We've been in the new place for 7 weeks and I am thrilled. Yesterday I noticed a light bulb was out and I called maintenance. 30 minutes later the bulb was changed. And, since maintenance is built into our monthly fee, there will be no charge.
Doris, our friend and neighbor, noticed her refrigerator was not keeping things cold enough. She called maintenance. In less than an hour, two maintenance guys showed up with a new refrigerator. They moved everything from the old fridge to the new one, and wheeled the old one away. (This place is only three years old, the "old" fridge couldn't be that old.
I'm 73, and while I still glide smoothly around the tennis court, I don't do well crawling around the floor. Five years ago, I couldn't see it coming. I just sort of assumed I'd be nimble and flexible forever. But, that's not how aging works.
This place comes with free cleaning service, so I'm delighted to save some of the low down tasks for our housekeeper. I call this blog retirement at the last resort, because it is really resort living at its best. It's like living in posh resort.
In your retirement planning, I hope you'll give some consideration to a retirement with some built in indulgences. You won't always be able to do everything you've always done, and you won't want to.
Yours for a happy and healthy retirement,
Ken Johnston
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2 comments:
We tend to forget the myriad of small(and sometimes very large) annoyances we had to cope with and expenses we had to incur when we owned our own home.
Things like plumbing and electrical problems, roof leaks, grouting, painting, lawns, shrubs and trees, swimming pool maintenance, exterminators, etc.,etc. The list goes on and on.
What a relief it is to have all these homeowner problems taken care of promptly and efficiently
with just one call to maintenance.
We moved into the Glenridge because we did not want to burden our daughter with our health concerns, and we wanted to make sure that health care was immediately available as we grow older. We have lived at this beautiful CCRC for over three years and do not regret the choice that we made. The people are great, we have access to the Glenridge Academy where we both take courses, the Glenridge Performing Arts Center and a fully equipted Fitness Center. Unfortunately, we have a few friends " who were not ready to move in" and now it is too late
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