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Large board-and-batten estate at night with warm-white lights tracing every gable, dormer and roofline. Representative of installs like those near River Oaks.

Harris County · TX

Christmas light installation in River Oaks, Texas.

River Oaks is a planned residential district of roughly 1,100 acres inside the 610 Loop, between Downtown and Uptown. The Hogg brothers and attorney Hugh Potter developed it in the 1920s, and Houston annexed it in 1927. Buffalo Bayou bounds it on the north, Westheimer Road on the south, South Shepherd Drive on the east and Willowick Road on the west.
Inner Loop HoustonAbout 1 hour from ConroeAbout 1,100 acres inside the 610 Loop

Christmas lights in River Oaks, in short

Holiday Lights Texas custom-cuts, installs, maintains, removes and stores holiday lighting in River Oaks, Harris County. Packages start at $799, roofline is priced by the foot, and one price covers the whole season. River Oaks is about 1 hour from our Conroe base.

Service
Custom-cut LED install, maintenance, removal, storage
Minimum package
$799
Roofline
$6 to $10 per foot by height
From our base
About 1 hour
Service requests
Answered within 24 hours, 7 days a week

The housing stock

What we typically meet in River Oaks.

The original deed restrictions required particular styles, and homes along Kirby Drive were limited to American Colonial or English Tudor. Architects such as John F. Staub and Birdsall Briscoe shaped the early estates, so Colonial Revival, Georgian and Tudor houses with formal symmetry sit beside newer rebuilds on curving streets with mature oaks.

River Oaks has its own property owners' association, River Oaks Property Owners, which manages the neighborhood's esplanade parks with the city. Rules vary by street and by the deed on each lot, so check yours before you plan a display.

Our work

Installs like the ones we do near River Oaks.

  • Large board-and-batten estate at night with warm-white lights tracing every gable, dormer and roofline.
  • Stone estate at dusk with a lit driveway edge, wrapped tree trunks and warm-white rooflines.
  • Modern farmhouse with a paver driveway and warm-white lights outlining each gable and the garage.

Representative Holiday Lights Texas installs. We do not publish customer addresses. See the full gallery.

Design notes for this market

What looks right here.

  • Symmetrical Georgian and Colonial facades look best lit in a restrained, evenly spaced line that honors the formality of the architecture.
  • Curving streets and deep front lawns mean the house is often seen from an angle, so corners and dormers need defined bulbs to read from the road.
  • Tudor half-timbering and steep gables reward a precise ridge outline rather than a crowded one.
  • Mature live oaks along the esplanades and lawns are the strongest feature on many lots, and a few carefully wrapped trunks do more than a dozen small accents.

Commercial & community

Businesses and shared property in River Oaks.

  • River Oaks Shopping Center, one of the first shopping centers in Houston
  • River Oaks Country Club and its clubhouse grounds
  • Churches and private schools around the district
  • Retail and offices along the Westheimer Road edge

River Oaks questions

What River Oaks homeowners ask us.

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Large stone Texas estate at night with lit driveway edge, wrapped tree trunks and warm-white rooflines.

River Oaks, TX

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