Two Rivers runs clad-wood window walls and two-story great rooms on lots built around a lake and waterfall system, close enough to the Boise River corridor to catch the cottonwood galleries. These are custom estate elevations, and a phone estimate on one would be a guess with a decimal point.
No two houses here are the same plan, which is the whole point of the neighborhood and the reason a flat rate cannot work. Two-story great-room walls, clad-wood window systems, multiple gables and hip returns, porch columns, and on many lots a lakeside elevation that is as prominent as the street side. Every gable return and dormer is its own measurement and its own cut length of commercial-grade strand, and on an estate elevation uneven bulb spacing from a stretched store strand is visible from the road. We measure, cut to the run, and label the set so the second season goes on faster than the first.
Lakeside and waterfall-facing elevations sit in a wetter microclimate than a dry Eagle lot half a mile away — mist settles lowest and hardest on those faces, and the cottonwood galleries along the river corridor drop fluff into gutters and screens every June. For lighting, persistent moisture on the water side is an argument for properly seated commercial-grade strand rather than a store set with a taped connection, and it is why included mid-season repair matters more here than average. Waterfowl working the lake system add their own mess to skylights and lower roof planes, which is worth clearing before anything gets clipped over it.
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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Both is common here and it is a real cost difference, so we quote them as separate lines. The street elevation is what the neighborhood sees; the lake side is what you and your guests see from inside. Many owners do the street first and add the water side a later season.
Nothing is fastened into cladding, stone or trim. Clips grip the gutter lip or shingle edge only, and come off in January leaving no trace. On a house with clad-wood systems that is not a preference, it is the only acceptable method.
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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