Desperately Seeking Quiet
August 31, 2010 8:12 AM Subscribe
Is there any residential facility you know, anywhere in the country, to be both committed to quiet enjoyment and surrounded by acres of trees? Extra points for subsidized over 55 as one of us is retired and we think we'd fare better with an older crowd. We must keep rent between seven and nine hundred.
Our new, quiet apartment in a nature preserve has turned out to be neither as rents have dropped with structural condition. This would be a boon except that it brings in people who care less for the quiet and managers who feel they need to keep them. We're ideal renters for a management who likes things nice, clean, and quiet. Can you help us find Home? We're willing to pick up roots for the right place but we can't emphasize the nature-preservish and serene sensibilities enough. We know there must be places out there as this place used to be that.
Our new, quiet apartment in a nature preserve has turned out to be neither as rents have dropped with structural condition. This would be a boon except that it brings in people who care less for the quiet and managers who feel they need to keep them. We're ideal renters for a management who likes things nice, clean, and quiet. Can you help us find Home? We're willing to pick up roots for the right place but we can't emphasize the nature-preservish and serene sensibilities enough. We know there must be places out there as this place used to be that.
What kind of home are you looking to rent?
"mobile" style homes, apartments, houses, condos, etc?
posted by KogeLiz at 8:36 AM on August 31, 2010
"mobile" style homes, apartments, houses, condos, etc?
posted by KogeLiz at 8:36 AM on August 31, 2010
Best answer: Do you need a community/small-town-ish vibe, or could you live in the woods somewhere on your own at the edge of a town, or well past?
posted by mdonley at 9:37 AM on August 31, 2010
posted by mdonley at 9:37 AM on August 31, 2010
Best answer: You used the term "residential facility." No offense intended, but as you also mentioned "subsidized [rent] over 55," I wonder if you're looking for something like an "active seniors" community. If so, I imagine a Google search might be helpful, although you'd likely have to wade through a lot of garbage results and heavy marketing pitches for golf course-type monstrosities.
Alternatively, have you considered cohousing or intentional communities? I have relatives who are investigating these for their retirement. They, too, would like peace & quiet and not a 20-something-type latter-day commune atmosphere. Again I'd suggest Googling these terms and seeing what you come up with.
Other sources of information might be magazines such as Mother Jones, AARP, or regional "lifestyle" publications. Many of these have small ads, usually in the back pages, for retirement communities or senior living places.
Good luck!
posted by scratch at 10:52 AM on August 31, 2010
Alternatively, have you considered cohousing or intentional communities? I have relatives who are investigating these for their retirement. They, too, would like peace & quiet and not a 20-something-type latter-day commune atmosphere. Again I'd suggest Googling these terms and seeing what you come up with.
Other sources of information might be magazines such as Mother Jones, AARP, or regional "lifestyle" publications. Many of these have small ads, usually in the back pages, for retirement communities or senior living places.
Good luck!
posted by scratch at 10:52 AM on August 31, 2010
Response by poster: We're in the US, and we're hoping for word-of-mouth type recommendations from people who know of an apartment complex or other type of community like this. mdonley's ideas are also inspiring. Maybe we should think outside of the box. We're getting up in years, so we can't "rough it" too much.
Yes, an active seniors community would be great but what's most important is the proximity to nature and the shared value of peace and quiet. A place where bass from cars would is never heard, for sure.
posted by tangram1 at 6:10 PM on August 31, 2010
Yes, an active seniors community would be great but what's most important is the proximity to nature and the shared value of peace and quiet. A place where bass from cars would is never heard, for sure.
posted by tangram1 at 6:10 PM on August 31, 2010
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posted by dfriedman at 8:31 AM on August 31, 2010