Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Nov. 24 – 28, 2008:
Charles H. and Barbara W. Culp to John A. and Yasuyo Martins, 10 Highwood Road, $810,000 
Sasco III LLC to Christies Realty LLC, 161 Cross Highway, $1,650,000
Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Nov. 17 - 21, 2008:
James A. Shea to Michael Baltierra and Sophie Blondeau, 14 Horseshoe Lane, $1,145,000
John E. Snellman Sr. to Daniel and Kim Gottlieb, 4 Elizabeth Drive, $1,700,000
Joseph E. Schott and Carin-Anna Pfeiffer to Mark E. and Marygrace Gudis, 5 and 7 Pritchard Lane, Easement, $10,000
36 Elm LLC to 36 Westport Property LLC, 36 Elm Street, $4,075,000
An application for a permit is in process to demolish the house at 13 Caccamo Trail in the Gorham Avenue area. Built in 1964, the raised ranch has 1,604 square feet, is situated on a 0.61-acre lot and changed ownership this month at $825,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Nov. 10 - 14, 2008:
Beatrice Wagman to Pardeep Singh, 9 Cross Brook Lane, $325,000
Steven and Catherine Herman to Saugatuck Acquisition LLC, 295 Saugatuck Ave., $8,000,000
Steven and Catherine Herman to Saugatuck Acquisition LLC, 297 Saugatuck Ave., $1,825,000
Mark and Jacqueline Shulman to Timothy F. and Molly Sullivan Howe, 181 Cross Highway, $2,500,000
The house at 32 Whitney St. was demolished today. Built c. 1879, the antique two-story farmhouse known as the William Rosenau House, had 1,396-square-feet, situated on a .52-acre lot and changed ownership this month at $705,000. It was the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on June 6, 2008. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
An application for a permit is in process to demolish the house at 8 Mayflower Parkway in the Compo Road South area. Built in 1926, the two-story custom colonial shingle-style home has 6,584 square feet and is situated on a one-acre property. Because the house was built more than 60 years ago, the application must be reviewed by the Historic District Commission. The current house is listed for sale at nearly $2.4 million, but a 5,200-square-feet replacement house, scheduled to be built in 2009, is also listed for sale at nearly $3.7 million. A rendering can be found here. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
The Sunday Connecticut section of the New York Times cites WestportNow’s Teardown of the Day feature in two stories about teardowns.
“Zoning battles have erupted in town meetings throughout the area, most notably in Westport, where fierce postings accompany the now-infamous photo feature on WestportNow.com, Teardown of the Day,” the Times said in a front page story under the headline “Today a House, Tomorrow a Teardown.”
The feature by photographer Dave Matlow is also mentioned in an accompanying story headlined “Connecticut Towns See the Effect on the Community.”
In August, the Times also cited the Teardown of the Day feature in a Connecticut section regional roundup of suburban news and personal Web pages (See WestportNow Aug. 9, 2008), and a Times editorial in July said WestportNow’s Teardown of the Day feature was important in raising public awareness of issues raised by the proliferation of teardowns. (See WestportNow July 1, 2008)
Various Westport officials are reviewing an application for a permit to demolish the house at 47 Woodside Ave. in the Old Hill section. Built in 1930, the two-story conventional house has 1,939 square feet and is situated on a .46-acre waterfront property on Nash’s Pond. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Nov. 3 - 7, 2008:
Thomas W. and Amanda S. Mason to Jerry W. and Margaret D. Walker, 5 Heritage Court, $516,000
MBMVest LLC to Steven Minkowitz, 8 West Branch Road, 75.45% Westport, $750,000
Michele Knapp and Jules Jonckheer to Jay A. Dirnberger and Marilyn S. Alger, 40 Whitney St., $2,025,000
Thomas D. and Theresa A. Prangley to Jeff Jaffe, 2 Easton Road, $750,000
New housing starts are down in Westport along with those in the nation.
Of this year’s 64 Westport housing starts, 15 of them were part of the Bradley Lane development, shown here, in the Saugatuck area. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
So far this year, there have been 64 new housing starts in Westport, according to the Building Department, down almost 21 percent from a year ago when there were 81 in the comparable period. But even that figure is misleading.
“It’s noteworthy when you realize that 15 of the 64 starts are the condos on Bradley Lane, leaving only 49 single family starts,” a Building Department official said. That makes the drop 39.5 percent for single family homes, slightly higher than the national average.
On a national level, the government reported today that home construction took its fourth tumble in a row during October, falling 4.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted 791,000 annual rate, after falling a revised 3.0 percent in September.
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