River Oaks

The county plans were prepared for Piccard Building and Development.
Home type: single-family homes on a cluster plan.
Builder: Piccard Building and Development, per the county plans.
New or not: the approval is more than twenty years old, revised in 2026. The homes, when built, will be new.
When a builder releases plans and prices, we will put them on this page.

The amenities plan for River Oaks was approved on June 17, 2026.
Status: approved as a preliminary, with final approval left to county staff once all agency approvals arrive.
What the plan shows: a clubhouse with restrooms, changing rooms, a meeting room and an exercise room; an outdoor pool; one pickleball court; and 14 parking spaces, on about 0.91 acre. The clubhouse size is not set yet in the plan.
Source: the River Oaks amenity site plan dated June 3, 2026, in the Sussex County Planning and Zoning packet for June 17, 2026.
Plans can change before final approval. Ask us and we will tell you where it stands.

River Oaks is not planned to sit alone.
Ballenger Creek: next door, Ballenger Creek is required to pave a road connection into River Oaks.
Riverwood: to the south, River Oaks has to show a connection to Riverwood through a 50 foot private road called Seaspray Court. The county deferred that question on January 21, 2026, 4 to 0.
What it means: traffic from one community may run through another. Look at the connections before you pick a lot.
We can show you where the connections run on the plans.

River Oaks has a Harbeson address and sits in unincorporated Sussex County, between Lewes and the Long Neck area. Distances are road miles measured from the nearest named crossroad.
Lewes: about 9.5 miles to downtown Lewes.
Rehoboth Beach: about 10 miles.
Other towns: about 9 miles to Millsboro and about 11 to Milton.
Schools: confirm the school district and assignment with the district for any specific address.

An association will run whatever the revised amenities plan includes.
Status: no fee figures in any record we have read.
Shared roads: with planned road links to two other communities, ask how road upkeep is split.
Fees are not set yet. We will get the figures from the association documents as soon as they exist.

The practical details we can confirm today.
Homesites: 85 single-family homesites.
Approval: revised final plan, with staff final still to come.
Road links: planned connections to Ballenger Creek and Riverwood.
Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will get the documents for any home here once they exist.

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.
The state picture: Delaware has no state sales tax, no estate tax and no inheritance tax, and Social Security is not taxed.
The local picture: River Oaks was approved by Sussex County and sits outside any town limits, so the property tax bill is county and school tax with no town tax on top. Sussex County reassessed every property recently, so older tax figures may not reflect what you will pay.
New homes: a new home is assessed once it is finished, so the first tax bill may cover only the land.
Call 302-549-5164 and we will pull the recorded figures once homes are on the tax rolls.