And having just said I rarely pay attention to new listings, here's one that caught my eye

24 Thunder Mountain Road, new construction, $7.495 million. I was involved in the land sale here some years back and spent a lot of time on the lot. It’s very special: private, high up from the road (and any Merritt Parkway noise), and the views, even at ground level were spectacular, overlooking the town and down to Long Island Sound. Those views must be even better two-stories up.

Design’s always a matter of personal taste of course, but I like the lines of this one, and it certainly isn’t the pseudo-neo-post-Victorian-Colonial style that’s afflicted the town these past 30-years. That’s to be encouraged.