New Construction Planned for Oenoke Ridge Road

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.

New Construction Planned for Douglas Road

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.

New Construction Planned for Sunrise Avenue

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.

New Construction Planned for Smith Ridge Road

The town last week received an application to build a 4,265-square-foot home on Smith Ridge Road where a ranch-style house about half that size now stands. The new home at 133 Smith Ridge Road would have 10 rooms total, including four bedrooms, three full bathrooms and three half-baths, according to a building permit application received July 10. It would cost about $650,000 to build, the application said. The 1.51-acre property was purchased in February for $599,550, tax records show. Its new owner is the contractor on the job, the application said, and PB Architects of Darien is the architect.

New Construction Planned for Kimberly Place

The New Canaan Building Department on June 21 received an application to construct a 4,179-square-foot house on Kimberly Place. The new home at 66 Kimberly Place would include five bedrooms, five full bathrooms, one half-bath and a two-car garage, according to the application. 

Its attic and basement each would be finished, at 826 and 1,144 square feet, respectively. The house will cost an estimated $950,000 to $1 million to build, the application said. A 1941-built Cape-style home stands on the .26-acre property now. 

The property was purchased last month for $925,000 by a limited liability company whose principals are listed as a Stamford builder and a second LLC with a Hillcrest Road address. The Stamford builder is listed as the contractor on the job, Altamura Homes/Luis Altamura.