Willard Home for Rent

Willard is a patchwork of farmland, forests, country roads and crossroad villages in rural Pender County. Life moves slower this far from cities like Wilmington and Raleigh. While many new and generational residents come to Willard seeking privacy, they end up meeting one another at historic community centers and in flourishing recreation areas hidden down back roads. Neighboring towns like Burgaw and Wallace offer a taste of urban life that’s available much farther down Interstate 40. Still, Willard’s managed to retain its agricultural roots outside of the orbit of suburban sprawl. “Any closer to the coast, and there’s more production, more quarter acre lots. Out in Willard, it’s easy to have 2 acres of land and a nice brick home,” says Rob Warwick, a broker at Coldwell Banker Sea Coast with 12 years of experience specializing in New Hanover and its surrounding counties. “It’s somewhat remote, but that’s what people like. There are production farms out there, you can hobby farm. And you’re certainly never going to find 20 acres of land in Wilmington ever again.” Many kinds of single-family homes line Willard’s winding country roads, including simple prewar National homes,