Active Adult 4 Less, Part XX

Here we are into 2011 and already careening rapidly towards Saint Valentine’s Day.  This is my ‘dos equis’ (Part XX) of Active Adult 4 Less and I am very excited to share a couple of geographically diverse yet mutually cost-effective options with you. 

We’re going east /west in this Part and having grown up in the great American southwest I’ll start with Arizona.  The particular community that I share with you here is located within the master-planned development, Estrella Mountain Ranch (Estrella being Spanish for mountain), and appropriately named because it is beautifully situated in the desert foothills of the Estrella Mountains in Goodyear (just west of the Greater Phoenix metroplex).  It is truly a breath-taking setting with desert/mountain vistas in all directions.  Don’t forget your golf clubs and your fishin’ pole because Estrella Mountain Ranch has 72 acres of man-made lakes and is also home to The Golf  Club of Estrella. 

The enclave within Estrella Mountain Ranch where you can find your 55+ slice of paradise is called Canta Mia (my song) and you’ll be singing Glory Hallelujah when you take delivery of your new home that Joseph Carl Homes^SM calls the Melody (1,189 square feet of air conditioned living area) with a base price of just $149,990.   

It’s a well designed and flexible floor plan featuring a spacious great room and an en suite master bedroom with walk-in closet.  And, the den can be finished as an optional second bedroom.  The home comes complete with an attached 2 car garage as well as a front courtyard and a covered patio off of the great room!  For me, having a home at that price within the number 1 master-planned community in Arizona spells Active Adult 4 Less, in style!!

Well, perhaps your roots are firmly planted in the east coast and your idea of an active adult nest would be one situated in Florida.  I present to you the Active Adult Community of Solivita^®, located just 21 miles from Orlando in Ponciana.  You’ll feel right at home in this amazing 55+ guard gated community.  With two championship golf courses, multiple activity centers, tennis courts, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, fitness centers and oodles of clubs and classes to take part in - you may well experience what my Father-in-law calls ‘second youth’.

All of that lifestyle and homes that you can well afford!  How about a brand-new 1,285 air-conditioned square foot home on a corner lot at just $125,400?  We’re talking a 2 bedroom, 2 bath great room Islamorada plan (on lot number 52-7D) and available for early delivery^†.   

The developer, Avatar^® Properties, Inc., has lots and lots of great floor plans with prices starting from the low $100’s up to the mid $300’s.  They can also show you resale homes within the community from as little as $90K (MLS ID 54667485) ^†.  Wow!!

Words simply can’t describe all that Solivita^® has to offer.  You really do need to see it for yourself to believe it - and for that very reason they offer a Discovery Days 3 days, 2 nights package for 2 for only $139.  Their amazing try before you buy offer includes your accommodations onsite in a fully furnished home as well as a complimentary lunch and dinner, plus use of all recreational facilities, and free use of a golf cart during your stay.  For an extra $50 they will also include a round of golf for two!

Now that President Obama has declared that we as a nation are on the economic road to recovery, there will likely never be a better time to buy your slice of paradise – before prices start going up… 

Join me again next month as we continue our never-ending quest to discover Active Adult 4 Less.

^† The Solivita^® early delivery home and resale home referenced above are featured on the developer’s web site as available for purchase as of date of this publication and are shown in this article as typical examples of what’s available within the community.  The particular homes referenced herein subject to prior sale.