Barns, pole buildings, arenas and long driveways set Foxfield apart from the suburbs that surround it. Residents voted to incorporate in December 1994, with early leaders focused on maintaining the character of the neighborhood, and today the town of roughly 750 people covers about 1.3 square miles bordered by Aurora and Centennial. The town's zoning includes a Large Lot Rural Residential district, and many properties span two acres or more, with fenced pasture and outbuildings that need power of their own.
Getting power where the house isn't
On an acreage property, the electrical challenge is often distance. A barn, workshop or detached garage a few hundred feet from the house needs a properly sized feeder, a subpanel and correct grounding at the outbuilding. Undersized or poorly buried cable is a common problem on older rural lots, and it can cause voltage drop, tripping or worse.
Allstar designs and installs feeders, trenched underground runs, subpanels and outdoor-rated equipment for:
- Horse barns and stalls, including lighting and outlets for tack rooms
- Heated waterers and stock-tank de-icers that run all winter
- Pole barns with heated office or workshop space
- Arena, gate and driveway lighting
- RV and trailer hookups
Barns are hard on electrical equipment. Dust, hay, moisture and curious animals call for sealed fixtures, protected cable and GFCI protection where water and livestock meet. We mount devices out of reach, choose enclosures suited to damp and dusty locations and label every circuit at the subpanel so anyone caring for the horses can reset or shut off power quickly.
Keeping animals and the house safe through outages
When power goes out on an acreage property, it is not just the house that suffers. Well pumps (where present), waterers, barn heaters and security cameras all stop. A standby generator with an automatic transfer switch, sized for both the home and key outbuilding loads, keeps things running. We pair it with whole-home surge protection and, for owners who want to keep an eye on their property, CCTV and gate access control. Inside the main house, older Foxfield homes may also be due for a panel upgrade, especially when an owner adds an EV charger, a shop welder or a hot tub to a system that already feeds outbuildings.
Foxfield permits
Foxfield contracts its building department to SAFEbuilt, which issues permits and performs inspections, including electrical-only permits for jobs like hot tub circuits. The town does not require a separate contractor license. Outbuildings larger than 120 square feet need town design review and approval before a building permit, so we coordinate electrical plans with that timeline.
We also serve surrounding Aurora, Centennial and Parker.