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| Senior Apartment Sharing Senior Life Changes" Living in comfort is one of the changes with senior income today. Read on and find out how you can have it all at half the cost. I measure my success by the number of friends I make in the process of doing business. Luxury Senior Housing Share Program Great Retiring Lifestyles Life in a senior resort is evolving and as we see new properties go up they are extending what they offer to meet the needs of the next retiring generation. The baby boomers are the next group, but until they start looking for some luxury lifestyle. You can take advantage of great amenities provided by these resorts for seniors. Remember senior starts at fifty two according to most. Today they are beautiful campuses with services, like valet for your car, concierges services, chefs that provide freedom dining that lets you sleep in until you want to start your day, common areas to enjoy with your friends, socializing type happy hours and activities you can share with others your age. They even include the utilities except phone, but most of you have a cell phone anyway. You will feel like college again except you have money to do something now. Renting an apartment in a beautiful resort style of community has some great advantages. I could rent an apartment with a close friend and live in comfort. If I liked to travel I would have a concierges call a sister property in the location I wanted to go and reserve their guest suite. When a person lives in an apartment in one property they can take advantage of the agreement that allows you to go to a sister property and stay for free. This includes dining, all the activities, common areas like the fitness center, theatre, spa, pool room and any other area at that property. You are paying for an apartment at your property and it allows you to go stay in other sister properties at no extra charge. I know when it is cold in the northern part of the US it might be nice to get away for a week to a warm part of the country. Lets say Co Co Beach, Florida or some warm spot in Texas that time of the year would be nice. You can stay about a week in most other locations. The cost of an apartment for one person in a could run about $3300 a month, but if you decide to share an apartment with a friend the second person is charged $400. If you add the two together it would cost $3700 a month. That divided between two people is $1850 a month and includes all the items mentioned above. What ever you have to spend after the rent is yours there are no utilities or other hidden charges. Of course if you have outside guests it will cost them if they dine. The cost is less than some of the nice apartment houses in town which gives you no services, No dining, your utilities are not paid, you have no travel package, you may not have a concierge to help you with booking a flight. Most apartments houses I have lived in the next door neighbor has lived there for three years and I don’t even know his name. Very little socializing in apartment house living. Today is the day to start thinking about what your future will be like. Do you want to have friends, live an up scale life, have things done for you, take the worry away, travel to places you have never been at an affordable cost and get up when you want. Maybe this is really for you!!!!
Age 55+ For seniors 55 years of age and older, we offer shared style living. These beautiful retirement communities offer, residents their own private bedroom and bathroom, yet share all other common areas, such as the kitchen and living room and all community common areas. Dining mostly at your time daily, getting together as a family to enjoy a prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner. These buildings are located in the most areas of the United States. Our buildings are where residents enjoy independent living in charming apartments and you see each other at least once a day so you feel safe. Dreams really do come true and you’ll feel right at home! Residents at these buildings share two bedroom apartments but function like an extended family, enjoying their friendship suites while also spending time together in larger groups. Senior citizens, who often no longer need as much space as they did raising their families, can move in with another person and become friends, they need not be seniors 55+. This is one program that helps match seniors with other unrelated adults in a mutually beneficial lifestyle at retirement communities. This lifestyle has some wonderful inclusions in the rent for two people splitting the cost. Spend your golden years in a community designed especially for mature adults. Take advantage of amenities, personalized service, activities, and more, without having to maintain a house and yard. From the beaches of South Carolina to beautiful California, there are communities in all states. Does this economy have you asking these questions? Am I a Senior?
Do you live alone?
Could you use additional income?
Would you like to reduce housing costs?
Do you need help with chores?
Are you willling to share your 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment?
Are you willing to help one another to lower your rent?
Do you want to improve your lifestyle?
Does your SS go far enough for all your expenses?
Do you want to have money left over for fun?
Here is a list of ways to live in comfort as you age because Social Security does not go that far and you need to cover expenses of Housing, Food, Travel, Recreation and Socializing.
These are some of the main essentials of living as you reach SS age. When we went to college we roomed with another person and it worked then. It works now for seniors making money stretch and enjoying a luxury lifestyle. Only today you have your own bedroom and bathroom.
As we think about finding a friend to share an apartment with or a companion we might consider using a national service to find someone compatible with the same interests and lifestyle desires.
The link below will open your eyes to why we should think positive about shared living. We are living longer and that might present a problem for life and paying your way if you want to live a gracious lifestyle when retiring. Here is a story of the pros and cons of shared life with actual people living the life. It addresses the question of a senior service helping find out questions before hand. Senior Sites are No Longer Just Senior Dating Sits
If you have been thinking Senior Dating Sites are just for people interested in finding someone interesting to date, guess again. These sites can be used for several purposes. One of which I will tell you about that makes a lot of sense.
If you are thinking about a better lifestyle and are on a limited income like social security and maybe a small saving, think about this. Finding a person that has the same interests as you is important if you are thinking of reducing your monthly expenses by a shared living arrangement.
We all think it would be impossible to find someone that would have the same interests and like the same things. There are questions on the form when looking for a room mate that ask specific questions about smoking, drinking, sleep habits, interest in pets and other common problems . Not everyone is alike and finding someone you would like might be hard if you had no way of knowing what the person is like in advance.
This is where the senior site will assist, it will allow you a chance to find out what someone is like before ever meeting the person. Profiles of others will answer most of the questions and eliminates a lot of frustration in meeting a person with habits you want to avoid.
There are free memberships that are easy to follow when signing up. Most of all it has all the information you need. Finding a good person to live in a shared apartment is a must. It would not suit you or another person to move in an apartment and find the person is not who you thought they were.
The next step after you have found out most of the information about a person is to actually meet the person and that could be awkward if we had to just meet someone without others around.
The best arrangement is when both persons have agreed is to bring a group together for coffee or tea. To make introductions and get to know one another is easy and fun.
Meeting places are important also and like the first day of school a new friend is nice. If you are reading this you should know that all of the properties are beautiful and accommodating. Some are located on golf courses, some in the nicest areas of town, some close to shopping malls and others near great recreation areas. Your life will change and become one of exciting new days and evenings with someone to share your interests. What is it in life that gives us the sense of perfect? Check out this link http://daily.finerminds.com/mind/helene-hadsell-wabi-sabi/ What does it cost you to live each month. Monthly Cost of rented home life Low High 1. Rent for home either (house or apartment) $ 600 $2800 2. Electric (cooling, heating) $ 90 $ 300 3. Gas (cooking, heating) $ 30 $ 100 4. Up Keep (mowing, snow removal, fix faucet, shingles, etc) $ 10 $ 250 5. Food (food for breakfast, lunch, diner) $ 200 $1500 6. Entertainment (Shows, water park, gambling, etc) $ 100 $2000 7. Friendship (lunch, treats at home, etc) $ 50 $ 200 8. Car Gas $ 250 $1200 9. Garbage $ 10 $ 50 10. Water/Sewer $ 0 $ 75 11. Travel (vacation, day trip, weekend) $ 100 $ 300 $1440 $8675 If you own your home and you sell it, the interest you would get from putting the money in an interest bearing account could be enough to pay most resort retirement rent. If you split the rent in half with a friend you could live very comfortable for the rest of your life. Remember a friend is just a stranger you have not met yet. I thiink you will fall between low & high Cost of home ownership life 1. Own Home (paying payments) $ 500 $2000 2. Electric $ 150 $ 400 3. Gas $ 80 $ 200 4. Garbage $ 20 $ 50 5. Water/Sewer $ 20 $ 100 6. Food $ 200 $1500 7. Up Keep $ 50 $ 800 8. Entertainment $ 100 $2000 9. Friendship $ 50 $ 200 10. Travel $ 100 $ 200 11. Car Gas $ 250 $1200 12. Phone $ 70 $ 250 13. Internet or Cable $ 40 $ 200 Total $1630 $9100 other links seniorinfo.com, www.sittercity.com | |
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