Congratulations to our 2024 Haunt the Home Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Visalia's Holiday Decorating Contest. Your creativity and enthusiasm have truly brightened our community, showcasing the incredible spirit of togetherness and holiday spirit. We appreciate your efforts in making this event a fang-tastic expression of community pride and holiday magic!

There was a total of 32 submitted addresses and 14 awarded homes. Below are the winning houses and their awarded categories. Since we had so many spooktacular homes enter the contest, we also gave out several honorable mentions. Thank you again to those who participated!

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Safety Note: Please remember that Haunt the Home is family friendly fun and that those driving the route should follow all rules of the road, drive under the speed limit, and have a passenger or hands free device give you route directions! Drivers should minimize distractions and always be aware of your surroundings. For safety tips from our Visalia Police Department, scroll down.

Best Overall

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated house with an innovated design, haunted atmosphere, special effects and spooky props that created an eerie ambiance.

Congratulations Heather John!

Best Theme: Beetlejuice

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated house with clear and thoughtful props to create a consistent theme.

Congratulations Christopher Hughes!

Best Lights

Juding Guidelines: Best decorated house with the use of lights that elevates the design.

Congratulations Alvaro Garcia, Jr.

Best Effects

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated house with the use of special effects that enhanced the overall look.

Congratulations Bruce Morelli!

Most Creative

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated house with a unique style and unexpected materials.

Congratulations Salma Gill!

Harvest House

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated PG-13 house with fall decorations and elements.

Congratulations Jen Herrema!

Spooktacular

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated house with spooky props and placement. 

Congratulations Robert Carrillo!

Incredible Inflatables

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated PG-13 house with inflatable elements.

Congratulations Shea Weare!

Classic Horror

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated Houses with elements from classic horror films.

Congratulations Victor Brito!

Haunted House

Judging Guidelines: Best decorated house with creepy props and materials that created a haunting setup.

Congratulations Ray Rodriguez!

Visalian's Choice

Judging Guidelines: Visalian's voted for their favorite house.

The community casted 11,760 votes and the winning house below received almost 50% with 5,344 votes.

Congratulations Richie Gonzales!

Council's Choice

Judging Guidelines: City Council members voted on their favorite decorated house.

Congratulations to Maria Martinez!

Driver's Choice

Judging Guidelines: City of Visalia Solid Waste Drivers voted on their favorite house that they see on their trash pick-up routes.

Congratulations to Victoria Arend!

Honorable Mentions

Other Submissions:

Homes that were outside the city limits.

Enjoying Haunt the Home Safely

Please remember that Haunt the Home is family friendly fun! Those driving the route should:

• Follow all rules of the road
• Drive under the speed limit
• Slow down and use extra caution when driving through residential areas
• Take time to look for children at intersections, medians and curbs
• Stop for ALL children and pedestrians and allow them to cross in front of you
• Minimize distractions and ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings
• Have a passenger or hands free device give you route directions

For more Halloween safety tips, follow the Visalia Police Department on Facebook @visaliapd

Thank you again to everyone who participated in Haunt the Home. Stay tuned for our 2nd Annual Deck the Home: Visalia's Holiday Decorating Contest. Make sure to follow us on social media at Facebook, Instagram or X to enter into our next event!