Living in a senior community? 55+?

[vash]

Around here the houses are affordable.

What gives? Anyone living in a 55 and older community?

What’s it like? Manhattans and 5 o’clock dinners?

[stevej37]

I heard ...easy hook-ups and good times.
I hope I never end up in one.

[LWJ]

Super cheap here too. Mrs LWJ put her foot down. Even when I told her we could retire tomorrow.

Damn.

[look 171]

I have been looking into those, as rentals. More Trailer homes gated communities then houses. They are dirt cheap, but I discovered that rental is not an option. Owner occupied only in CA. Ones I visited are very nice and clean. Most had a central buildings for the residents to hang out.

[tcar]

Good friend moved to 'The Villages'... she loves it. bought a house. Road bikes all over FL.
She's late 60's..

[GH85Carrera]

My business partner lives in a gated edition. There are no age restrictions, but the majority of the residents are retired and above age 55 by a lot. My business partner is one of the young puppies in the area. All landscaping it taken car of. So the mowing and landscaping is all included. They have a community pool and a pool house.

The house itself is his responsibility to maintain and there are association rules on what one can do to the house. It is a very nice area, and the houses sell in days not months.

[RWebb]

do the rules prohibit drifting a Gallardo on the private streets and driveways?

[Eric Coffey]

There are certainly nice ones out there. However, the average "adult community" HOA can be rather strict. The gated ones with golf-courses can be especially overbearing. Like, you can't park vehicles in your own driveway, need permission to sneeze, radar-enforced 15 mph speed limits, etc. It can be ridiculous, and very Stepford-like (conformist suburbia, turned up to 11). And being "retirement" communities, there are usually a high percentage of busy-bodies with nothing better to do than complain and turn their neighbors in for "violations". The last one I was at, all of the houses were carbon-copies of each other. Literally no differences whatsoever. Scary...

[Seahawk]

My Dad didn't want to be a financial burden on us so he chose this place, https://pvestates.com/live-here/ , which is near you.

I know it is not the same thing as 55+ but there are comparisons.

He worked the small ranch in California and the horse property we had in South Carolina for 40 plus years then some houses in Bend, Oregon and Monument, Colorado.

His desire, he was in his late 70's, was to ease into doing things not attached to a property.

He lived there for six years and we visited every year and he got back here at least once a year.

He wasn't sure he was going to like it but he ended up loving it. There is any number of "VT's at Six" social opportunities but you can pick and choose.

Everything was taken care of and he traveled extensively, rode his Harley on multi-day excursions with friends, fished the lakes near Fairfield, etc.

He did say that the male widowers get hit on harder than a railroad spike.

[masraum]

My mom lives in one in FL. It's a nice place. She moved there to be close to my grandmother. I could see it under the right circumstances. Anyone can visit, but only some folks can live there. It's nice and quiet, and of course, since it's FL, 1/2 -- 2/3 of the residents are only there between Nov and May or something like that. During the summer, they go back to the North.

[LakeCleElum]

An important piece of advise to any single guys. Never let the widows know you have a good pension........

[Rikao4]

He did say that the male widowers get hit on harder than a railroad spike.
Seahawk..

lol..your dad worshiped your mom..
loose skirts mean nothing to him..
except to note..
folks are crazy...
Black widow lives behind me..
she's buried 3 vet's..

Rika

[stevej37]

I have a friend..70years old..who moved into one last year in FL.
He told me he was the rock star with the widows because he rode a bike every day that only had two wheels.

[craigster59]

The day I stop buying green bananas is the day I’ll consider Senior Living.

[asphaltgambler]

I'll tell you what the hook is on 55+ gated communities, monthly service and HOA fees. In this part of the world very nice communities, in nice areas, nice homes. Its the FEE'S that are ridiculous and climb every year. Try @$300+ / Mo for HOA and service fee's on a sub $400K home. Also many have IE service provider contracts where you have no choice. They get you on the back end.

[RWebb]

so, who makes all the money?

are these private corps. or what?

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by RWebb

so, who makes all the money?

are these private corps. or what?

Maybe it's Pension Plans reinvesting.