The Best Independent Living Communities in Durham County, NC

"I toured Capital Oaks. I love the building. I like the way everything is built up top, the space you've got in the hallways, and all the apartments. I just saw one-bedroom apartments, but they are all furnished the same way, and the same thing in the smaller and larger ones. They've got garage storage that you can rent for your cars if you want it. So, that's the only one that I've seen that had that. It's very nice. The exercise area was very nice. I liked all the stuff there. They showed me the menus of what they have for the three meals. It looked very nice. I didn't meet any of the staff other than two, but they were very great."

"Whispering Pines Gracious Retirement Living was nice. Everything is included in one price. The food's very nice. The staff was also very nice. They gave me a proper tour and I enjoyed it. They had one bedroom, two bedrooms, and studios. They had quite a number of activities and of course, they all had gyms. They take some trips if you want to go to close facilities like grocery stores."

"We toured the Reserve at Mills Farm. The person who showed us around was very charming and knowledgeable. We told her what we were looking for, and then she gave us a tour of the facility. She sent us home with some paperwork, information, and maybe floor plans. She did take us to a unit. The ceilings were tall. It was lovely. All their units have a patio, which we'd be very interested in for a little outdoor space. The patio is small. It's just enough for two chairs, but enough to sit there and have coffee in the morning. She showed us all around, like a game room, dining rooms, outdoor spaces, and common areas."

"I visited StoneRidge Gracious Retirement Living, and I liked it very much. One of the big pluses is that the managers live there. I met the manager and his wife, and both were very nice and very helpful. They explained a lot to me. They are in the process of renovating a lot of things, and that is a minus for me, right now, because I am not sure what the place is going to look like. The cleanliness was pretty good, though. The only objection I had was that they are redoing things. Some of the carpeting was not that good, but they are going to replace it eventually. The other thing is that the rooms I saw did not have a balcony. They have a 1-bedroom apartment that is slightly bigger than the others. I saw a studio apartment there, too. It was okay, but I'd rather have the 1-bedroom one. Their prices were about the same as the other facility I visited."

"We chose Woodland Terrace for ourselves. It is away from the very busy streets, so it's very quiet. It's just 2 blocks from Trader Joe's and all those places where I buy fruits. To me, the location was great. We only have 180 residents. We have a pond with a walking trail and ducks on it. The people here are extremely friendly. I just came back from a friendship committee where I am a volunteer. There are a few things that I would personally want different. But to me, the things that were of high concern were the heated pool, the walking space, the fact that it's not too big, and the freedom we have in this community. We have breakfast. You just get bacon and eggs and other choices. By 11:30, we have lunch. If you want dinner, you pay an additional $200. We cannot eat two of these meals. It's impossible. We eat fruit in the evenings and that's good. They offer the activities that I need and they have good facilities here."

"We visited Brookdale North Raleigh. We loved the cleanliness, the caring staff, the amenities, the food, and the menus. We loved everything about it. If Mom wants to go down and have a beer, there's a little bar there. There's also a room where people can go in and get together and do crafts. There's a separate dining room if you have family come in for a family dinner, one that would seat probably 14 people. The dining facilities look amazing. The food smelled and looked delicious. We loved the weekly menus that they have and the choices, and that's great. The facility was absolutely wonderful, and they had been struck by lightning the night before. The building wasn't damaged, but they had to have the air conditioning fixed, and they had mobile air flow units to make sure the air was clean."

"I was very satisfied with Cambridge Village of Apex. When I'm ready to make the move they will certainly be the top contender. They had what I wanted. I was looking for a place that had an indoor pool. They had that. The apartments looked fine to me. I met and talked to a few people. The only thing that was a downfall was that the annual percentage goes up on the apartments from year to year. I understand people have to make money. I didn't want to move into some place where four or five years down the road I would have to move. I told the girl who toured me, when she followed up with a phone call, that that was the thing that I was a little bit apprehensive about. I met the marketing director and the head of activities, and I thought they did a good job. It was the marketing director's job to market the place, and she answered all my questions. The place was very clean."

"I've been here 4 months, made good friends and love the active activities. Everyone is friendly and helpful. I am really enjoying my time here. I'm close to two of my sons and see them often."

"I toured the independent living community of Jordan Oaks in Cary. So far, I liked it better than anywhere else. The people and staff seemed very nice. I met the manager there, and he was very good and very helpful in making me understand what was included and not included in the price. The location is very close to a lot of my doctors, so that is a very big plus. It was very close to town, toward Cary, and it was very easy to get from there to Fuquay-Varina. Everything seems to be quite clean. The place was very well-kept and neat. The structure was very nice. I also like that they have a library. It was small, but they had it. They have an exercise room, too. The apartments were just kind of what I was looking for. I'm looking for a 1-bedroom, and I thought the bathroom and closet spaces were very good. They had some amenities that were included in the price, which I like. Overall, I liked it very much."

"The staff are very helpful and responsive. They care about checking in with you and your loved one. The lease process was transparent and easy to navigate."

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"The Lodge at Wake Forest only had apartments on the third floor at that time, and I was looking for the first floor. The staff, the cleanliness, and the structure were excellent. The rooms were fine."

"What I like the best about The Joyce is the location. What I like the least is the outside noise level because the freeway is right outside my window. And I don't like the fact that there are amenities that they say we're supposed to have that we do not have access to. The residents do not have access to the media room and the community lounge. It is limited to when we can use it. It's not open on the weekends. It's not open unless the office is open. It's not even ours. It's basically for management to have meetings. Their meetings take priority over the residents. They have board games. At Thanksgiving, they had dinner, and at Christmas, they had a dinner, but that's it. The rooms are nice, roomy, and comfortable, but the noise problem is the problem. We're right across the street from the freeway. There's no dining area. The only dining area would be the community room where you can go in and have coffee and tea, but we're limited as to if and when we can even go in the room. We're told that we are monitored and if we go in too often, then our access will be taken away. Parking is another issue as well."

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