Resort home: Beach, golf, dining near scenic Fairway Village

Whether golfing, sailing or strolling on the beach represents your perfect vacation, Fairway Village provides the perfect setting in Ocean View, Del.

This community of single-family homes by Ryan Homes offers a complete resort lifestyle for weekend retreats, summer holidays or year-round living. Bear Trap Dunes 27-hole golf course is across the street and provides amenities such as a pro shop, fine and casual dining and an outdoor amphitheater for summer performances.

For the nongolfers in the family, Ocean View is a mile from the Atlantic Ocean and a mile from Indian River Bay. Assawoman Canal and White’s Creek form the town’s boundaries. This charming seaside village rests in the heart of Delaware’s beach resort area, with easy access to Bethany Beach, Rehoboth and Ocean City.

Within the Fairway Village community, residents can enjoy a swimming pool, clubhouse, tennis court and tot lot.

Ryan Homes offers seven single-family floor plans for buyers, priced from the upper $270,000s to the low $350,000s. Each has a first-floor master suite that makes these homes convenient for future retirement living as well as vacations.

The 163 homes in the development, built on one-fourth acre, have generous living space yet maintain a cottage-style ambience for casual vacation living. Homeowner association fees are $92 per month.

Each of the single-family homes has a stone facade and a two-car garage, along with professional landscaping, a sodded lawn, low-maintenance vinyl siding and an asphalt driveway.

Inside, the homes have three bedrooms, two baths, oak banisters, six-panel Colonial-style doors, decorative light fixtures and upgraded high-speed Internet, cable and wiring.

The kitchens include cabinets in a choice of styles and colors and the baths have oak vanities with cultured marble tops. Each home has a morning room and an open floor plan with large kitchens and great rooms for easy entertaining.

The Brighton model is base-priced in the low $310,000s. It features a foyer with columns flanking the entrance to a hall leading to the second bedroom, which has a cathedral ceiling and an adjacent full bath.

Directly in front of the foyer is the great room, which has a vaulted ceiling and is open to the dining area.

Next to the dining area is a kitchen with a breakfast bar and an adjacent morning room. Nearby is a study with a double-door entrance.

The first-floor master suite has a tray ceiling, a walk-in closet and a private full bath. A laundry room with a door to the garage completes this level.

Buyers can add a second floor with a loft, a third bedroom and a full bath; or one with two bedrooms and a full bath or unfinished attic storage space.

The Delray model, which starts in the low $350,000s, features a foyer with columns flanking the entrance to the living room and to the formal dining room, which has a tray ceiling. Buyers can add a bay window to each of these rooms.

At the back of the house is a two-story family room with windows on two sides. Adjacent to this room are a kitchen with walk-in pantry and a breakfast bar, a casual dining area and a morning room with windows on two sides.

The first-floor master suite has a tray ceiling, a walk-in closet and a private full bath. A second bedroom, second full bath and laundry room are nearby.

Upstairs are a loft overlooking the family room and two bedrooms, which share a connecting bath.

For more information, call sales manager Chance Hall at 302/539-5410 or visit www.ryanhomes.com.