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August, 2009 McKEE BUILDERS’ 55+ SPRING ARBOR SELLS 100TH HOME
McKee Builders’ beautiful Spring Arbor 55+ community in sought-after Middletown, Delaware has just sold the 100th home in the community. Homebuyers have been attracted to the resort-like atmosphere with lots of activities, the outstanding location, the low taxes, the low maintenance single family ranch-style homes and townhomes and the excellent reputation of the builder.
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.
For homebuyers who wish to start enjoying this active lifestyle right away, the community has single family homes and townhomes ready for quick delivery. More information on these homes can be found in the sales office.
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.