A small Connecticut town with nearly 4,000 residential homes is preparing to auction a group of homes and land for which property taxes have not been paid.
The tax collector of the town of Granby has slated them for public auction to satisfy delinquent taxes and charges under state law, according to the town.
Unless the taxes are paid, the properties will be auctioned in “as is” condition at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2026 at the Granby Town Hall at 15 North Granby Road.
The sites to be auctioned, per the town, are: 53, 57R, and 59 Wells Road, 392 Salmon Brook Street, 199 Mountain Road, 418 Salmon Brook Street, and 63 Silkey Road, all in Granby, town and other records show.
“The collector of revenue can initiate a tax sale when taxpayers have not complied with requests and demands for payment,” Granby tax collector Lauren Stuck said. “All taxpayers are given numerous opportunities to make their taxes current — monthly notices, a series of personal letters, and final demand notices, often extending over two or three years — before their accounts are identified for tax sale.”
Stuck noted that “many communities in Connecticut use the tax sale process, which is more transparent and less expensive than foreclosures.” Per a site on tax sales, for example, Mansfield also has one pending and Westbrook recently cancelled one as the delinquencies were paid.
A number of properties around the state also have had tax auctions postponed. The auctions of the properties “have been postponed due to lack of bidders on the original sale dates,” the site notes, for which information is provided by Adam J. Cohen, an attorney with Pullman & Comley, LLC in Bridgeport.
Regarding postponed tax sales, Cohen notes, “most of them are unbuildable lots, so be sure you are aware of what use you can make of the property since it is being sold ‘as is,’” and that bid amounts “should be the most you believe the property is worth, not necessarily the amount of taxes due. Note that most municipalities will not even respond to offers below the cost of conducting the auction and conveyance (typically $2500 to $5000 per parcel).”
The site also shares results of recent tax sales.
Stuck also noted that, once the tax sale process is started, “the taxpayer can still pay the bill in full (with legal fees) up until the date of the scheduled sale.”
Further, if the property is “sold” at the tax sale, the taxpayer still has six months to redeem the property before it transfers ownership to the high bidder, Stuck said.
The Granby properties, still listed as for auction as of Jan. 9, and shared publicly in various ways are (all information provided by town):
53, 57R, and 59 Wells Road: owned by the Estate of Joan C. Duzak, owing $22,285.27. Andrea Forestier Duzak; Jonathan Duzak Forestier; Equity Trust Company, Custodian f/k/a First Regional Bank f/b/o Steve H. Stein SEP-IRA acct #8124; Fauteux Construction, LLC; the Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator; the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services; the United States Internal Revenue Service; and the surviving spouse and heirs of Joan C. Duzak may have interests which will be extinguished by the sale.
392 Salmon Brook Street: owned by Kevin Larkin, owing $19,048.68. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. may have interests which will be extinguished by the sale.
199 Mountain Road: owned by Kevin McGovern and the Estate of Ewa McGovern, owing $28,231.88. (Aniella McGovern; Olivia McGovern; the Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator; the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services; the United States Internal Revenue Service; and the surviving spouse and heirs of Ewa McGovern may have interests which will be extinguished by the sale.)
418 Salmon Brook Street: owned by the Estate of William Parsons, owing $4,414.50. (Daniel, Sarah, and Christopher Parsons; the Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator; the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services; the United States Internal Revenue Service; and the surviving spouse and heirs of William Parsons may have interests which will be extinguished by the sale.)
63 Silkey Road: owned by Julia D. Robinson and Curtissa A. Poglitsch, owing $48,913.77. (The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services and the United States Internal Revenue Service may have interests which will be extinguished by the sale.)
The dollar amounts listed are through the end of last month, per the town. Additional taxes, interest, fees, and other charges authorized by law accruing after the last day of the month immediately preceding notice of the sale are owed in addition to the amount indicated as due and owing, per the town
The town noted that any bidders must present $5,000 per property by certified check payable to “Pullman & Comley, Trustee” on the day of the sale, and the winning bidder would have to pay the balance of the sale price within five days or forfeit that deposit and the property. Absent a redemption, the purchaser will take title “free and clear” six months after the auction except for certain encumbrances.
860-261-4405
Service Areas
