Wilhaggin Christmas Light Installation

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The former California governor’s residence, built in 1984, sits on Lake Wilhaggin Drive. Nobody has asked us to light that one. Yours we can do. Wilhaggin Christmas light installation, for the Arden-Arcade houses south of Fair Oaks Boulevard along the American River, goes like this at Sac Xmas Light Installation: we supply the lights, climb the ladders, set the timers and remove everything in January.

Most of Wilhaggin has no HOA

The group you’ve probably heard of is the Wilhaggin Del Dayo Neighborhood Association. It’s voluntary, it was founded in 2006, it has more than 1,000 member households, and its money goes to off-duty Sheriff patrols. It’s a patrol association. It is not in the business of telling you when to plug in a wreath.

There’s one exception worth knowing. A few small gated enclaves inside Wilhaggin have HOAs of their own. We haven’t read their rules and we’re not going to guess at them. If you live in one, check the current rules, pass along whatever they say on holiday decorating, and both our hanging date and our removal date will be picked to fit. While you’re at it, tell us how the gate works so the crew isn’t parked outside it looking suspicious.

Everybody else: pick your dates. (916) 586-7193 is where you tell us.

We ask about your house instead of assuming

We don’t know your house until you tell us about it, so we don’t quote from a template. We ask.

• One story or two, and how tall is the highest peak?
• What’s on the roof? Tile and composition shingle take different clips, and on tile we keep our weight off it wherever possible.
• Which trees do you want lit, and how big around are the trunks?
• Where are the outdoor outlets, front and side?

Answer those by phone at (916) 586-7193, or text or email a few photos taken from the street. That’s the whole quoting process. Nobody has to tour your yard.

What usually goes on a house here

Wilhaggin runs from Fair Oaks Boulevard down to the American River, and whichever one your house faces, the roofline is where the job starts: eaves, gutters, peaks and gables, held by clips, never nails or staples. Tree wraps come next, on trunks and reachable limbs near the front of the lot. If the entry has posts, pillar and column wraps frame the door. Stake lighting runs the driveway or the front walk, placed to miss the sprinkler heads. A lit wreath plus lit garland finish the entry, a railing or an archway.

If your lot backs toward the American River Parkway, the street side is what we light by default. Want the back done for your own view? Say so and we’ll include it.

Wilhaggin Christmas light installation ends with a January takedown

The lights are ours. We bring them, hang them and set timers so they run themselves. When a section of the display quits, a phone call gets it repaired. January is removal month: every strand leaves the property with us. You store nothing.

The calendar is the only thing here with a deadline. Get on it at (916) 586-7193, or through the contact form if it’s after hours.

Details on house jobs are on our home lighting page. Our trucks leave from near Bell Street, and Arden Way and Fair Oaks Boulevard are the roads that bring us to Wilhaggin, to Sierra Oaks and on to Carmichael.

Straight answers for Wilhaggin

Does the patrol association have any say over lights in Wilhaggin?

Not for most of the neighborhood. The neighborhood association (WDDNA) is a voluntary patrol-funding group and has no say over decorations. A few small gated enclaves have their own HOAs, and those owners should check their current rules.

I live in one of the gated enclaves. Can you still do my lights?

Yes. Tell us what your association’s current rules say and how gate entry works, and we’ll plan the install and January takedown around both.

What do you need to know to quote Wilhaggin Christmas light installation?

Number of stories, roof material, which trees you want lit and where the outdoor outlets are. A phone call or a few texted photos covers it.

Do you light the river side of a house?

Only if you ask. The street side is the default, but we’ll add the back if you want to see it from your own patio.