Los Lagos Christmas Light Hanging

There’s a guard at the Los Lagos gate, so nobody wanders through just to see lights. Whatever goes on your house is for you, for the neighbors along Los Lagos Circle and Seville Circle, and for whoever is coming to dinner. That’s a nice way to decorate. No crowd to please. If you’d like Los Lagos Christmas light hanging done without hauling out a ladder, we’re a short drive up the road in Loomis at (916) 675-8282.

Around 350 homes sit behind the gate, and the ones that come up for sale tend to run 6,000 to 7,500 square feet. A house that size has roof on several levels, a garage wing, and usually an entry tall enough that you look up at it.

Roofline lights are where most Los Lagos jobs start. We pick the lines that describe the house from the street (the main ridge, the front gables, the eave over the entry) and leave the back corners alone unless you want them. Clips hold every bulb. On tile they slip under the tile’s lower edge, on a gutter they grab the lip, and in neither case does a nail or a staple touch your trim.

A tall entry is made for lit garland. We tie it around the door surround or along a balcony rail, and hang a lit wreath above or beside the door on a hook that leaves no mark. If you’ve got columns out front, pillar wraps wound close together make them stand out after dark without looking busy.

Lots here run about an acre. From the street, your house may be a good way off, and a roofline alone can look like a thin outline with a lot of black around it. The yard has to do some of the talking.

That’s a job for tree wraps and stake lighting. A couple of wrapped trunks near the drive set the depth of the yard. Stakes along the driveway edge lead the eye up to the house, and we keep them back from the paving and away from sprinkler heads so the mower and the irrigation both carry on as usual.

Los Lagos also has its small private lakes, a maintained park, and a private walking trail that runs out to Folsom Lake. If your place backs toward water or the trail, a lit rear eave looks good from over there, and still water will hand you a second set of lights for free. And if you’re out by the Los Lagos Equestrian Center, keep it simple, low and steady.

You can see how we work elsewhere in town on our Granite Bay page, read up on wrapping trunks and branches, or compare notes with the other guarded gate in town, Wexford.

Los Lagos has a homeowners association. We weren’t able to find its holiday lighting rules published anywhere, so we’re not going to quote you dates we can’t back up. If your association sets a window for when decorations go up and come down, pass it along when you call (916) 675-8282 and that becomes our schedule. If you’re not sure, ask before you book.

Rules or none, the house won’t be glowing at two in the morning. Everything runs on a timer, and nothing is nailed on. We decorate your lot. Common-area trees and the entry belong to the association.

We quote by phone. Call (916) 675-8282, or send a few pictures of the house by text, by email or from the contact page, and say which parts you’d like lit. No one needs to visit beforehand. Because the gate is guarded, we’ll ask you to clear us with the guard for hanging day.

We own the lights and bring them with us. In January you clear us at the gate again, every strand comes down off the eaves and the trunks, and the whole lot rides home with us. If part of the display goes out in between, call (916) 675-8282.

Does the Los Lagos HOA limit when holiday lights can be up?

There is an association, but we could not find its lighting rules in public. Ask the association for the current rules, and we’ll schedule both visits to stay inside whatever they say.

How do you get past the guard gate?

You let the guard know we’re expected on hanging day and again on takedown day in January. That’s all we need.

My house sits far back on an acre. Is a roofline run enough?

Seldom, at that distance. We usually suggest a few wrapped trunks or stakes along the driveway so the yard has some depth from the street.

Can you reach the high peaks on a two-story estate home?

Yes, that’s the ladder work we do so you don’t have to. Text photos and we’ll tell you over the phone which lines are worth lighting.