Living at Heritage Shores is about the lifestyle. It’s about the 18-hole Championship golf course. It’s about the beautiful, well-maintained tennis courts. It’s about the competitive bridge games or the woodworking shop with all of its tools. Sure, the homes are beautiful and the community is as attractive as many other throughout Delaware, but the lifestyle is why people choose to live at Heritage Shores.

Delaware is a small state with less than 900,000 people! There is only so much land available for large scale development and the chances of another 55+ Active Adult Community being built with all of these amenities in time for the Baby Boomers moving to Delaware are very small. Something to think about.

View from the Heritage Shores Clubhouse

What are we doing this Sunday on Memorial Day Weekend? Well, I will be at Heritage Shores holding an Open House and I hope to see you there.

You’ll find me at 2 Canvasback Circle. This home is a spacious one-level contemporary with a split floor plan. It offers a large eat-in kitchen plus a dining room and large great room with a gas fireplace. Three bedrooms, two full baths and a two-car garage.

If you’re traveling to Coastal Delaware this weekend, stop in and say Hello!

What a great home at a great price in this community. There is no better time and no better place if you want to live in the area’s premiere active adult community with an 18-hole Championship golf course, a fabulous 22,000 clubhouse, a separate Fitness  Center and both an indoor and outdoor pool! Take a look —

Everyone always wants to know “How’s the market?” Well, here in Coastal Delaware it’s doing very well thank you.

2009 was not a stellar year in the real estate industry, but it was a lot better here than in many parts of the country. Ask your friends that retired to Florida or to Arizona how well homes are selling in their communities and you’re likely to hear a long sad story. At Heritage Shores, in Bridgeville, Delaware, it appears that at least 11 homes were sold that made it to the settlement table in 2009. The last settlement reported was in November, so it is possible that there were a few more sales that were not yet captured by the tax system and perhaps others that have yet to settle.

Of the 11 reported sales, the selling prices ranged from a low of $222,000 up to a high of just under $375,000, quite a range! Qualified buyers were in a strong position throughout the past two years and many of the truly great deals are now SOLD! Prices have come down, however, and they will not immediately return to the prices at which homes sold in 2005/2006.

Heritage Shores remains very popular with some of our buyer clients and it may be right for you. We’ll make sure you see comparable communities, both age restricted and multi-generational, BEFORE you make a purchase decision.

The rumor can now be confirmed by my camera this morning. I was at Heritage Shores meeting up with a cleaning crew for one of my client’s homes and noticed these new signs near the model home park -

Will this be a good thing for current homeowners at Heritage Shores? How about for future buyers for this popular active adult community?

Stay tuned as we report the developing story.

Trying to decide where to move when you retire or whether to move at all is a daunting decision. I always recommend making several trips, working with a knowledgeable real estate agent that primarily works with people just like you and will help you do your research.

Let’s face it, most of us have spent our lives working, taking care of families and educating our children. When we get to a point in our lives that we can actually think about retirement and what we would like to do for the rest of our lives it’s a big deal. It’s not a decision you should make without professional assistance and even then you need to take your time.

Another great way to try on this new lifestyle is to rent for a few months or a year and see if it feels right for you.  Have you wondered if you would like living in an active adult community? Do you like the idea of a clubhouse with lots of activities, a fitness center, tennis, indoor and outdoor pools and a golf course all in one place? If you’ve never had the time before, do you wonder if you would really use all those amenities? Renting a home for a year is a perfect way to experience it first hand. You may not be ready to retire quite yet but you can get away on weekends and use it for family vacations. Then, if you do decide to buy in this community or another one in the general area, you can use the rental while you are selling your current home and looking for the right home to buy.

At Heritage Shores right now, we have two great homes that are available for rent. The home on Amanda’s Teal is available immediately for $1200/month and the one on White Pellican is available in April or May for $1500/month.

For an application and more information, please contact Kathy at 302-947-0860.

If you are interested in buying a new home where absolutely everything has been upgraded, elegantly designed and professionally decorated with custom paint, wallpaper and window treatments then this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Why does everyone love to look at model homes? Because they’re gorgeous and we can get ideas for our own homes. Well, this is even better than that. Buy the model, get builder assistance with the closing costs and maybe even lease it back to the builder for a period of time. That would give you time to sell your house or wait til you reach retirement before you relocate.

If your idea of the perfect retirement home includes golf, socializing in a beautiful clubhouse, swimming year round, tennis, compatible neighbors and lots to do, this is the right time to take a look at Heritage Shores. I have been bringing buyers to this community since 2005 and many of my clients have become happy homeowners and just love living in Delaware’s premier active adult community.

Today, your choice of model homes for sale, inventory homes ready for immediate occupancy and better-than-new resale homes at terrific prices make this Buyer’s Market one for the ages. I know Heritage Shores and I will help you evaluate all your options and make the choice that is best for you.

Don’t delay. Call me to schedule an appointment before these homes are gone.

At a recent Lewes Chamber meeting, I had a chance to talk with Alex Pires, the owner of Highway One. For those of you who are not yet familiar with Coastal Delaware, Alex is Chairman of the Board and one of the founders of Community Bank. He is also the owner of Jimmy’s Grille in Bridgeville and owns the large parcel of land across the street from Heritage Shores. Locals got to know Alex Pires first as the owner of Ruddertowne in Dewey Beach. When he began investing in real estate and businesses in the Bridgeville area, I saw that as a great vote of confidence in the town and communities like Heritage Shores.

He told me that a new traffic light for the entrance to Heritage Shores on Route 13 has been approved. With the tremendous growth along the Route 13 corridor and the number of homes being sold in Heritage Shores, a traffic light will certainly make it much easier for residents to enter the highway whether they are traveling north or south. I don’t have any information about the expected date of implementation, but I will stay on top of it and report more.

I am also pleased to report that Alex’s impression of Heritage Shores is extremely positive. He commented on how impressed he is with the clubhouse and other amenities and the number of homes being built and sold every time he happens to drive through the community.