pricing, and what moves it.
Most siding projects in Highlands land between $10,000 and $22,000. Most jobs here come in below the midpoint. What pushes one higher is almost always something we can see before quoting — extra layers, a steep pitch, or soft decking. For context, the median home in Highlands is valued at about $460,000. The number on your estimate is the number you pay — we do not write change orders.
Housing figures are American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates for Highlands borough.
Who we cover near Highlands.
Within the town we cover Parkertown. That covers ZIP code 07732. Immediate neighbors are Atlantic Highlands, Middletown Township and Sea Bright, and we work in every one.
More for your Highlands home.
Recent Lightning projects around Highlands.
“Honest about everything. They showed up on time, kept the property clean, and the roof came out amazing. Made everything stress free.”
Straight answers.
Siding in Highlands typically runs $10,000 to $22,000. What moves a given house within that band is size, pitch and what is already on the roof — and with a median build year of 1975, 61% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Highlands sees more of that variation than a newer town would. That is all visible at the free inspection, so the written number accounts for it.
Yes — this work is permitted by Highlands's own construction office under New Jersey's Uniform Construction Code. Handling the permit and the inspection is part of what we do, and it is already in the price.
Yes, in two specific ways. We use corrosion-resistant flashing and fasteners because salt air attacks ordinary metal from underneath, and we use high-wind nailing patterns with sealed starter courses at the eaves and rakes, which is where coastal storms lift a roof first.
Usually a day or two; larger homes run to three. Highlands is about 20 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
You pay when the work is done and you are satisfied with it — there is no deposit and no progress payment. Financing exists if you want it, at the same price.
Three things separate us: no deposit, no change orders, and a written price that holds. We are GAF-certified, veteran-owned, NJ HIC 13VH12437000, rated 4.9 from 264 reviews, and we work across Monmouth County, including Atlantic Highlands, Middletown and Rumson.
Siding in Highlands?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Highlands home.