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Originally Posted by Waverunner
My sister-in-law and her husband live in the St. Louis area and are planning to retire and move to Florida. They are likely considering two options. The Villages, because we live here, and also looking at the Winter Haven–Lake Wales area, as there are other relatives there. They are in their mid-seventies, so being closer to family is a leading priority.
We are trying to do some initial research for them. There only retirement community in the Winter Haven-Lake Wales area that we know of is Lake Ashton. Has anyone lived there? Know anyone that lives there now? Visited there recently? Have any impressions of the community? Pros – cons. Any information on Lake Ashton, (or any other 55+ community in the WH-LW) area, would be appreciated.
We know the things that make TV great but never really looked anywhere else, so any information on Lake Ashton is appreciated. Thanks!
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We did an overnight visit at Lake Ashton some years back when we were checking out different communties. It is a very nice community, but nothing like TV. At that time, there was one golf course and I believe one club house. It was all very nicely maintained and they had the usual activities of most other 55+ communities. The golf course was an extra expense to join if I remember correctly. The one positive was that housing was cheaper and you could modify to your heart's content. Building on a lot with a water view was quite reasonable at that time. In fact while we were there, we ran into a couple who was leaving TV to move there. They're only reason for moving though appeared to be the housing situation - they wanted to build a house to their specifications and at that time TV was not allowing any modifications. To this day, I wonder how happy they are having moved. To me, a house can grow old. The lifestyle is what would be more important to me, but to each his own.
Oh, one last thing, at that time there didn't seem to be much around that area shopping-wise. That was another drawback for me, but that may have changed since then.