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Demo, New Home Planned for Prominent South Avenue Lot

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A new 5-bedroom home is planned for the .59-acre lot at 386 South Ave.—on the right and just past the blinking light at Gower as you come toward town—where a 1928 Colonial now stands. According to a building permit application filed Thursday, the single-family residence also will include five baths, one half-bath, a combined living/dining room with an office area—all together, 12 rooms. The application says the new construction may include a finished basement with an additional bedroom and bath. Plans for the property, purchased in March for about $1.3 million, required a special permit for a maximum building coverage increase of 311 square feet. The Planning and Zoning Commission at its July 29 meeting voted 7-0 in favor of the special permit application, with one member (the property’s owner) recusing himself. At that public hearing, several neighbors—including from Field Crest Road (the property slopes slightly away from South Avenue)—expressed concerns about additional runoff from a home with a larger footprint.

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This Home Is Planned for 114 Skyview Lane

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A 2-acre Skyview Lane property will see a new 6,800-square-foot home go in, according to a building permit application filed Thursday with the town. Number 114 Skyview sold in June for $1,050,000, tax records show. The principal of the company that purchased it is a Redding man, according to the Connecticut Secretary of the State. A large portion of the property has been clear-cut of trees, though a 1966 Colonial toward the back of the lot was still standing on Friday. A demolition permit application has not been filed.

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New Construction Planned for Lambert Road, Summer Street

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New Canaan has issued a building permit for a 2,108-square-foot home at 58 Lambert Road, a 2.13-acre lot that sold in October for $1,325,000, tax records show. The new home will include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a half-bath, fireplace, unfinished attic, finished basement (music room, entertainment room, exercise room, laundry), 2-car garage and open and covered patios, according to the permit, issued July 25. Tax records say the property is owned by LLC whose principal is a New Canaan man. It will cost $800,000 to build the new home (contractor is Backcountry RAM LLC of Greenwich), the permit says. ***

A 1920 Colonial at 63 Summer St.

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In-Town Building Activity: Big Addition on Summer Street, New Construction on Hoyt

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A 1962 ranch-style house on Summer Street would gain half as much livable space again if a building permit application filed with week with the town is approved. The single story, wood shingle home at 110 Summer St. sits on .72 acres and has 1,612 square feet of living space, tax records show. An application filed July 17 would see a second floor addition (including over the garage) go in with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a laundry and playroom—for a total of about 2,700 square feet. The work would cost about $120,000 and would be overseen by New Canaan contractor Aldo Frattaroli, the application said.

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New Construction on Clapboard Hill, Bennington Place, Country Club Road

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The town recently issued three permits for new construction in New Canaan, and one permit to demolish a White Oak Shade Road home. New Construction

108 Bennington Place

A 6,500-square-foot, 5-bedroom home is planned for the 2.07-acre property here—until last summer the site of a 1960 Modern home. The contractor on the planned $1,102,000 construction job, LTW Builders LLC, had purchased the home in January 2013 for $865,000. The new home will include five full baths, five fireplaces, a playroom in the attic and three-car attached garage, according to the building permit application, issued June 10. 32 Country Club Road

Purchased last summer for $1.2 million, this 2.24-acre property is slated to get a 6,630-square-foot home with six bedrooms, five full baths, two half-baths, three fireplaces, a finished basement and attic and a three-bay garage.