Sierra Oaks Christmas Light Installation

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Sierra Oaks has wide winding roads, large redwoods and no sidewalks. So on a December night, the edge of your lawn and the edge of the road are about the same shade of black. Lights take care of that, and the house looks better while they’re at it. Sierra Oaks Christmas light installation by Sac Xmas Light Installation runs from the first clip to the last strand coming down in January.

Old map, mixed houses

The neighborhood map was recorded in 1929 and sold as country living close to the city. The first houses were French and Normandy style. Since then the place has filled in with ranch homes, mid-century designs and custom builds, a lot of them from the 1960s through the 1980s. There are close to 900 homes and the styles are mixed, so we don’t show up with a standard plan.

If yours is one of the French or Normandy originals, the roof is probably steep. Steep is fine. We work the edges from ladders, outline the peaks that can be reached properly, and skip anything that would take a stunt to get to. A ranch is the opposite problem, which is to say no problem: long eaves, low gutters, done quickly. Custom house with a roof that goes six directions? Send a photo, or describe it to us at (916) 586-7193. On all of them the lights hang from clips. Nothing gets nailed, stapled or drilled into your trim.

Redwoods, big lots and the edge of the road

Some lots here run up to two acres, and the foliage is mature, large redwoods included. A redwood trunk takes a wrap very well because it’s thick, straight and visible from a long way off. We wrap trunks as high as can be done safely and stop there. Nobody is going to the top of a redwood for you.

Because there are no sidewalks, stake lighting does real work in this neighborhood. A line of stakes along the lawn edge or up the driveway tells a driver where the pavement ends. We set them back from the road so mirrors and tires leave them alone, and we keep them out of the sprinkler heads.

At the front door, the usual pieces apply: pillar and column wraps if you have posts, a lit wreath, lit garland draped above the doorway or run down a railing. On a deep lot these matter more than you’d think, since the door is what guests are walking toward in the dark.

Sierra Oaks Christmas lights and the HOA that doesn’t exist

There’s no HOA. The Sierra Oaks Neighborhood Association is a volunteer nonprofit whose dues pay for Sheriff patrols. It puts on Movie Night, National Night Out and Food Truck Night. It doesn’t hand out holiday lighting rules, and we haven’t found a neighborhood lights event or contest either.

So nobody sets your dates and nobody is judging. Your only critic is whoever lives across the road. Put the lights up as early or as late as you like.

Your part and our part

Your part is one phone call to (916) 586-7193, or a few photos sent by text or email. Tell us how many stories, what the roof is, which trees, and where the outdoor outlets hide. No one needs to visit to give you a quote.

Our part is everything else. We bring the lights. We set timers so they switch on at dusk and off at an hour you choose. Should a strand die halfway through December, one call brings a repair. Once January arrives the crew unclips the whole display and drives off with it, so your garage gains no bins.

More on house jobs is on the residential lighting page, and the contact page takes photos.

Where we work in the neighborhood

Sierra Oaks Christmas light installation, for us, means all of it. The association draws the lines at Fair Oaks Boulevard on the north, American River Drive on the south, Watt Avenue on the east and the Monroe and University Drive side on the west. That takes in the streets around Sierra Oaks School. We also do lights in Wilhaggin, work inside the HOA rules at Campus Commons and cover Sacramento proper. Our shop is in the Bell Street area of Arden-Arcade, so none of it is a long drive, and (916) 586-7193 rings there.

Straight answers for Sierra Oaks

Does SONA have any say over holiday lights?

No. SONA, the Sierra Oaks Neighborhood Association, is a volunteer group that funds Sheriff patrols and community events. It doesn’t set dates or rules for holiday lights.

Can you wrap a redwood tree?

Yes, the trunk. We wrap as high as can be reached safely and stop there, which on a big redwood still makes a tall, clean column of light.

There’s no sidewalk in front of my house. Where do stake lights go?

Along the lawn edge or the driveway, set back from the pavement so cars don’t hit them, and clear of your sprinkler heads.

My roof is steep. Can you still light the roofline?

In most cases, yes. We work steep roofs from ladders at the edges and tell you up front if a peak can’t be reached properly.