The Gallery at North Port

Ronnie

The Gallery at North Port was excellent. They had some villas that were very, very nice and we were quite interested in those, possibly obtaining one of them in the future. There seemed to be a great interaction between the staff and the residents. They seemed to have fun and they communicated well. The food was very good. The dining area was very modern and up-to-date. It was restaurant style and it was very nice. They have a very nice pool and a lot of areas for enjoying the view. They take very good care of the place. It's relatively new also. I don't think that it's that old.

Angela

We chose the Gallery at North Port for my mother-in-law, and we liked everything about it. The staff member, Alexis, was wonderful. Everyone that worked there - the housekeepers, the aides - were wonderful. The room that we would be getting had a built-in dinette table. It did not have a stove, but it had everything else in the kitchen - a refrigerator and a microwave. We would bring our own furniture.

Bob

The Gallery at North Port is modern, a very nice facility. We didn't taste the food, but it looked like a pretty good food plan where you weren't locked in, but you have full kitchen facilities, so it was good for us. Some guy was playing music, which was old people's music. They had a small gym, which was fine. They had a pretty nice pool. The staff was very friendly.

Arlene

I liked the idea that The Gallery at North Port was a rental and you didn't have to sign a lease. You just have to give them a 60-day notice if you decided to leave. It just wasn't nicely landscaped on the outside, but maybe they wanted that wild look. When we walked in, there was a young receptionist at the desk, and she was very unfriendly, which surprised me. When the marketing counselor came down, Alice, was great, very professional, and showed us everything that we wanted to see. She gave us plenty of time and answered all the questions that we had, and we were sent home with a folder of information. We're finding that it's very, very expensive monthly. The monthly rate goes up. It's sometimes as much as 10% a year and that sort of turned us off. The only thing that we saw that day was a group of seniors. I believe it was a combination of assisted living and independent living, and they were having a music lesson on a kazoo. The swimming pool was something I'd never seen before, where they have a long ramp for people that can't do the stairs. That was the best thing I saw. Also, it was very clean.

Doreen

Mom will be moving to The Gallery at North Port. She was the one who chose it, and I think she likes it, because it was all nice, new, and it has a pool. The rooms seemed very nice. She selected a studio, the smallest one they have, and I'm sure it will be fine for her. It's a very pretty facility. The lady that gave the tour was very nice, very knowledgeable, extremely helpful, polite, and courteous.

Jeanne

The Gallery at North Port was very nice. They were very accommodating and they showed me all of the rooms that I would be interested in, and it's a very nice place. I think it was outside of my budget, but I'm not sure, depending on what we would need. But it was a very nice place, and I think the food looked like it was pretty nice too. The lady that gave me the tour was very knowledgeable and not pushy or anything. She just told me the facts and showed me the rooms and pointed out the differences in the rooms, and everything. And she gave me a brochure that had the prices and everything on it. So that was good. I think it was geared more towards the independent, because they had villas there that you can rent. That was the only place I've heard of that has villas for independent living. I didn't realize that such places existed. That wouldn't work for me, but for some people, that would be good. One thing I like about that is each person had their washer and dryer, and that to me, in an independent place, would be kind of important.