Tag Archives: high performance

My Top 5 Features Considered When Buying a Home

By Jordan Gorsch, in The Reserves at Lewes Landing

Working at Schell Brothers, I get to chat with new people everyday about features they are looking for in a new home. Even being a home buyer myself (and my small addiction to HGTV) I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what the top 5 features would be. For instance, I used to […]

Best Green Built Home

By Christina Harvey, in All Communities

In early May our team traveled to Dover on a Friday night decked out in our 1920’s attire to attend the Roaring 20’s Regal Awards presented by the Home Builders Association of Delaware. The Regal awards highlight the best in both sales and marketing within the building industry of Delaware. This year our company was […]

Schellter Advanced Building Science Saves Energy and Money

By Mark Fitzgerald, in All Communities

We recently completed our 20th home that incorporates Schellter™ Advanced Building Science technology and the results have been tremendous. Lower HERS Scores Mean Happier Energy Bills Our whole-house systems approach on the standard Schell Brothers home has produced an average HERS Index Score of 55. For those of you not familiar with the HERS scoring […]

New Homes of 2015

By Michelle Capaldi, in Sunset Harbour

Refrigerators that talk, motorized floors,and programmable robots that take care of household chores: this was what we all imagined for the future of new home construction, right? Well, the future is nearing, and, based on a recent Yahoo article, the home we all remember from the Jetsons cartoons may miss the mark.  In fact, if […]

High Performance Benefits Provide “Wow” Factor

By Cindy Jenne, in The Reserves at Lewes Landing

Two weeks ago I attended a seminar that focused on selling high performance homes. It was a 3 hour meeting and each topic that was discussed is exactly what Schell Brothers has incorporated in our Schellter™ Advanced Building Science that’s now standard in all our homes. Schell Brothers is in “rare air”, among just 10% […]

Two-For-One Grand Opening at Breakwater on October 15th!

By Dan Kauffman, in Breakwater

You’ve attended grand openings before so you know what to expect, right?  Well, this one will be double the fun with TWO spectacular homes to tour at Breakwater.  On Saturday, October 15th from 11:00 to 4:00, you’ll have the opportunity to explore our newest Courtyard Series home – the Kingfisher – along with the Salt […]

First Schellter™ Home Completed

By Mark Fitzgerald, in All Communities

I’m excited to announce the completion of our first home featuring the new Schellter™ Advanced Building Science Technology. The home, located at The Reserves at Lewes Landing, scored a 53 HERS (Home Energy Rating Score) without the assistance of solar or geothermal. That equates to a home that is 47% more energy efficient than the […]

EXPOsure Experience

By Guest, in All Communities

Dustin Oldfather provided this guest post. Dustin is an innovative thinking Rehoboth Beach real estate expert with Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty. As local real estate professionals, we really enjoyed being able to attend the EXPOsure trade show event. It was a rare opportunity for us to see actual demonstrations of the cutting edge technology […]

Talking High Performance on WGMD

By Schell Brothers, in Breakwater

Dan Gaffney invited our own Dan Kauffman to join him on his WGMD radio program this morning to talk about some exciting new technologies that we’ve been developing here at Schell Brothers. We are always looking for ways to make our homeowners even happier, and our recent progress in the science that goes into constructing […]