Grayrock Preserve

The county approval is for 94 single family homes.
Home type: single family houses on lots of at least 7,500 square feet.
Builder: not named in any public record we have read as of October 30, 2026. The applicant in the county record is Grayway Developers, LLC, a developer, not a home builder.
Floor plans and prices: none released.
Age restriction: none in the county record. Grayrock Preserve is an all ages plan.
When a builder, plans and prices are released, we will put them on this page.

The county conditions call for walking trails and play equipment. No pool or clubhouse is in the conditions.
Trails: the plan shown at the 2023 hearing has trails linking the outer loop road to a path around a central stormwater pond.
Play equipment: a playground area is in the plan.
Sidewalks: on at least one side of every internal street, tied into the trails.
Open space: about 25.11 acres, 53 percent of the site. The county minimum is 30 percent.
Amenities on a plan are not open amenities. We will tell you what is built before you commit.

This is the part of Grayrock Preserve a sales brochure will not tell you in full. It cuts both ways.
Forest on three sides: at the August 10, 2023 hearing, the State Forester told the county the property is surrounded on three sides by state lands, next to the state's 210 acre Eskridge Tract, between parts of Redden State Forest.
Endangered species: Delaware Forest Service staff testified that the tiger salamander, a state endangered species, breeds in ponds on the state land next to the site.
The state opposed it: the Forest Service said it would have to clear a buffer around the property for fire safety and public hunting, and asked for far fewer homes. The county approved 94.
The appeal: a Georgetown resident appealed the preliminary approval to Sussex County Council in January 2024 and withdrew the appeal on January 25, 2024, before it was heard. The approval stood.
Hunting and farm notices: the recorded documents must say that farming and hunting take place on nearby land.
Protected woods: at least 16.9 acres of existing forest stays, with signs every 300 feet saying not to disturb, mow or spray it.
Construction hours: site work and deliveries only from 7am to 6pm, Monday through Saturday, never on Sunday.
Backing to state forest is a real benefit. Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will walk you through both sides of it.

The site has a Georgetown address and sits in unincorporated Sussex County. Driving miles below were measured on October 30, 2026 from the corner of Wilson Road and Sand Hill Road, about 0.9 mile east of the site, rounded.
The Circle, Georgetown: about 3 miles.
Downtown Milton: about 5.5 miles.
Beebe Healthcare, Lewes: about 14 miles.
Rehoboth Beach, at the Bandstand: about 18 miles.

No homeowners association fee has been published for Grayrock Preserve.
HOA: the county requires one. It will maintain the streets, buffers, stormwater ponds and other common areas, and it alone applies fertilizer anywhere in the community.
HOA fee: not released.
What to ask: what the fee covers, any capital contribution at settlement, and who pays for the trails and forest signs.
We will add the fee when it exists.

Two approved communities share Wilson Road, about a mile apart on opposite sides.
Grayrock Preserve: 94 lots on 47.48 acres, AR-1 cluster layout, about 1.98 lots per acre, lots of at least 7,500 square feet, with 53 percent of the site kept as open space. Walking trails and play equipment.
Ironhook Harbor: 165 lots on 100.54 acres, GR zoning, a standard layout, 1.65 lots per acre. Pool, bath house, playground and dog park, due before the 100th building permit.
The difference: GR zoning permits 10,000 square foot lots in a standard layout across the whole site. The AR-1 cluster at Grayrock allows lots as small as 7,500 square feet grouped closer together, so more of the land stays open.
Read our Ironhook Harbor page, or call 302-549-5164 and we will compare the two for you.

We are not tax, legal or financial advisors. Figures below are general and come from the 2026 Tax Foundation figures, based on Census 2024 data.
Delaware: an average effective property tax rate of about 0.54 percent.
Sussex County: about 0.31 percent, the lowest of the three Delaware counties.
Sales tax: Delaware charges none.
Grayrock Preserve: no homes are for sale yet, so there is no tax bill to quote.
Call 302-549-5164 for the tax picture on homes for sale near Georgetown today.