Montebello

Montebello is a 348-home active adult community in West Berlin, New Jersey, built by award-winning New Jersey home builder J.S. Hovnanian & Sons between 2007 and 2020. What sets Montebello apart in South Jersey is its distinctive European-inspired architecture — stained front doors, carriage-style garage doors coordinated with the siding, and three European elevation styles across each model. Homes range from 1,758 to 3,277 square feet, with two to four bedrooms, two to three bathrooms, and attached two-car garages. Per-plan features include ten-foot first-floor ceilings, oversized doors and windows, gourmet-style kitchens with large islands or peninsulas, covered rear porches, 42-inch overhead cabinets, arched two-panel interior doors, and luxury primary baths with soaking tubs and cultured marble countertops. Optional finished basements and elevators are available on many models. Popular floor plans include the Vienna, Fresco, Picasso, Cordova, and Cezanne. The social heart of Montebello is the 14,000-square-foot Club and Spa — remarkable for a community of this size. Inside, residents enjoy a comprehensive fitness center with aerobics studio, indoor pool and hot tub, massage room, billiards lounge, card rooms, a grand salon, the Cloisters Lounge (where a fountain and drinks bring neighbors together), a grand ballroom for major social events and seasonal gatherings, and a business center with computers. Outside, a beach-entry outdoor pool with covered veranda, bocce ball courts, horseshoe pits, a putting green, a gazebo, and walking and biking trails round out the resort-caliber amenities. A full-time activities director keeps the social calendar full with organized clubs and special interest groups — Billiards, Bocce, Book Club, Circuit Training, Golf, Horseshoes, Ladies Night, Lunch Bunch, Social Night, and Water Aerobics — plus trips to Atlantic City and beyond. The community sits in a rural section of Camden County surrounded by farms and agriculture, but residents are only about 15 minutes from world-class shopping and dining. The Berlin Shopping Plaza is five minutes away, Cherry Hill Mall is about 20 minutes, and historic Philadelphia is a 20-minute drive. Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore are within 45 minutes. Three hospitals — including Virtua Voorhees, just two miles away — and three golf courses are all close by. Residents enjoy easy access to Route 73, Route 30, I-295, and the Atlantic City Expressway. The HOA is managed by mem property management and handles clubhouse maintenance, lawn care, common areas, and snow removal, making for a genuinely maintenance-free lifestyle.