Peninsula Lakes - Millsboro, Delaware

The homes in Peninsula Lakes are new and resale single-family residences built primarily by Schell Brothers. The community also features resales from other quality builders like Ryan Homes. Homes range from approximately 1,600 to over 4,000 square feet, offering a variety of floor plans, including both ranch and two-story options. All Schell Brothers homes are built with the highly energy-efficient Schellter™ Advanced Building Science technology. Features often include granite or quartz countertops, and options for finished basements, sunrooms, and bonus rooms, ensuring a personalized, low-maintenance home.

Peninsula Lakes has an amenity package centered around its 11 lakes. The community has a lakefront clubhouse 🥂 with a fitness center 🏋️, a lounge, and banquet rooms. Outdoors, the community has a swimming pool with a beach entry and splash pad, extensive walking trails 🚶, and a fishing pier. For sports and recreation, the community provides dedicated courts for tennis and pickleball 🎾, as well as bocce courts and a dog park 🐕. The lakes are stocked and are used for fishing and kayaking.

Peninsula Lakes is planned around its water: 11 lakes, open space, a lakefront clubhouse and walking trails through the community.

The HOA handles lawn care, trash and recycling, and common area snow removal. For a buyer moving to Millsboro, DE, call us at 302-549-5164 and we will show you how it compares with other neighborhoods in Millsboro, DE.

Peninsula Lakes is about 12 miles from the beaches of Rehoboth, Lewes and Dewey. For daily needs, there are three major grocery stores, pharmacies, emergency walk-in care, and numerous local restaurants just around the corner from the community entrance. The town of Millsboro has more shops and restaurants, and Delaware charges no sales tax. Indian River Bay is close by for boating and fishing.

Here is what the Peninsula Lakes HOA covers. The HOA fee is approximately $255 per month (as of October 2025). As of that date, the fee covered:

• Lawn Care: Grass cutting, trimming, and landscaping maintenance for all common areas and individual homesites.

• Amenities: Maintenance and upkeep of the clubhouse, pools, fitness center, sports courts, and all recreational facilities.

• Essential Services: Trash and recycling removal and common area snow removal.

Ask us for the HOA documents to see exactly what the fee covers for a specific home.

Peninsula Lakes is built around 11 lakes with a lakefront clubhouse and a full amenity package.
Clubhouse: a fitness center, lounge and banquet rooms.
Outdoors: a beach-entry pool with splash pad, walking trails, a fishing pier, and stocked lakes for fishing and kayaking.
Courts: tennis, pickleball and bocce courts, plus a dog park.
HOA fee: approximately $255 per month as of October 2025.
Fee covers: lawn care for common areas and individual homesites, amenity upkeep, trash and recycling removal, and common area snow removal.
Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will get the current HOA documents and fees for any home you are considering.

Read this first: Active Adults Realty is not a tax, legal or financial advisor and nothing below is advice. Confirm every figure with your own tax professional and with Sussex County before you rely on it. (As of October 2025), the state has no sales tax, so no sales tax is added to purchases. Property taxes depend on the assessed value of the specific home. Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will pull the recorded figures for any home you are considering. For those 60 and older, the state offers a pension and retirement income exclusion, allowing you to exclude up to $12,500 of pension income from state taxes. In addition, Social Security benefits are completely tax-exempt at the state level.