Ridgecrest's golf-course lots were built taller than the single-story 1990s stock filling most of Nampa — larger two-story elevations with fairway-facing great rooms, window walls and tall transoms running well above ladder height. That height is what a quote here is actually measuring.
The houses out here were built to look at the course, which put the height and the glass on the fairway side. A front elevation typically stacks a garage return, a main eave and an entry feature; the course side frequently runs a full two-story great-room wall. Each height change is a separate ladder set and a separate cut length of commercial-grade strand, and the course-facing run is a genuine addition to the job rather than a rounding error. That is the whole reason a flat per-foot number would be wrong here in a way it would not be on a single-story plan two miles away.
Fairway-side lots collect cottonwood and course debris that clogs downspouts which are a real climb to clear on a two-story elevation. For lighting that matters in the usual way — a strand clipped over a packed trough means water backs up and freezes under your lights — and it matters more here because getting up to deal with it in January is not a casual errand. Clear troughs before the strand goes over them. If the gutters have not been done this fall, tell us at the quote and we will sequence the work rather than hanging over a full run on a two-story roofline.
Every attachment point is a plastic clip — no staples, no nails, nothing driven into stone, stucco or fascia. On a home this size the bigger issue is the cut list: hips, dormers, gable returns and porch columns each need their own measured length of commercial-grade strand, and an installer working off stretched store strings ends up with uneven spacing on exactly the elevation you bought the house for. We measure each run, cut to it, and label the set so year two goes on faster than year one. Wind exposure out here is the other reason stretched strands fail — a properly seated clip on a cut-to-length run is what survives a January blow.
Every quote covers the strands themselves — commercial-grade, cut to your roofline — install, mid-season fixes, January takedown and off-season storage. On a property this size the useful advice is about scope, not price: light the entry gable and the main street-facing lines first, because that is what reads from the road, and add trees, courtyard runs or the back elevation in a later season. Since we store your custom-cut set between seasons, adding on never means starting the measuring over. The honest limit is that we do not do animated or music-synced shows — rooflines, peaks, columns and trees done cleanly is the job we are set up to do well.
Larger elevations take longer to measure, cut and hang, so October is the right call rather than a nice idea — routes fill by mid-November and the bigger jobs need the daylight. Installs run through December for late deciders. Takedown is in January and included, along with off-season storage: on a property this size that is the part owners underestimate most, and it is already in the quote. Anything that goes dark between now and then is a call to (208) 453-6760 and a no-charge fix.
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The street elevation is what neighbors see; the course side is what you see. It is a genuine cost difference on a two-story elevation, so we quote it as its own line rather than bundling it. Plenty of owners start with the front and add the course side a later season.
Yes. Tall runs are worked with pole sections planned for the actual height rather than a ladder leaned on fascia or siding. We decide the approach at the quote in daylight, which is a better time to work it out than install morning.
We supply them. Every install uses commercial-grade C9 or mini LED strands custom-cut to your roofline. We do not hang store-bought strands — a roof in December is the wrong place to find out a four-year-old set has a dead section, and supplying the lights ourselves is what lets us include mid-season fixes in the quote.
No. Every attachment point is a plastic clip matched to what you actually have — gutter lip, shingle edge or ridge. Nothing is stapled, nailed, screwed or glued. When the lights come down in January there is no evidence they were ever up, which is the whole standard.
Call or text (208) 453-6760 and we come fix it at no charge. That is part of the job, not a separate service call. Commercial-grade strands fail far less than store strings, but wind, squirrels and one crushed bulb still happen — you should not spend a Saturday diagnosing it on a ladder.
We come back, take everything down, and store your set through the off-season, where it gets inspected and repaired before next year. No bins in the garage, no untangling next November, and no second invoice — takedown and storage are already in the quote.
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