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The town on Oct. 31 received an application to build a new 4,100-square-foot house on Main Street. The four-bedroom house at 539 Main St. would include three full bathrooms and a half-bath, according to a building permit application filed with the New Canaan Building Department. A 1950-built, 2,356-square-foot home has been standing on the half-acre parcel, tax records show.
The town on Sept. 20 issued a permit to build a new home on a .22-acre lot on Summer Street. The new 3,100-square-foot house at 160 Summer St. will include four bedrooms and three full bathrooms and two half-baths, as well as a finished attic and basement, according to the building permit.
It will cost about $592,000 to build, the permit said. In May, over some neighbors’ objections, the Planning & Zoning Commission had granted a Special Permit for a 2-story addition on the ca.
A new 5,215-square-foot home is planned for an Oenoke Ridge Road property located across Holmewood Lane from the Roger Sherman Inn.
The 16-room house at 211 Oenoke Ridge Road will include five bedrooms and full bathrooms, two half-baths, a kitchen, family room, dining room and additional family room in the basement, according to a building permit application filed Sept. 21.
It will cost about $1,650,000 to build, the application said. The contractor on the job is New Canaan-based 5K Development LLC and the architect is Michael Smith Architects of Norwalk. The 1.03-acre parcel is located in the one-acre zone. The property sold for $1,325,000 in May, tax records show.
The town has received an application to build a new 4,900-square-foot home on a .39-acre Douglas Road lot long occupied by a Cape Cod-style home smaller than one-third that size.
The house at 148 Douglas Road will include 11 total rooms, including four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and one half-bath, kitchen, dining room, family room, mudroom and laundry, according to the building permit application. The property was purchased for $875,000 last July, tax records show. A demolition permit was issued in July for the existing house. The new home will cost about $780,000 to build, the application said. The contractor on the job will be the owner, a limited liability company whose principals are a New Canaan man and woman.
The town on July 3 received an application to build a new single-family home at 56 Sunrise Ave. The new three-bedroom home is to include two full bathrooms, a half bath, kitchen, living room, dining room and office, according to the building permit application. The town on July 10 issued a demolition permit for an existing, 1942-built Cape Cod-style home on the .41-acre property in the A Residential zone. The new house will cost an estimated $250,000 to build. The property’s owners are listed as the contractors on the job, and James Quill of Bridgeport-based The Quill Group is the architect, the application said.