Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period June 27 - July 1, 2011:
Able Construction Inc. to Katherine and Brendan Ahern, 57 Bulkley Ave. North, $2,240,000
Benjamin P. and Elaine K. McCleary to Begkt LLC, 203 Wilton Road, $475,000
Robert A. and Henrietta K. Marcinuk to Sabin Builders LLC, 10 Hunt Club Lane , $802,000
18 Marion LLC to Lauren B. Braver 1997 Irrevocable Trust, 18 Marion Road, $2,285,000
An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 19 Sterling Drive, in the Compo Beach area, is in process. Built in 1930, the 1 1/4-story cape has 1,338 square feet, is situated on a .11-acre property and changed ownership in April for $807,500. Because the house was built more than 50 years ago, the application will be reviewed by the Westport Historic District Commission. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
By Judy Szablak
There are some positive changes this week in the Westport real estate market. But not substantial enough to warrant the champagne just yet. 
This newly built custom-crafted colonial on 1 Minuteman Hill is listed for $5.45 million. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of Shannon Calvert/Hire Imagination
A few minor changes can be very good when they correlate with each other, just as this past week’s activity levels show.
Higher priced properties showed some movement. There was a 2.5 percent increase in the median list price over last week. And there was a slight drop of inventory over last week of 3.5 percent.
A few positive indicators over one week, however, do not signify an immediate change in the market unless it continues on in minor increments, and let’s hope that it does.
Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period June 20 - 24, 2011:
Construction Inc. to Michael and Mary K. Lieder, 16 Evergreen Parkway, $1,700,000
Jean R. Gulick to Izabella and James Rowe, 14 Surf Road, $2,700,000
Steven H. and Janis M. Wasserman to Toth Investments LLC, 30 Ellery Lane , $857,000
Richard T. Slovenski to Ann Marie Debroux, 42 Edgewater Commons, $490,000
A mobile cheese wagon operated by Mirabelle Cheese Shop, which recently closed at Westport’s 190 Main St., was at the Sunday Farmers Market at Christie’s Country Store on Cross Highway today. Danon and Andrea Itin, who took over the business in 2008, said they will shortly open another cheese shop at a location they will soon announce. The Mirabelle mobile cheese unit participates in various farmers markets in the are, including New York State. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Tarry Lodge, the new food emporium from celebrity chef and restauranteur Mario Batali at Westport’s 30 Charles St., is close to opening, according to a worker today. He said the restaurant will open in about two weeks and “definitely by the last week of July.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
The Mirabelle Cheese shop at Westport’s 190 Main St. has closed. It opened in 2005. A note on its website says: “We are working on opening another shop soon and will post details as soon as we have them.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Barbara and Pete Powell are honoring Westport’s heritage by displaying a Westport Historical Society plaque identifying their home at 6 Gorham Ave. as the Jack Burke house, which was built in 1923. Burke was a mason who constructed chimney stacks and fireplaces in several houses in Westport. The house was built on the Evergreen Heights land owned by Leonard Gault and Edward Bradley. The Burke family owned the house until 1977. The Powells purchased the house in 1988 because they wanted to live downtown and they loved the feel of the house. In 2006, the house was included in the Gorham Avenue Historical District. In 2010, the Powells received the Westport Helen Muller Preservation Award for re-use and adapting an existing structure, their garage, which enhanced the street scape of the area. “Being in an historic district made the renovations worthwhile and we would do it again,” said Pete Powerll. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Bob Weingarten for WestportNow.com
Roots Salon has opened at Westport’s 8 Sconset Square (also referred to as 15 Myrtle Ave.), next to the Blue Lemon restaurant. Owner Melissa Man, a Newtown resident, said she has worked in Westport as a hair stylist for the past 19 years and is relocating her shop from 231 Post Road West where her business operated on the second floor of Greg and Tony’s Hair Salon. “This is a better location for my clients, I will have my own identity here and there’s better parking,” she said. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 6 Hawthorne Lane, off Bayberry Lane, is in process. Built in 1950, the one-story ranch has 1,846 square feet and is situated on a one-acre property at the end of a cul-de-sac. Because the house was built more than 50 years ago, the application will be reviewed by the Westport Historic District Commission. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
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