Gaillardia is a master-planned golf community in northwest Oklahoma City, with design standards that shape what homeowners can change on the outside of their homes. A lighting project here is mostly about design review, holiday timing and how the track mounts on slate and tile roofs.
The community
In the mid-1990s, Edward L. Gaylord chose part of his family’s farmland for an Old World style clubhouse, golf course and community. Gaillardia includes more than 250 acres of golf course, 240 acres of residential homes and 66 acres of perimeter commercial property. The Arthur Hills-designed course opened in July 1998, and the 55,000-square-foot French-Normandy clubhouse opened in 1999 (Gaillardia Country Club). The community is named for Oklahoma’s state wildflower.
Design review comes first
Homes in Gaillardia are governed by the Gaillardia Residential Design Guidelines (dated May 15, 1998), and some sections add their own standards on top. The published supplement for The Promenade at Gaillardia shows how detailed those can be (Promenade guidelines):
- Any “decorative elements to the exterior of a Unit” must follow the approved plans, and owners who want to deviate submit for review and approval.
- The Architectural Advisory Committee meets on the third Thursday of each month and expects reviews to take about 30 days. Review fees can apply.
Permanent track is a fixed exterior change, so build the review into your timeline. We give you the documents committees usually ask for: product specs, the mounting method, the track color matched to your trim, and a mockup of your house lit at night.
Holiday dates: let the app keep the calendar
The Promenade guidelines allow appropriate seasonal and holiday decorations without review, within set dates. Winter holiday decorations can go up the day after Thanksgiving and stay until January 15. Decorations for other holidays can go up two weeks before and must come down one week after. Inflatables are not allowed at all (Promenade guidelines).
Permanent lights make those windows easy. We program your holiday scenes to start and stop on those dates, and the system goes back to warm white on its own. Rules vary by section, so we check the covenants for your address.
Slate, synthetic slate and tile roofs
The Promenade guidelines call roof materials “one of the paramount design elements.” Blocks 27 and 29 require natural slate, synthetic slate or clay tile in uniform black or dark gray, and block 28 also allows one specific asphalt shingle (Promenade guidelines). Those roofs are expensive and brittle, so we don’t fasten light track through them. The track mounts to the fascia or trim at the roof edge, color-matched so it disappears in daylight.
Next steps
Request a free night mockup. For Gaillardia homes we include an everyday warm-white view, a holiday view and the documents for design review. See lighting pricing, the FAQ, or nearby Quail Creek and Oklahoma City.
