The Best Independent Living Communities in Harris County, TX

"We visited Brookdale Memorial City. The staff was very informative. It was very clean. She showed us everything. We met people as we were on the tour. They have a one-bedroom apartment. They supply a refrigerator and a stove. In the bathroom, there's a call button if there is an emergency. They also have a dishwasher. They provide two meals, breakfast and lunch. The staff was great. She has checked up on us several times."

"The Village of River Oaks was beautiful. My uncle commented on the dining room because that was one of the areas that we walked near as we were getting to the offices. They had chandeliers in there, and for him, it was fancier than what he might do on his own. He was looking at the costs based on the amenities that they had. The pool would be something he would never use. They had a lot available, but they weren't activities that he would necessarily engage in. The staff was great. They answered all of his questions."

"I toured Brookdale West University. I loved that facility. It was superior. They were very accommodating, but I wanted a cottage-style. The staff was wonderful and very accommodating. They invited me to a special function, and that was fine, but I didn't see anything else. The area itself is closer to my daughter, but it's right in the heart of Houston, and I didn't wanna be that confined with all the traffic."

"It was amazing and the lady who gave us the tour was very helpful. They had a wonderful dining room, a chef who prepared their meals, and a guest room for family members when they come in from out of town where they can actually have lunch or dinner with you. If you don't want what's on the menu, they had a separate menu for sandwiches. They also had a little grocery store and pharmacy, washers, dryers, and craft room in the apartment complex. Their apartments were amazing."

"The Village of Southampton was stunning. The views there are tremendous. You can see the whole city and can see downtown. The location is in the Rice Village at Rice University. There's a whole bunch of shops there. As long as we're able bodied, we can walk a mile or two. There's a lot of places that are within walking distance. That's the strong point of that one. The views are awesome. It's like 18 stories (or something like that), and all the apartments are just gorgeous. We've been there twice. They have exercise rooms, a swimming pool, and a lounge on the top floor. You could buy alcohol, snack foods, sandwiches, and stuff. The view is like drop dead gorgeous. There's an outside balcony that goes halfway around the building. It's stunning. The food was excellent. This is the best place in town."

"The place that I like the best down here is the Tradition-Buffalo Speedway. I like all of their amenities. The staff who toured us were very welcoming, very informative, and very helpful. I tried their food, and it's excellent. There's an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, an indoor courtyard, and balconies if you're not on the ground floor. There are several facilities for eating, like a café and formal dining. There's also indoor parking. It's just wonderful."

"Atria Westchase is an excellent facility. I saw all of my friends' needs being met. It's very clean, very orderly, and very accommodating. She's in a studio apartment. It has a living space and a bedroom all in one room. It has a kitchenette with a pantry and a large bathroom with a shower, all handicapped accessible. It's very nice for someone who has difficulty showering. They have all the amenities for the shower to be very safe. They also have call buttons that they wear around their neck in case of emergency, a pull cord in their bathroom for emergencies and that's very, very comforting as well. They have several activities daily. I saw women and men playing dominoes. They played bingo. They had happy hours. They have a nail salon in there. It's very nice."

"I moved to The Abbey of Westminster, and so far I'm very, very happy. Everybody is very friendly. The food is very good. It's very convenient. All the people are smiling. Everybody seems to be happy, and nobody's complaining. They have real nice size apartments. I have a one-bedroom with a flex room. It has a full kitchen (if you want to use it), refrigerator, dishwasher, washer and dryer in the bathroom, and a walk-in closet to hold all my clothes. I didn't look at any other place because I watched The Abbey for six years, when they first started six years ago. I told my wife at the time that we should move there. They offer everything that a person can do. It seems like there's something every hour of every day. On one specific day each week, they have an outing that they go someplace. They have a concierge. I have paid parking on the inside, and the outside you don't have to pay for it. They provide transportation to the doctor, to Kroger's, and for everything you need. It's more than adequate. I have once a week, an hour and a half of room maintenance or room cleaning. They make my bed. They pick up things. They're very, very cautious. They don't move your personal items that you have laying out. It's extremely private. For activities, they've got water aerobics every day. Once a week, they have online dancing classes and physical exercises done by video. They've got a 24-seat theater with big, comfortable black chairs. They have a movie every night at 7:00. They have the same chef that they've had for six years. They operate just like a restaurant. He changes his menu weekly. The menu comes up printed every week. It's also very, very flexible as to what you can order. There are side orders that you can order in place of those that are on the menu. Some people who are here were residents at other places, and they moved to The Abbey primarily because of the food flexibility. I know that there are places that are way more reasonable, but provide nothing other than maybe meals and a place to sleep. This is not a buy-in. There are places that are buy-ins that may have equal money value after the buy-in. They allow my dog. I have a pension and because I have Social Security, it does not cost me a lot out of my savings on a monthly basis because everything is included. They include the cable television. They can keep you busy every hour from 9:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night. The movie starts at 7:00 and goes to 10:00. They have the bible study and transportation to churches. For those people who don't want to get out, they have recordings of the different church services that are held on Sunday mornings. They show them during the daytime on Sunday."

"Village on The Park Steeplechase was very nice. It was a large facility. It had a lot of nice sitting areas. We looked at a studio-type apartment. It had a refrigerator and a microwave. It had a mini kitchen, so you could get snacks and stuff. The place was very nice, too. They had a lot of outdoor space. They had a very nice area with sidewalks and everything."

"Copperfield Estates was very nice. It was independent living. We looked at a two-bedroom, and it was very spacious and very nice. It had a kitchenette. The staff was very helpful. They have a lot of amenities."

"Cypress Gardens Apartments is a very good community. It seems like they have apartments, but not in the price point we're looking for. The room was very clean. They also have an elevator. Everything looked clean and very well taken care of. The staff members were very open, sympathetic, and very kind. They have a pool that is working, and then they have a common area where people can come in just to meet others. They also have a common place with computers where they can come and check anything if they need to."

"My brother is going to move into Atria Sugar Land. It was nice. You could get two rooms, which have become like a small apartment, almost. You could get one pretty good-sized room, and it was nice, too. Then they also have a smaller room. My brother chose the middle room. He thought the size of it was good, and the location of it was very good, too. We stayed there for lunch, and he really liked the food. There's a little refrigerator in the room. Of course, you can't bring a hot pad or anything like that in there. What surprised me was that you can't take an air fryer oven in there because it gets pretty hot. It could cause a fire, so I can understand that. They serve three meals a day. The lady was very nice and helpful. She gave little tips and all that. She seems to care a lot about the people who are there. They probably have 60 rooms or something, and so it's a medium-sized one. It's not really big like the other place. My brother likes that it wasn't quite as big, but it still was big enough that it has plenty of daily activities for the residents. The lady wasn't pushy or anything like that, but she made sure that she told you as much as she could about the place. The building was lovely. She even showed us apartments that people were still moving out of, so we saw a nice variety of places. We saw how clean it was for the residents. My brother would be on the second floor, but they have an elevator. There are more people and more activities."

"I toured The Solana Preserve Vintage Park, and it was awesome. It was amazing. It just wasn't what we needed. I physically went in and I spoke with Sierra but we didn't go very far other than the lobby, the eating area, and the little bar area because sitting and talking with her, we realized that what my mom needed, the facility wasn't going to suffice, unfortunately. They were all very friendly, mild-mannered when you were speaking with them, very easy to talk to, eager to help, wanted to make sure that they were trying to find a way to meet my parents' needs, I thought that was great. It's beautiful. It's like a higher-end hotel. It looks like an amazing facility. It looks very nice when you walk in, it's very nicely decorated, and you're greeted by a nice person at the front desk. It's very bright."

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