The Peaks at Santa Rita

Jerry

I'm at The Peaks at Santa Rita. They have about five different apartment layouts, and they're all good. They have an exercise room, a theater, a library, a pool room, a bar, and a dining room. The apartment is beautiful and big. I have a 1-bedroom, and it's big enough for two people. I'm the only one living here, and it's definitely big enough for one person and two cats. They provide everything. They always have it decorated for whatever holidays are coming up. Right now, it's Easter. The staff are all very polite and enjoyable. You talk to them without feeling like you're talking to a bureaucracy. It's pretty neat. I'd recommend it to anybody. Breakfast is free and is included in the rent. You pay $225 a month for lunch. Their chefs are outstanding. I've never had a bad meal here. It's always good. I just love it. The staff is fabulous. They have many activities. It's only 12 years old, so it's a fairly new facility. Value for money is excellent.

Richard

I have friends living at The Peaks at Santa Rita. The facilities are clean and well-kept. The staff is very courteous to everyone. A couple of meals that I've taken there are pretty good. The rooms seemed adequate. They're apartment size or smaller. One of the things I don't like about it is it's multilevel and my walking is kind of restricted, especially stairs. I've seen groups doing Bridge and other table games. There's a quiet area like a reading room.

TedH

Have researched most independent residential facilities in the Tucson to Tubac area The Peaks ranks the best by far when comparing cost, quality, food and concern. Have been invited numerous times by resident friends for meals and events. Never had an unacceptable meal and the staff has always treated me with respect and concern My only concern is the food being so much to my liking that it would add too much to my girth. Currently on the list for residency

Carole

We toured The Peaks at Santa Rita. We looked at a casita and a two-bedroom apartment. The people were very friendly. No one there seemed unhappy about being there. The casitas, which they don't have available, are very nice. They actually have a kind of walled-in patio yard in the back. We went to lunch with two other residents, and that was very nice. They had a lot of amenities. They had things going on, a beautiful pool, and lunch was very good. Part of the monthly fee is for a continental breakfast. We didn't go for breakfast. She actually gave me the menu, which was interesting. Some things were permanent, which was very nice. Then there was one extra different thing. If you wanted the other meals, you could pay either a fee for the month or a punch card. I thought was nice because sometimes you're not there. You may be on vacation. You might have decided to go out or cook your own meal, so you didn't have to be paying for meals that you weren't going to have. The other interesting part about this was you can travel to any of the other Hawthorne communities for a week. If there's availability and you wanted to go to (let's say one in Florida or one in Massachusetts), you'd pay for your own airfare. You could go there for a week at no extra charge. They had an exercise room. They had a pool table. They had card tables. They had activities and trips. They had transportation to the doctor and to groceries, etc. They have some trips that they would organize, such as a museum with their vans around Tucson. The lady that took us around was Ginger. They're there 24 hours. They're all very pleasant and very nice.

Carole

I have been living in The Peaks at Santa Rita. The manager is fantastic. He's like everyone's father, and the apartments are large, airy, beautiful, and the prices are very low. The staff is very caring, but the food is probably a C plus or a B minus. The dining area is fine. It's a big cafeteria, so you take your plates with you, and this is another thing that I didn't care for. I prefer having waiters. We're always booked up with activities, but most of them are card games, and I do not like card games personally, so I chose not to be active.

S.P.

I've moved in to The Peaks at Santa Rita. It is very nice and very clean. Everybody is very friendly and the staff is helpful. I'm on the second floor and I feel very secure, so I'm very happy with it. I'm in a regular one-bedroom apartment with a full-sized kitchen, a really nice bathroom, and a living area. We have an exercise room, a chapel, library, billiard room, swimming pool, sauna, a putting green, and a hair and nail salon. It's a little restricted now since the COVID. Like there's a bus that goes to like Walmart or Safeway, but only six people can ride on the bus at one time, that sort of thing. There are other games that they've curtailed, and we can't play cards if there's four to a table, things like that. I had a couple of things that were not right in my apartment, and they came right away to fix them. It's been wonderful. The food is like gourmet, we sit at a dining table, and they bring everything to us on China. It's just spectacular, and the food is very enjoyable. It's included with the price of our room.