Town of Whitehall VS. Bayberry New Home Communties (Middletown: for sale, buying)

[Kmgrant]

Hello—
My husband and I are considering relocating to Middletown, DE from Lawrence, KS. We have an 8 year old son. We are looking at purchasing a home in the Town of Whitehall or Bayberry. We would like to live in a new urbanism community but have not yet seen these developments in person. From what we can tell both are slowly developing.

1–Which community is better with regards to nearness to pools, gym, parks, recreational sports, grocery, and restaurants?

2–Which community is a more attractive development?

3–Which community has the greatest potential for growth and in the quickest amount of time?

4–How long before these developments will start to actually get retail filled spaces and more home buyers; seems like the developments don’t have that many people living there yet or any real retail.

5–Anyone know how large the actual estate lots are in Whitehall—the developer is quite cryptic with inquiries?

6–Why is it so hard to find land for sale in Delaware? We would like .50 acre to more than an acre?

7–is there a large difference between home buying and taxes in Delaware compared to Pennsylvania—we had an earlier post and were recommended to live in SEPA over NE Delaware.

We are leaning towards Whitehall but would love to hear from people who have looked at both developments and chose to live in one of these places or decided against these communities. We have chosen this area because of the school district and the greater affordability compared to SEPA. We are looking to purchase a home from $375000 to $575000. We aren’t super fond of Colonial home style, more southern architecture is a preference, but recognize that is pretty much all you can find with builders in this part of the country. We may custom build.

We will be coming out for a visit mid-October 2018. Is this an ok time to visit in regards to weather and crowds (we want to visit the beaches too)?

Thanks...Kim

[MoveitMoveit]

Bumping this post. Does anyone have experience with these two? Thanks in advance.

[rdlr]

Originally Posted by MoveitMoveit

Bumping this post. Does anyone have experience with these two? Thanks in advance.

If you mean 1) live there No 2) Know of them both Yes
Have driven through there Yes