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In a recent conference call with share-
holders, Stuart Miller, executive chairman
of Lennar, talked about the pandemic’s
effect on real estate sales. “With an in-
creased focus on the health and safety of
both our associates and our customers,” hesaid, “we have increased the number of
digital closings, with digital document sign-
ings and, where possible, digital notariza-
tion.”
Schools: Arthur Middleton Elementary,
Benjamin Stoddert Middle, St. Charles High
Transit: The community is very close to
U.S. Route 301, which runs right through
Waldorf. Maryland Routes 5, 228 and 210
are nearby. The Maryland Transit Adminis-
tration runs four MTA commuter bus routes
in the area, with a park-and-ride lot at St.
Charles Towne Center.
[email protected]Buying NewStonehaven at St. Charles in White Plains, Md.
BY SCOTT SOWERSEunice Potts was living last year in Mont-
clair Va., about 35 miles southwest of Wash-
ington, and she was looking for a new home
in the same state. But it was not to be. After a
couple of months, she broadened her search
to include the area around Waldorf in
Charles County, Md.
Potts, who works as an IT specialist in
Alexandria, Va., ended her quest at Stone-
haven at St. Charles, about three miles east
of Waldorf and 25 miles south of Washing-
ton. Lennar Corp. has been working for 15
years at St. Charles, a 9,100-acre mixed-use
development, and Stonehaven, in White
Plains, is one of the residential sections.
Cost and technology, Potts said, contrib-
uted to her decision to buy a three-level,
2,371-square-foot townhouse at Stone-
haven. “Homes, on average, were, at mini-
mum, $100,000 to $200,000 less expensive
compared to homes I viewed in Virginia,”
she said.
For smart home technology, Lennar part-
nered with Amazon to offer a standard
package, with technical support, that in-
cludes a network hub, Amazon’s Alexa
voice-control app and a Ring video doorbell.
(Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The
Washington Post.)
Potts also said that her commute to Alex-
andria takes about the same amount of time
as when she lived in Virginia.
Lennar, based in Miami, became the larg-
est home-construction company in the
country after buying a competitor, CalAt-
lantic, in 2018. Lennar c ontrols 6,500 home
sites in St. Charles and builds about 200
residences a year in the development.
T he Stonehaven section has 1,005 home
sites — 357 for detached single-family hous-
es and the rest for townhouses. The develop-
ment of Stonehaven is about 35 percent
complete.
Single-level living, in a detached house, is
available in Stonehaven and elsewhere in
St. Charles as Lennar is striving to cover all
market segments.
“We have plans that meet the needs of the
first-time home buyer to the growing family
to the move-down buyer looking for single-
level living, said Ryan Houck, the Maryland
division president of Lennar.
L ennar markets the community as a lux-
ury lifestyle resort, complete with club-
houses, swimming pools, a dog park and
walking trails.
Potts bought a three-bedroom, three-
bathroom townhouse with an Ellicott floor
plan, one of three floor plans (Arcadia and
Tydings II are the others) offered at Stone-
haven. The things she likes best about it
include the brick facade, the hardwood
floors and the kitchen layout. “The most
impressive feature is the six-foot [island]
counter in my gourmet kitchen that has
room for six bar stools so that I can enter-
tain while cooking,” she says.
Potts, who moved in last year before the
covid-19 pandemic rocked the world, said
she found plenty of things to do nearby. She
mentioned Tilghman Lake Park, Small-
wood State Park and Gilligan’s Pier, a sea-
food restaurant near the Potomac River
with live music.1,005 home sites in Charles County, Md.
PHOTOS BY BENJAMIN C TANKERSLEY FOR THE WASHINGTON POSTSTONEHAVEN AT ST. CHARLES
4567 Shakespeare Cir., White Plains, Md.
Stonehaven has 1,005 of the 6,500 St.
Charles home sites that Lennar is
developing, at a rate of about 200 a year.
Base prices for townhouses range from
$299,900 to $350,990; for detached single-
family houses, from the upper $300,000s to
the low $400,000s.
Builder: Lennar
Features: Townhouses and single-family
houses have wide-plank flooring, crown
molding on the main level and in the master
bedroom, LED lighting and a garage with
remote door opener. Kitchens have
hardwood kitchen cabinetry, stainless-steel
appliances and granite countertops. The
residences have ceramic tile in the
bathrooms, a tankless water heater, a smart
thermostat, USB outlets, a Ring video
doorbell and an Amazon voice-activated
interface.
Bedrooms/bathrooms: 3 to 6 / 3 or 4
Square-footage: 1,800 to 3,100
Contact: View model by appointment only.
Access the Internet sales consultant by
visiting http://www.lennar.com o r calling 888-214-
2073. To see more photos of Stonehaven, go to
washingtonpost.com/realestate.TOP: Part of the finished basement in
the P owell model single-family home in
Stonehaven at St. Charles. Stonehaven, a
section of the St. Charles development in
Charles County, Md., has detached
single-family houses and townhouses.
ABOVE: A bedroom in Stonehaven’s
Danbury model single-family house.