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July, 2009 GORGEOUS HOME READY FOR OCCUPANCY AT SPRING ARBOR
Homebuyers who like all the benefits of a 55+ community – a resort-like atmosphere with lots of activities, low maintenance homes and no mowing the lawn or shoveling the snow – but don’t want a home just like everyone else in the community should visit McKee Builders’ 55+ Spring Arbor community in Middletown Delaware.
McKee Builders’ Spring Arbor community features a quiet location close to shopping and major roads, award-winning carriage homes and single family homes with low maintenance, low taxes; a brand new clubhouse and now, a one-of-a kind, gorgeous single family home ready for immediate delivery.
Spring Arbor has a builder’s model Waterville home ready for delivery. This amazing home is loaded with upgrades and features 3200 square feet of living space, a formal two-story living room with large windows, a library or music room, a spacious kitchen with center island and breakfast room, formal dining room, huge family room with a two story stone fireplace, a private retreat overlooking the first floor master suite, a master bath with jetted Jacuzzi tub, glass enclosed shower stall, dual vanities and closets; and an entry hall with a gracious staircase leading to a guest suite with a large sitting room, bedroom and bath. This home is value priced at $415,000 – close to $100,000 below the actual cost of the home.
The home also features Energy Star Savings which provides homeowners with low utility costs – the combined gas and electric average under $250 this past year.
This spacious home allows the lucky homeowner to bring their furniture and prized possessions. However, the homeowner can leave two possessions behind – the lawn mower and the snow shovel since the exterior maintenance is taken care of at Spring Arbor.
Spring Arbor is ideally located providing homeowners easy access to just about everything. The community is close to the cultural areas of Wilmington and the Brandywine Valley as well as the University of Delaware with its collegiate sports. The community is also close to beaches, wildlife areas, fishing and boating lakes and bays, golf courses, and the historic towns of Odessa and Middletown; as well as shopping, restaurants, hospitals and major roads including Route I-95, providing easy access to the Northeast Corridor.
The community features both single family ranch homes and carriage homes. Four beautiful single family floorplans feature convenient one floor living, two and three generously sized bedrooms, 2 baths, large eat-in kitchen, family room, formal dining room, a two car garage and much more with pricing starting in the low $300,000s.
Spring Arbor also offers four beautiful carriage home floorplans featuring one to three bedrooms, up to 3 baths, spacious kitchen, one or two car garage and an optional loft. Pricing starts in the mid $200,000s.
This community also features a luxurious new clubhouse with a heated outdoor pool and a large patio area, Great Room, crafts room, billiards and card rooms, library and fitness center. Surrounding the clubhouse are bocce courts, putting green and a tot lot.
An added benefit of buying a home from McKee Builders in Delaware is the low taxes including extremely low property taxes, no state sales tax, no state tax on social security and reduced taxes on pension and retirement earnings.
To visit the Spring Arbor from Wilmington, Philadelphia or New Jersey: take I-95 South to Delaware Route 1 South to Exit 136 (Odessa/Middletown). Turn right onto Route 299 West (towards Middletown). Continue straight for three miles, crossing Route 301. Take the Bunker Hill Road detour to the Wal-Mart and turn onto Merrimac Avenue. Take Merrimac to the entrance to Spring Arbor on the left. To visit from Baltimore and Washington, D.C.: Cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, take Route 301 North into Delaware. Turn left onto Merrimac Avenue and follow to the entrance to Spring Arbor on the left. The sales office is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday from Noon to 5:00 p.m. For more information call 866-299-4996 or visit www.mckeebuilders.com.