Active Adult 55+ Communities in Tampa Bay

 

When you decide it is time to retire from your current lifestyle with too many responsibilities concerning your habitat and want to spend more time relaxing and enjoying life—whatever that means to you, you may want to consider an Active Adult 55+ Community to move into. Keep in mind though, that average age that lives in these communities is around 65 years old. If you have a mate, then only 1 of you has to be 55 years old or older in order to purchase a home in an Active Adult 55+ Community. You don’t have to be retired from work, although many are.

 

There are many things to consider before you choose an Active Adult 55+ because you want this community to be part of a whole lifestyle that offers more than the community itself. Some things that could be important to you are:

 

So you have decided on a master planned community for your Active Adult 55+ Community that offers all the amenities inside your community so you don’t have to travel far for lifestyle enjoyment. These master communities offer a wide range of amenities some including clubhouse or lifestyle center with exercise, swimming pools, party kitchens and rooms for gathering with friends, family and neighbors and game rooms. Some offer tennis and golf, boating and plenty of walking opportunities within the community. If staying indoors is your style, you will want your Active Adult 55+ Community to offer hobby classes with craft rooms, art classes, cooking classes, perhaps a theatre or musical group.  

 

Active Adult 55+ Communities offer low maintenance grounds and exteriors because that is one of the reasons you sold your home in the first place! In newer communities you will find more energy efficient built homes, single story living with no steps to climb or trip on, open floor plans for easier entertaining and cleaning. There generally is more thought given to size of doorways, height of cabinetry and countertops, type of flooring for no-slip surfaces and rounded corners on entryways. Think about all the things you have now that you like or require and what are the things you would like to have in your next home and compare.

 

Active Adult 55+ Communities will recognize that you may want to grab a cup of coffee or breakfast within walking distance of your community and will offer modern conveniences for everyday living right outside or within it. Grocery stores, coffee shops, rental movies, pharmacies, hardware store, liquor store, cleaners are just a few of the everyday conveniences you may want nearby.

 

Active Adult 55+ Communities will offer safety and security with gated entrance and perhaps security guards patrolling the neighborhood daily. You can decide how much or little you feel comfortable paying for. Having a good neighbor system working within the community also offers a greater sense of security, so you will want a community of friendly people who look out for others. Walk around and talk to people as you are touring the neighborhood to get a feel for its friendliness.

 

All residents enjoy membership in the Golf and Country Club with an 18-hole course, 24 hour security gate that is manned, a resort-style clubhouse with tons of activities provided. Enjoy lighted tennis courts, fabulous fitness center, Billiard and Poker and Bridge tables room, Library complete with internet facility, Arts and Crafts including a wood shop. With its own restaurant, bar and Performing Arts Center, Heritage Springs was built within the natural setting of conservation.

 

A gated private 18 hole golf and country club community including Community Center with fitness, swimming pool and tennis. There are ponds, trails and other nature lover’s areas of interest. You will find villas, single-family including estate-style homes.

 

Close to beaches in Pinellas County is Highland Lakes, another large golf course community with almost 2500 homes and a recreational club facility for Active Adults. You will find single family homes, villas and condos. Some points of particular interest include Bocce Ball, Horseshoe, Pontoon Touring Boats, 3 Nine-Hole Golf Courses, Library, Shuffleboard, Pool and Spa, Tennis, Country Club, Arts and Crafts Building, Full Kitchen within a gorgeous Lodge of sorts which overlooks Lake Tarpon and even storage lot for your boat and RV. With over 40 interest groups formed, you most likely will find something to grab your interest.

This is a huge condominium community with 90 buildings housing 1 to 3 bedroom homes for about 6000 residents.  This is an older home community that offers free 9 and 18 hole golf, heated and unheated lap and swimming pools, wood working shop, pool tables, lawn bowling, shuffleboard, tennis and even boating on a small lake within it. Laundry facilities are located within each building rather than in each unit. There is a Florida style flair to the complex yet has the modern convenience of being near the Countryside Mall which includes an Ice-skating rink. .

 

Another choice for an Active Adult 55+ Community is Seven Springs with 2 Golf Courses and driving range, fitness center, library, billiards room, dining room/lounge, tennis, pools and spa for swimming, library and more. You will find Seven Springs homes nestled amongst pines and cypress trees amongst sparkling lakes and ponds. With 24 hour security and 36 holes of Championship Golf, being centrally located of State Road 54, you can see why this is a popular retirement choice.

 

 

A huge waterfall greets you as you approach South Shore Fall’s gated/manned community and herein you will also find natural lagoon swimming pools, an internet café, variety of social networking clubs including plenty of planned outings and complete fitness center. With its 200+ acres of lakes, ponds, walking trails, natural preserves including maintenance-free living residences.

 
Sun City Center

Within this 5000 acre community by Del Webb, sits its Golf & Racquet Club and Club Renaissance including Community Center, Business and Learning Center, Restaurants, 150 different clubs/ Interest Groups, Planned Activities, Fitness Center, Pools and Spas, Tennis, Boating and Fishing, Horseback riding, RV Storage, softball, lawn bowling, square dancing and ballroom facilities, bus tours, shuffleboard and more. Homes range from 1000-3000 + sq ft for 1-4 bedrooms where home building has ranged for over 40 years.

 

 

San Antonio, Fl
Another popular Active Adult 55+ Community offering clubhouse, tennis, resort style pool and spa, restaurant and bar, exercise room, billiards and card playing room, library and 18 hole championship golf course, driving range and a 9 hole executive course. Over 700 acres with lakes and preserves lie amongst the housing development of 1000 homes built within the last 20 years and over 40 clubs to join it is a busy place indeed. Residents live in small villas to larger 2500+ sq ft single family homes.

The Groves Golf & Country Club was developed with the natural settings in mind, with 50% of its acreage left for conservation and recreation settings. Once you are one of the 750 residents that live here, you have free access to the 18 hole golf course and country club with a 15,000 sq ft clubhouse complete with restaurants, ballroom, library, heated swimming pool and spa, fitness, internet access, tennis, bocce ball and more. Built recently in the last 10 years, there are single family single story homes as well as villas of all sizes.

This master planned gated community of over 750 homes has a golf course, club house with restaurant and bar, banquet center, library, huge pool/spa, tennis and bocce ball courts and fitness center.  

 

 

 

Timber Pines is for the country club lifestyle set with its 1400 acres of homes, lakes and forests abounding. Not to mention its own 63 holes of golf course, tennis, swimming and spas, 7 miles of walking paths, ballroom, performing arts center, health and fitness center with opportunities to join in the fun with over 85 clubs and organizations. The Lodge has its own ballroom, library, card rooms, billiard room, ceramics studio and woodworking shop. There are over 3400 homes and villas that are managed internally, something the residents take pride in.

The gravitating point of this Active Adult 55+ Community is its massive 27,000 square foot clubhouse with an impressive array of things to do for everyone including live concerts, 3Dimensional art classes, Pilates and dance, poker games, pottery, wine and beer bistro with internet cafe and more. You can play Pickle ball, bocce ball, basketball, tennis, horseshoes, community gardening, exercise pool and spa. Just ask their full-time activities director to show you around and tell you about their wonderful array of activities. There are 1000 villas and single-family residences of all sizes and all maintenance free that were started in 2005 and still growing. This community is for those wanting a newer community than the nearby Sun City neighborhood in Ruskin.

 

Wellington at Seven Hills
Spring Hill, Fl
Beginning in 1998 and finishing in 2008, this relatively newer community offers both maintenance free single family homes including roof and exterior paint replacement and those that aren’t maintenance free. It provides 24 hour security and the full array of recreational amenities such as tennis courts, pool, and clubhouse with Bar and Grill, fitness center, media room, billiards room, social room and more. Outside there is a putting green and trail for walking, jogging and cycling in addition to the Seven Hills Golf course, within the community.