Marple Newtown School District, Delaware County, PA
Grande at Muirwood Hill
Performance Tier
Underperformer
Median Sold
$682,500
Avg. Appreciation
30%
Avg. $ Gain
$157,550
2025 Sales
9
Low Activity
★ Value Play
Compared to the Marple Newtown district average, Grande at Muirwood Hill is
underperforming by 52%.
Based on 33 years of public sales records across 2418 neighborhoods in 4 counties.
About
Grande at Muirwood Hill is a D.R. Horton–built, fee-simple townhome community constructed beginning around 2013–2014 on Newtown Street (Route 252) near Cornerstone Drive in Newtown Township, Delaware County. The Muirwood Hills HOA covers lawn maintenance, snow removal, and trash collection under a monthly assessment structure, shifting exterior upkeep responsibility from individual owners to the association. Homes sold out in the resale market after the builder closed out the community, and the mix of interior row units, end units, and a small cohort of detached carriage twins gives the streetscape more structural variety than a standard single-product townhome development.
Specifications
Home Stock
Two-story fee-simple townhomes with attached two-car garages and full in-ground walkout basements. Standard specifications at construction included hardwood floors on the main level, granite countertops, stainless steel kitchen appliances, high-volume ceilings, and second-floor laundry. Floor plan options allowed placement of the primary bedroom suite on either the first or second floor. The finished lower level typically provides a fourth bedroom or bonus room plus a full bath.
Location & Access
Newtown Street (Route 252) and Cornerstone Drive are the primary access points. The community sits within close range of Routes 1, 3, and 320, the Mid-County Expressway (I-476), and I-95.
Location Anchors
What Makes This Distinct
The community’s all-time appreciation pattern trails the broader Marple Newtown School District index by a meaningful margin, which the Cyr Team’s data classifies as an underperformer relative to the district—a structural signal that buyers should investigate whether the gap reflects the product type, the fee-simple HOA cost load, or a ceiling specific to new-construction townhome resale in this submarket.
For Buyers & Sellers
If You’re Buying
$682k median price point. competitive market.
If You’re Selling
Sellers gained $158k on average. trailing the district by 52%. active market (12 day median). median sale price $682k.
Worth Asking
Have you considered what a monthly HOA fee covering lawn care, snow removal, and trash does to your effective cost of ownership when compared to a freestanding resale home in the same zip code—and whether that fee structure is priced into the list price or stacked on top of it?
Common Questions
Who built Grande at Muirwood Hill and when was construction completed?
D.R. Horton’s Mid-Atlantic division built and marketed the community beginning in 2013–2014, with sales phases running through approximately 2016–2017 based on recorded year-built data on individual resale homes. The community is now fully sold out at the builder level, meaning all transactions are resales.
What does the HOA cover and what is the HOA name?
The HOA is recorded in public records as Muirwood Hills. Per listing disclosures, the association covers common area maintenance, lawn maintenance, snow removal, and trash. Buyers should request the current fee schedule, reserve fund study, and meeting minutes directly from the HOA before making an offer, as monthly assessments can change and reserve adequacy varies.
Which schools serve Grande at Muirwood Hill?
The community falls within the Marple Newtown School District, which serves both Newtown Township and Marple Township in Delaware County and operates Marple Newtown High School, Paxon Hollow Middle School, and four elementary schools: Culbertson, Loomis, Russell, and Worrall. The specific elementary school assignment for Muirwood Drive addresses was not confirmed by a boundary document in available sources; buyers should verify their child’s assigned school directly with the district at (610) 359-4200.
Items to Verify with Your Agent
A few specifics on this page are sourced from secondary aggregators or older filings. Confirm before relying:
- Approx Homes — No verified total unit count was found in any source. Builder press materials and third-party aggregators do not publish a final home count for the community. Cannot estimate without a verified source.
- Most Common Elementary — Public records structural data left this field blank. No boundary document was found confirming which Marple Newtown elementary school serves Muirwood Drive addresses specifically. Culbertson Elementary is located in Newtown Square 19073 and is the most geographically plausible candidate, but this has not been confirmed by a district boundary map.
- Hoa Monthly Fee Current — One listing (Estately, 3556 Muirwood Dr) showed a $275/month HOA fee, but that listing is not dated recently. HOA fees change over time and the page must remain evergreen; current fee should be verified directly with the Muirwood Hills HOA before publishing any figure.
- Township — The community website (grandemuirwoodhill.com) references Marple Township, but public records show ‘Newtown Twp (10430)’ as the public records area, and builder press materials describe the location as Newtown Township. The Compass public records record lists public records Area: Newtown Twp (10430). The grandemuirwoodhill.com reference to Marple Township appears to be an error on that community site. Public records and builder records are treated as authoritative; township is Newtown Township.
- Interior Sqft Range Text — Upper Bound With Basement — The 3,500 sq ft upper bound comes from a third-party agent commentary source (mainlinephillyhomes.com), not an official builder specification. It aligns directionally with individual listing data (e.g., 3,080 and 3,348 sq ft confirmed units) but has not been verified against a builder document.
School District
Grande at Muirwood Hill is served by the Marple Newtown School District. Buyers should verify current school assignments directly with the district.
View Marple Newtown School District Information
Sources Consulted
Public deed records · Delaware County Recorder · manta.com · patch.com · thenewsfunnel.com · compass.com · estately.com · livabl.com · mainlinephillyhomes.com · en.wikipedia.org · mnsd.org · buzzbuzzhome.com
Data refreshed: April 25, 2026 (median sold, appreciation, performance tiers, narratives) · Content reviewed: April 25, 2026 (overview, structural insight, FAQs)
The Cyr Team · 2418 neighborhoods · 4 counties · 33 years of public sales records