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Local’s Summer: Life at the Delaware Beaches in September

By Ali Gilliam, in All Communities

Local’s Summer: Life at the Delaware Beaches in September The end of summer is always a bittersweet time when you live at the beach. The first sign of ‘Back to School’ commercials sends a chill down the spine, the slightest decrease in temperatures evokes flashbacks of the coldest day of the previous winter, and the smell […]

Deciding When You’re ‘Ready’ to Buy a New Home

By Lynn Cattafi, in All Communities

“We found the perfect home…but we are just not ready yet.” This is a very common reaction. Many people that are happily enjoying their new Schell Brothers home today had this exact reaction when they realized they had found the floor plan and community of their dreams and that it could all be possible. Not […]

An Eastern Shore Guide to Cracking Crabs

By Natalie Hay, in All Communities

The smell of Old Bay and melted butter is making your mouth water. Armed with a mallet and table knife you can’t wait to begin devouring that oh-so-sweet crab meat. You crack open a beer, look down at the pile of perfectly steamed, bright red crabs, and think… “Where on Earth do I start??” This […]

On the Move: Why We LOVE Richmond

By Ali Gilliam, in All Communities

It’s been a little over a month since our Schell-E-Bration in Richmond, which marked our debut splash in RVA! While our team unequivocally fell in love with the area during our trip last month, the truth is we’ve been courting the fair city for some time now. With the growth of Schell Brothers, the natural progression called for […]

Discover the Trails of Delaware: Junction and Breakwater Trail

By Andrew Rogan, in All Communities

We used to leap from railroad tie to railroad tie, balance for a few paces on the rails themselves, and attempt to push each other off the decaying bridges and into the water below. Now the railroad ties are gone and a crushed stone path known as the Junction and Breakwater Trail lies in its place. The […]

Local’s Corner: Spencer for Hire

By Adam Pettengell, in All Communities

Another common question I get asked from homeowners is whom do I recommend to help them move from their home/storage to their amazing, new, Schell Brothers home.  Well, we’ve hopefully used him for the last time BUT we’ve done a few moves in the local area and can honestly say that Spencer For Hire have been amazing […]

Why My Parents Chose to Retire to Delaware

By Gary Desch, in All Communities

Some people think when you retire you have to move all the way to the Carolinas or even Florida to get the tax benefits. Not anymore.  Just ask my parents who made the move from Maryland to Delaware, ranked the #1 state to retire.  They love it and haven’t looked back. My parents wanted to […]

Heaven on Earth

By Josh Hay, in The Peninsula

Heaven on Earth. There’s no such thing, right? Well, hear me out—let me describe to you a little something: You decide to go on a ride, a little adventure so to speak. While you’re driving you end up going through a normal looking road, only to end up somewhere not-so normal. You arrive at this […]

Firefly 2015

By Schell Brothers, in Fun Stuff

We loved attending Firefly Music Festival so much last year that we’re coming back there again this year. This time we wanted to include you in the fun. Join us at Firefly 2015 on our live Instagram feed below, June 18th through 21st and see our Firefly experience in real time as it happens. [instagram-feed]  

What on Earth is Pickleball?

By Dan Kauffman, in All Communities

A few years ago one of our customers asked if we would have pickleball courts in our community. “HUH?” That was my internal response as I hadn’t the foggiest idea of what they were talking about. Since that day our sales team has received countless inquiries about these mysterious courts and the game that is ultimately played on them. […]