Vineyard Commons

We have moved to Vineyard Commons senior community. It's the ideal place for us and it has whatever we need. They also have a restaurant and facilities like a swimming pool and exercise room so it meets our needs. There are a couple of things that I would improve but overall, we're pleased. We have very little need to contact the staff, only when there is something that needs to be fixed in the apartment. Like right now, we need to change a bulb in the bathroom and it doesn't seem to be a major thing, but it's not quite available so I'll be waiting for a couple of days before somebody comes up and tells me what kind of bulb to replace it with. They don't provide meals as it's completely independent living. They have a restaurant and you can order from there then pay for it. We very seldom use that option since we cook at home and we have a full-time aide that's here 12 hours a day, seven days a week. I've only tried the food from the restaurant a couple of times. We have the biggest apartment in the complex here, which is 1,700 square feet. It's just about right for us and we have no complaints about it. They have a whole lot of activities. They have games, movies, and socials. I've been to their Cinco de Mayo social and it was a successful one. It was at the restaurant, we paid a fee, we had food, and everybody was there so we got to say hello to some people. The value for the money is interesting though because they just raise the rent and they only give 13-month leases. I think we would want to see what other facilities are and how they compare because the rent here is getting very, very high. In another 13 months, that rent is going to go up again so it's getting to a point where it's expensive to live here.