Fox Hill Offers Privacy and Protection
By Clementina Verge
Because there’s no place like home, Fox Hill Luxury Real Estate Services strives to keep these personal sanctuaries safe, and maintained to the highest standards. At the helm is company founder Andrew C. Hopkinson, whose extensive background in estate management coupled with a decades-long career in law enforcement provides unique insights that clients seek and respect.
A licensed, insured, and bonded home improvement contractor, Hopkinson has provided full-scale property maintenance and management of luxury homes for more than 40 years; high-profile clients from financial, music, entertainment industries, and Hollywood rely on his astute response to high expectations and privacy protection. “We are the only property management company that specializes in luxury real estate, caring for fine homes and large estates,” explains Hopkinson. “There is a difference in maintaining a 12,000-square-foot home worth $9 million and a 3,000-square-foot home worth $700,000. Home construction and systems are much more complicated in a larger home. With that being said, our fee structure is the same.”
In return, four-season services overlook nothing: carpentry, painting, gutter cleaning, landscaping, stone wall building, access control, inspections, and everything in between is covered. “We have 12 men and four women working six days a week, 365 days a year,” assures Hopkinson, who also keeps more than 200 vetted and insured subcontractors on standby.
A married father of two, he trained at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department. A former instructor for MSA, an international security and explosives detection company, Hopkinson was also a security and counterterrorism instructor at Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and many Fortune 500 companies. With certifications in law enforcement, security, and emergency management from the FBI, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and FEMA, his comprehensive and unique perspective provides clients with valuable information regarding personal and home security needs and assessment.
“Being in law enforcement shares similarities with maintaining and managing luxury real estate,” reflects Hopkinson, who responded to Ground Zero after 9/11 and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. “Both require specific investigating skills, whether determining the cause of a leak in a home or the cause of an accident. Each requires reconstruction and years of experience to do so correctly and efficiently.”
His recent expansion into Litchfield County was prompted by falling in love with the area while traveling its roads on a motorcycle back in the 1980s, and even more so, two years ago when his son moved to Kent.
“People settle in Litchfield County for beauty, privacy, and safety, and we help ensure those desires,” Hopkinson assures. “As president of Fox Hill Luxury Real Estate Services, I am responsible for all the success and failures of the company, and I will never blame anyone else. I ‘own’ the responsibility. My clients rely on me to put the right person for the job in place for the greatest chance of success.”—luxuryreservice.com
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