WESTPORT–The Building Department yesterday issued permits to demolish eight homes on Hiawatha Lane, to make room for the 157-unit Summit Saugatuck development.
38 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1950. The one-story ranch has 1,500-square-feet of living space, four bedrooms, two baths, a basement area, a garage and a crawl space.
The property traded hands in 2006 for $630,000. It had previously traded for $745,000 in 2005 and for $310,000 in 2000. The property’s current assessment is $294,300.
39 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1956. The one-story ranch has 1,100-square-feet of living space, two bedrooms, one bath, a basement area and an open porch.
It traded hands in 2017 for $498,000. The property’s current assessment is $283,100.
41 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1956. The one-story ranch has 1,300-square-feet of living space, two bedrooms, two baths, a basement area, a wood deck and an open porch.
The property traded hands in 2006 for $660,000. It had previously traded for $563,000 in 2004 and for $280,000 in 2000. The property’s current assessment is $307,400.
42 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1958. The one-story ranch has 1,200-square-feet of living space, three bedrooms, one bath, a basement area, a garage, a stone patio and an open porch.
It traded hands in 2006 for $630,000. It had previously traded for $851,500 in 2005. The property’s current assessment is $295,600.
43 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1954. The 1-¾-story cape cod has 1,800-square-feet of living space, four bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath, a basement area, a stone patio, an enclosed porch, a finished half-story and a finished three-quarter-story.
It traded hands last year for $1,150,000. The property’s current assessment is $368,100.
44 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1955. The one-story ranch has 1,600-square-feet of living space, three bedrooms, two baths, a basement area, a garage and a wood deck.
The property traded hands last year for $1,414,355. It had previously traded for $285,000 in 2000. The property’s current assessment is $320,800.
45 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1956. The 1-½-story cape has 3,000-square-feet of living space, five bedrooms, three baths, a basement area, a raised basement, a stone patio, a wood deck, an open porch and a finished half-story.
The property traded hands last year for $1,850,000. It had previously traded for $275,000 in 1995. The property’s current assessment is $574,100.
47 Hiawatha Lane was built in 1949. The one-story ranch has 1,200-square-feet of living space, four bedrooms, one bath, a basement area, a garage, an enclosed porch and a brick patio.
The property traded hands in 2006 for $682,528. It had previously traded for $990,000 in 2005. The property’s current assessment is $287,400.
Hiawatha Lane is off of Ferry Lane West, just south of I-95.
Source: Town of Westport Assessor records.
DEATH ROW for free enterprise affordable housing. birthing of government control affordable housing. Goodbye middle class opportunity to build equity and opportunity to build a financial future!!!!
I knew every one of the families that lived in those homes…So sad.
Kicking the ladder on starter homes. What a disgrace.
It is befuddling how, in order to create “affordable housing” we lose actual houses that young people could theoretically afford.
Though, to Michael’s point, this isn’t about government control but about a gift to property developers.
Disgusting greed at the expense of our great town. Remember this when you vote.
The fight is not over yet! I am currently in the middle of a legal battle to halt this over-scaled development and could use support!
Please go to
http://saveoldsaugatuck.com
for more info. and to lend support.
This is a twenty year battle to save homes and history.
It’s important to know that none of these eight houses are on Hiawatha Lane, which is a public Town-maintained road.
While down the street a bit is “Hiawatha Lane Extension”. The Extension is a defined parcel of land that is wetlands and was broken into very large lots for families displaced by I95 construction through Saugatuck. The Extension’s road is NOT maintained by the Town at any level. Developer Felix Charney owns the private Extension road and has left it a miserable mess through the years. The land wasn’t available unless the new owner signed an agreement that the home would remain a single family structure.