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Demo on Main Street; New Construction Planned for Cross Ridge Road, Fawn Lane

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A demolition sign has appeared in front of the 1957 Cape on the west side of Main Street, roughly opposite Down River Road. No application for the demo or plans to build anew on the .68-acre, “in-town” lot at 415 Main St. has been filed. According to the property’s assessor’s card, the 5-bedroom home sold in May 2012 for $780,000. ***

A new, four-bedroom home is planned for a Cross Ridge Road lot, according to a building permit application filed Monday with the town.

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1958 Colonial on Village Drive Sells for $1.5 Million

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Here’s a real estate roundup that includes information on recently conveyed properties, according to records in the New Canaan Town Clerk’s office (click on each address for information from the Assessor’s Office). We also have some information below on new demos and updates on building projects around town. 346 Smith Ridge Road

$825,000 (conveyed Oct. 16)
Elizabeth Jessup to TM Investments LLC (Ridgefield)

26 Gerdes Road

$1,290,000 (conveyed Oct. 10)
Robert A. Maruster to Ryan & Christine Hughes

 

52 Village Drive

$1.5 million (conveyed Oct.

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Building Permit Issued for Recently Carved Lot on Smith Ridge Road

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The town last week issued a building permit for a 5,158-square-foot home on what appears to be a recently carved lot on Smith Ridge Road. According to a letter filed with the New Canaan Building Department along with site plans for 717 Smith Ridge Road, a question had been raised as to whether the lot formerly known as “713R Smith Ridge Road” is a valid building lot. Attorney Peter V. Gelderman of Westport-based Berchem, Moses & Devlin said in a July 7 letter—send to Town Planner Steve Kleppin, P&Z Commission Chair Laszlo Papp and Secretary Jean Grzelecki and New Canaan-based attorney Ed Mellick and referencing a July 1 meeting—that a pair of recorded maps from 1948 each showed a portion of the parcel at 713 Smith Ridge Road, one of about five acres, the other about 6.7 acres. Both parcels, one tucked “behind” the other—that is, one according to those old maps, one had frontage along Smith Ridge Road, the other didn’t—have been owned by the same New Canaan residents since 1981. “According to the zoning regulations that were in effect in 1948, the entire 11.698 parcel that was comprised of the parcels shown on [the 1948 maps] was entitled to a ‘free cut,’ and a map that showed the entire parcel with the new lot lines in exactly the same locations as shown on the two separate maps could have been legally recorded,” Gelderman said.

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Preservationist: Impending Demo of Antique Summer Street Home Illustrates Need for More Coordinated Effort

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A 168-year-old house on Summer Street appears to be headed for the wrecking ball, and though some local preservationists have spoken out against demolition, others are emphasizing rather that this latest teardown of an antique illustrates well New Canaan’s sore need for more nimble, effective processes regarding historic preservation. The 1,041-square-foot home at 167 Summer St. dates to about 1846, its tax assessor card says, and sits on a half-acre near Ed Dixon Memorial Park. It sold July 17 for $911,000. Two weeks later, the new owners—principals of two LLCs that include a New Canaan family and Stamford resident—filed an application to demolish the house and foundation.

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New Construction Planned for Sleepy Hollow Road, Park Place, Strawberry Hill Road

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The building department on Thursday received an application to build a 15-room home at 33 Sleepy Hollow Road, site now of a 1953 ranch. (The 2.06-acre property sold last month for $910,000.)

The planned home includes about 6,300 square feet on the first two floors and 1,400 in a partially finished basement. The home—to be built for an estimated $950,000 by Barrington Homes 33, LLC, the Westport-based owner—will include six full and two half-baths and three-car attached garage, according to the building permit application. The first floor will have a living room , dining room, library, mudroom, family room, kitchen with a nook and an office. The second floor will have five bedrooms, a lounge and sitting room, the building permit application said.