Holiday Light Installation in Pinewood Lakes, Star, Idaho

Holiday Lights on a Pinewood Lakes Roofline

Start with the build stage — Pinewood Lakes is built out rather than actively building, so the landscaping has filled in and the debris load has shifted from construction grit to real leaf and seed litter, and pricing starts around $409,000 to $995,000, homes run 1,800 to 3,500 square feet. Production rooflines here are straightforward to light well — the front gable, the eave line and the garage return do most of the work. We supply commercial-grade LEDs, cut and build every strand to your specific roof so there are no loops of slack at the corners, install them, maintain them through the season, then take them down and store them for you. You are not buying a box of lights and a ladder problem.

Why Gutters Come First

Lights clip to the gutter edge and the shingle line, which means an installer is working directly on the system that has to carry winter water away. If the gutters are packed with the season's leaf drop when the lights go on, that debris stays there until spring, freezes, and wedges the gutter away from the fascia — with your light line attached to it. Clearing gutters before the install is the correct order, and doing both on one visit means one mobilization instead of two. Gutter cleaning starts at $199.

Clips, Not Staples

We hang on purpose-made clips that ride the gutter lip or the shingle edge. No staples, no nails, no adhesive. Staples put permanent holes through fascia and drip edge, and in Star's freeze-thaw cycling every one of those holes is a place for water to get behind the trim. On a home still under builder warranty that is a genuinely bad trade for one season of lights. On an established home the fascia has already seen several winters, which is all the more reason not to perforate it.

Through-Season Service and Takedown

Installation is the easy part. The value is in what happens after the first hard freeze: a strand fails, a clip lets go in a wind event, a timer drifts. Service through the season is included, so you call us and we come out rather than you getting on a ladder in December. Takedown and storage are included as well — we pull everything in January, label it by elevation and store it, so next year is an install rather than a rebuild. Nothing lives in your garage.

Getting on the Schedule

Holiday lighting is quoted per roofline rather than off a price sheet, because linear footage, peak count and the height of the highest run are what actually drive the number. Book early — installs run from October and the good slots in Pinewood Lakes go first, which matters when a whole street lights up the same week. We are fully insured, locally owned, and rated 4.9 stars across 125+ Google reviews. Call (208) 453-6760 for a walk-through and a quote.