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That is the way it was explained to me but I looked it up and it is not that specific. I will have to check further. If kids can be there everyday it kind of defeats the purpose.
I have never seen or heard of anyone having a problem with kids everyday so most people may have been told the same as I was right or not. At least where I live most people don't have family that close.
Most of us have grandkids (or friends with grandkids) that visit. You will see them (especially during summer holiday and anytime school is out for a few days) with their grandparents here. They will ride with us in the golf cart, can go and play pool or ping pong and even swim in our indoor pool during certain hours of each day (1-3 for us), but NOT allowed in the outdoor pools under the age of 16.
We all enjoy having our grandchildren visit, and you never see kids out in our neighborhood without the grandparents (homeowners) out with them enjoying their visit.
To make a 55+ community sound like you can't have your grandkids and families come and stay and visit is just wrong, because that is not the way it is at all.
You WILL NOT, however, have to worry about them running around the community unattended. "Visitors" of any age are only allowed in facilities when accompanied by the homeowner who has signed in via their scan card.
I agree. I love nice forested area. Your area seems one I should look into. How far are amenities like groceries, bigger cities and hospitals. I have visited many 55+ areas and I really dislike when they raze the land and build all these cookie cutter houses around a golf course and think that's natural. I'm not into golf and prefer more hiking around more forested landscape
We have one smaller supermarket in the village, one hardware, several banks, a gas station, a couple restaurants, a couple salons, a couple realtors, 2 churches, and a few other assorted vendors. There are more, larger stores like Walmart, Home Depot, etc, doctors, a hospital, and numerous restaurants and fast foods approximately 10 miles away Loudon, Vonore, and Lenoir City. Approximately 20 miles away is an enormous shopping area called Turkey Creek and they have numerous restaurants, department and specialty stores. Knoxville is about 30 miles away and has numerous hospitals including the university teaching hospital, which has satellite clinics in Loudon and Lenoir City. We also have three hiking clubs with varying levels of intensity that do organized hikes nearly every week in the surrounding mountains and forests. There are so many homes here, and except for a couple small areas of townhomes/condos, you would be hard pressed to find two alike, so no cookie cutters here. Many homes have nearby undeveloped lots which are heavily forested, and many greenbelts pass between the backs of properties creating privacy and a cool green appearance throughout the village. Numerous homes have lake or golf views and some of the more expensive homes are lakefront with their own docks. Check out Zillow.com and look at the bird's eye views of the neighborhood to get an idea of how it is.
The real problem is that the neighborhoods that will be affected won't be the wealthy ones but middle-class ones.
Who is going to fight Brentwood, CA or Litchfield County, CT homeowners to put in low-income housing? No one in
either party. Those are the places that contribute to political campaigns and have access to mad-dog type lawyers.
The only communities that will be impacted at the kind most of here live in - middle-class areas.
We have one smaller supermarket in the village, one hardware, several banks, a gas station, a couple restaurants, a couple salons, a couple realtors, 2 churches, and a few other assorted vendors. There are more, larger stores like Walmart, Home Depot, etc, doctors, a hospital, and numerous restaurants and fast foods approximately 10 miles away Loudon, Vonore, and Lenoir City. Approximately 20 miles away is an enormous shopping area called Turkey Creek and they have numerous restaurants, department and specialty stores. Knoxville is about 30 miles away and has numerous hospitals including the university teaching hospital, which has satellite clinics in Loudon and Lenoir City. We also have three hiking clubs with varying levels of intensity that do organized hikes nearly every week in the surrounding mountains and forests. There are so many homes here, and except for a couple small areas of townhomes/condos, you would be hard pressed to find two alike, so no cookie cutters here. Many homes have nearby undeveloped lots which are heavily forested, and many greenbelts pass between the backs of properties creating privacy and a cool green appearance throughout the village. Numerous homes have lake or golf views and some of the more expensive homes are lakefront with their own docks. Check out Zillow.com and look at the bird's eye views of the neighborhood to get an idea of how it is.
Thanks I'm starting my research since I plan to retire within 5 years. I visited Big Canoe in North Georgia liked it but their HOA fees seemed high. I want to be close to a city that we can visit once in awhile. Will set a visit to the area and see if we like it, being a liberal used to big cities, will have to see if I like it.
Our POA (~HOA) fees are $112/month. Certain amenities (fitness club membership, dock fees) are optional or "a la carte", pay them if you will use that amenity. There is no "buy in fee" or golf membership fees, golf is pay as you go, with discounts for pre-pay. Knoxville and Nashville are the most liberal cities in the state, probably due to the universities there. We are not actually "in" Knoxville though.
Seen this morning through light fog, 3 beautiful bucks crossing the fairway and right through our backyard. The two big ones had quite the rack! Such an amazing sight.
Especially about the comments about separating Section 8 housing (rental assistance) from ... "normal" 55+ renter's assistance.
I've only lived in one. About four years ago I moved into a 55+ apartment building that was about a block from the beach. "What a DEAL!" ... I thought...
I discovered that the SAME people who have annoyed you throughout your entire generation ... are still being block-heads in their senior years. Perhaps more, because they feel immune to being hit upside the head! Truly ... it was a nightmare of jealousy and drama. An angry couple on psych meds lived above me. The wife would periodically get tired of the antisocial antics of the husband and beat him up sometimes. He'd get his revenge by stomping on the floor and banging the walls to annoy me.
There was nothing the police nor the manager would do.
It also taught me to avoid small, incestuous communities regardless of the beauty.
Dysfunctional families and people are going to remain that way all their lives. Be CAREFUL of how solid the walls ... how high the fences... and how near the relatives are.
People who've avoided this are LUCKY.
This tread gives great advice on the pros and cons.
Any opinion on High point 55+ community in Delray Beach? I need to know how near High Point is from good shopping, beach, culture and entertainment? My interest is to purchase a large 2 bedroom/ 2 bathroom town home with a den,porch and a view within a 55+ community with activities for single residents. Safety, and a well managed and active community are absolutely important.
I plan to spend a month in Florida this winter looking around with the hope to relocate by Summer 2016. I welcome all opinions and suggestions.
I know nothing at all about the particular place you are asking about, but living in a 55+ community, can tell you that LOTS of single women (widowed, never married, divorced) find that living in a 55+ affords them LOTS of opportunity to "socialize" and get to know someone without having to invite them into the privacy of their own home until they know someone well enough to be comfortable to do so....and have told me that as a single woman, they find that very appealing.
I moved to a +55 community in TN that had both rentals and owned homes. All single floor 2bdrm homes in clusters of 3. Very well thought out and I enjoyed my first year there, but I wanted to move to the coast and I did. I loved the coast until the heat and humidity of summer hit and I left. I went back to the same +55 community as before, but with the new location came new issues. I only unit still for rent was a center unit in a group of 3. On one side I had an older woman and the other was a couple about minimum age. Both residents were very nice and friendly. The problem was that both were taking care of their grandchildren. (One of the main reasons I moved to a +55 community was to get away from children). The grandchildren would arrive very early in the morning and with the exchange of kids came the gossip exchange. During the day kids pounding on walls with TV's loud and going all day. There was no relief. I could have complained but then I would have had enemies on both side and so I choose to move.
Outside of this babysitting by grandparents living in this +55 was good. Most people went to bed at a reasonable time providing peace and quiet at night. No boom cars rattling my windows. Everything was maintained in good fashion. I suggest when you look at one of these communities you ask about policies concerning children, pets, and anything else you might find upsetting.
Unfortunately, apartment living is apartment living. Barking dog, grandkids, kids, hard of hearing neighbors or someone with a night-owl attitude can be a MOST unaccommodating neighbor if their noise carries over into your space. We do not have any apts in our 55+, so none of the issues you speak of apply here.
To the OP: From what you wrote it seems to me you would be an ideal candidate for a 55 plus community. Having things QUIET is a high priority for you, and nothing wrong with that.
However, in your list of complaints I didn't understand the part about the boats and the trailers. Do the boats and the trailers make too much noise?
He means all the stuff and junk that lays around a yard forever never moving just grass and weeds growing around them.Also all the junk collectors leaving cramp everywhere.
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Truly ... it was a nightmare of jealousy and drama. An angry couple on psych meds lived above me. The wife would periodically get tired of the antisocial antics of the husband and beat him up sometimes. He'd get his revenge by stomping on the floor and banging the walls to annoy me. 
Barking dog, grandkids, kids, hard of hearing neighbors or someone with a night-owl attitude can be a MOST unaccommodating neighbor if their noise carries over into your space. We do not have any apts in our 55+, so none of the issues you speak of apply here.
