Fox Hill Builders – The Choice in Custom Building
For over 20 years, Fox Hills Builders
in Darien has been custom building, renovating, and expanding
homes to the highest standards of craftsmanship. Fox Hill Builders pride themselves
on delivering the finest workmanship to high-end homes
within the agreed timeframe and budget. Their approach
is hands-on and founder/owner Bob Calve personally oversees every Fox Hill
project. Fox Hill Builder’s commitment to excellence
extends to their 30 plus employees and their long-term
relationships with leading subcontractors. Before any work
begins on your home, Fox Hill Builders makes sure that
everyone who is connected with your project has the skills,
knowledge, and materials to ensure the finest outcome.
|
Giving
Back to the Community |
Derelict
house cleared from Farm Creek property
A magnificent view over Farm Creek and beyond
was opened Monday with the tearing down of a two-story
house at 34 Sammis St. in Rowayton.
And, unlike is often the case another structure
will not be going up in its place.
"That area where the house is, or near the house, will be like an observation
deck, where people can go and look out over the scenery," said D. Seeley
Hubbard, a member of the Norwalk Land Trust board of the directors and also the
city's Conservation Commission. "We'll have a nature preserve there ...
what we set out to do. What's left afterward is to restore the barn. That will
be the final phase." Read
complete article...
Click photos below to enlarge:   
More about Fox Hill's
community programs 
|
|
More
News... |
Shingle Minded
Everythng Old is New Again
When Michael Barbis parked his boat in a slip in Rowayton, Connecticut, he became smitten with the area. The 1947 Cape that Michael Barbis bought hardly fulfilled his dream of a seaside cottage, however. So he threw a demolition party and razed the Cape. Local architect Stuart Disston helped Mike realize his vision. With four distinct rooflines, multiple porches, and fanciful towers, Michael's new, rambling house was built in the 19th-century Shingle style, which began in seaside resorts in the Northeast.
The stone wall was built low and topped with a picket fence to enable the owner to sit on his front porch and wave to his neighbors.
Read complete article...
|
Today's Traditionalist
You like a fairly normal kitchen that's full of architectural details yet family friendly, too—a pretty space that's practcal for real life.
It was love at first sight for the owners of this la ic 1920s Georgian home, partly because its extrior reminded them of the place they were married. Once inside the home's gracious doors, however, the couple were less than smitten.
"It was beautiful, but this house had been built for another time," architectural designer Louise Brooks says. "The formal living room, the 'dad's den,' and the utilitarian kitchen didn't provide comfortable places for a family to gather."
Read complete article...
|
 Growing Gracefully
A smartly-scaled addition promotes family togetherness by offering open, hard-working spaces that blend with the rest of the modest 1920's home
Larry and Susan LeHan had more than enough room for their family of three when they bought a charming 1920s Tudor Colonial in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
But as the size of their family grew to five, the 1,800-square-foot, three-bedroom home turned from comfortable to cramped. The couple really didn't want to move—the house backs to a 100-acre woodland park—and they didn't want to alter the front exterior or eliminate the porte cochere on the side. The home's half-acre lot, deep and narrow, seemed to limit remodeling options.
Read
complete article...
|
|
