Clarendale Clayton

Joseph

I toured a place called Clarendale Clayton. It's a beautiful 14-story building. The lobby is elegant. It's like being in a hotel. The rooms are nice. I had a nice tour. The downside was it was a little too modern for my taste. The lobby looks like a hotel lobby. They have no outdoor space. They have a terrace on the 14th floor, which is your only access to the outdoors, and it's not a huge terrace. But the facilities are great. They have all the amenities like a swimming pool, a movie theater, and all the exercise stuff. I looked at the menu and it looked very nice for what they offer, but how it tasted, I have no idea. The staff who toured me was good. She was very professional. She provided me with a very nice package of information. I liked the place very much, but I'm not a big modern guy, and I want an outdoor space other than just a terrace. So that's my second choice.

Tracey

I toured Clarendale Clayton. The facility is beautiful. The staff was fantastic, so attentive like above and beyond normal customer service. What we didn't like is that my mom has a dog, and there's nothing on the first floor. There's no first-floor apartment. So, she would have to take an elevator with the dog to go outside. The rooms are bright, open, very, very nice construction, and thoughtful to detail. The only other bad thing about their construction was that you had to go outside of the room to go into the bathroom. There's no doorway right from the bedroom to the bathroom. The food was delicious. The dining area was done restaurant style, and so white tablecloth and wait service. It's beautiful. The living atmosphere was lovely and high-class. They have a beauty salon and a gym. There's a rooftop lounge with garden areas. There's nothing on the first floor, nothing on the main level. But there's a rooftop garden area and a very large area where you can entertain your guests. Let's say a family is coming over to have a birthday party or something, there's a very large rooftop lounge with a big kitchen and the living room and fireplace, and then outdoor seating to entertain your family. There's a private dining room that you can reserve to have your family over that seats eight. So that was lovely. That was nice.

Richard

We visited this facility for our own potential residency. The facility was top of the line. The one thing we didn't like was the very limited availability of surface parking. There is garage parking available at an extra cost. The intent of the facility is for the residents to use their shuttle service; however that doesn't take into account the many other travel destinations that residents may have. The place had the feeling of a luxury hotel. We found the food service different than other independent living facilities in that it was an open restaurant from the start to the end of the day instead of the others that had certain hours for their meals. Being a high rise, the views are better than those having only 2 to 4 stories. The living spaces were adequate to roomy with a high quality of interiors.

Diana

I visited the Clarendale Clayton. I met the people at the front desk and my tour guide, Jennifer. She was delightful and very informative. She really knew the facility very, very well. It was very nice. The decor was rather contemporary, but not overly so. It was very clean. It was very comfortable and inviting to me. Their grounds are limited because they don't have a campus. They built up, not out. The landscaping is very nice for the limited space that they have outside. I was invited for a meal, but I was not able to stay. I was there on a weekend, so there wasn't so much going on. I saw a group of men visiting in the coffee shop, which is part of Clarendale. They had their dogs with them. They also accept pets. I really liked the floor plans of their apartments. They were spacious and well-designed.

Christopher

I went to Clarendale Clayton. I saw the interiors, a number of different apartments or suites, a fitness area, and the restaurants. I got a pretty complete tour of the facility. The location was very good. It's almost brand new, so it's very nice. The staff was great and answered all our questions. They had a theater where they show films and some nice lounge areas. It was pretty expensive for me though. I didn't think it was gonna be realistic for me to live there. It's an excellent facility, but it's a high-rise, and from my point of view, where it's located, it's not really conducive to walking out into a neighborhood or to a park or something like that. There's a parking garage, but I like having my car outside the door where I can just walk out without going on an elevator. They do have a valet, but they cost money, too.