Bellevue Woods

Bellevue Woods is completely independent living and owned by Bellevue Baptist Church. They have 1, 2 and 3-bedroom individual apartments with washer and dryer. They have a bus that takes you to grocery shopping twice a week.

We are sure that that this must be a nice complex, because of the appearance of the grounds and the apartments we were shown. However, the leasing manager seemed very uninterested in dealing with us--she was not friendly at all , to the point of being cold and rude. She also told us that they would accept younger people as residents--even 18 and up -- if they met the salary requirements. This seems quite out of kilter with the description given Bellevue Woods as a retirement residence for "mature adults". When we questioned her about this, she said, "Well, how many 18 year olds would want to live with older people ? That shouldn't be a problem." We were impressed with the apartments we were shown, but the lack of age restrictions and the attitude of the leasing agent definitely gave us many negative feelings.

I like the good security that we have here at Bellevue Woods Retirement. The facility is kept up nicely. We are in a townhouse with a garage. The staff are great, and they have good maintenance people. The grounds are kept nicely. We do have activities, but not very many. We have a clubhouse, and we meet every Monday and Friday to have coffee and donuts.

Bellevue Woods looks like a very nice place on the outside. It's a gated community. The grounds are very pretty. Everyone has their own porch which they can put plants and whatever out there. The leasing manager was very unfriendly, but maybe I think she was just having a bad day.