Homeowner Appeals Tax Assessment 

The town on Monday received an appeal filed on behalf of a New Canaan homeowner saying that a recent tax assessment was excessive. 

According to a claim filed in the Town Clerk’s office by Stamford-based attorney Joseph J. Capalbo II, the approximately $3 million October 2023 assessment of 42 Pepper Lane—including after a Board of Assessment Appeals reduction of some $60,000—is “manifestly excessive and could not have been arrived at except by disregarding the provisions of the statutes for determining the valuation of such property,” the complaint said. The plaintiffs are “aggrieved” by the assessment, which was based on a “grossly excessive, disproportionate and unlawful” valuation, it said. They are seeking a new assessment, reimbursement for excess taxes paid, interest and “such other and further relief as the Court may [determine as] just, reasonable and equitable,” Capalbo said in the appeal.

West Hills Road Home Sells for $6,289,000

The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Aug. 29

198 West Hills Road

$6,289,000
Kevin Dunn to Claudia Concannon IV

101 Juniper Road

$1.2 million
George F. Amrhein Jr. to Frank DiStasio

7 Valley Lane

$1,380,000
Cecelia McCarton & Siguard Ackerman to Danielle Covino & Michael Ufkes

158 Jelliff Mill Road

$1 million
Kamand Evans to JHH Zhao 889 LLC

719 Ponus Ridge

$2,805,000
Carole Manimbo to Katherine Phelan

1446 Ponus Ridge

$2.8 million
Sherri Caplan to Range Covindassamy, trustee

312 Elm St.

South Avenue Home Sells for $3,815,000

The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Aug. 22

54 Alan Lane

$1,975,000
Keelin Weiss to Mark Zablow

424 South Ave.

Proprietors Crossing Home Sells for $3,995,000

The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Aug. 16

168 Proprietors Crossing

$3,995,000
Scott Stallings to Clare Knight

Aug.