Crowne Point Christmas Light Installation

The heritage oaks around the preserve at Crowne Point were standing long before Lakepointe Drive had a name. The houses are the new part. Most went up between 2015 and 2019, which means big elevations, wide garages and a lot of roof edge for one tired parent to cover alone. Crowne Point Christmas light installation exists for the families behind the gate who’d rather spend that weekend at a tournament or a tree farm.

Crowne Point is a gated community with its own association, the Crowne Point HOA. We could not find its holiday decoration rules published anywhere, so you won’t get dates from us. What you will get is a plan built to your rules once you have them in hand. Ask your association for the current wording, forward it or read it to us at (916) 642-7382, and our two trips (lights up, lights down in January) get booked to respect it.

Until you have the rule in hand, this much we can promise: nothing drilled, nothing stapled, and a timer. The entry, the preserve and the trees that belong to the association aren’t part of a homeowner’s job, so we leave them alone.

Looked your home up online and seen “Croftwood” instead? Same place. Croftwood is the subdivision name on the listings, and Crowne Point is the name the builder, Tim Lewis Communities, gave the neighborhood. We answer to either.

Homesites here run about a quarter to a third of an acre, and the plans around the lake come with three-car garages. That garage is your widest piece of roofline, so it gets lit first, then the entry and the gables above it. We reach the upper edges by ladder and clip the lights to the gutter lip or roof edge. Send a photo of the roof and we’ll match the clip to whatever it’s covered in.

A wide house can also look empty in the middle if only the top edge is lit. That’s where the other pieces come in:

• Pillar and column wraps to give the porch some glow at eye level.
• A lit wreath between or above the garage doors, where there’s a broad blank wall.
• Lit garland around the door surround and along any railing.
• Stake lighting down a long driveway edge and the entry path, placed between sprinkler heads.

We’re based in Rocklin and also light homes next door in Loomis, which is handy, since many Crowne Point kids head that way for Loomis Union schools and Del Oro High School. See how we handle another Rocklin community with gates on our Whitney Oaks page, or read about wreath hanging.

The builder describes heritage oak trees throughout the neighborhood, and some stand on or right beside private lots. If one is yours, it can be the best thing in the display. Ties alone hold the wrap on the trunk and the heavy limbs nearest the ground. No fasteners of any kind go into an oak, and we don’t trim or bend branches to make lights fit. If the tree sits on the preserve side of your fence, we leave it dark.

Because the entry is gated, we need you to get us in twice, once in the fall and once after New Year’s. Everything else happens from your phone. Call (916) 642-7382 to talk it through, or text or email photos (the contact page accepts uploads) of the front, the driveway and any oak you’d like wrapped. Golden Pond Drive, Secret Creek Drive, Ravine Crossing Court: the street doesn’t matter, the pictures do.

In January we return, remove everything and take it with us. If a section fails during the season, call (916) 642-7382 and we return to fix it. The oaks were here first. They’ll be here, unwrapped, when we leave.

Has the Crowne Point HOA published a holiday lighting policy anywhere?

Nothing we could locate spells out this association’s holiday policy in public, and guessing isn’t fair to you. Ask the Crowne Point HOA for the current rule and send it to us. Both of our trips, including the one in January to remove the lights, will be timed to stay within it.

Is Croftwood the same neighborhood as Crowne Point?

Yes. Croftwood is the subdivision name used on listings, and Crowne Point is the builder’s name for the gated community.

Is the heritage oak by my house fair game for lights?

If it’s on your lot, yes, using ties only with nothing fastened into the tree. Oaks in the preserve or other common areas are left alone.

Who opens the gate for your truck?

You let us in, or arrange access, on install day and again on removal day in January. We’ll agree on both dates with you beforehand.