Pines Senior Living Community

Elizabeth

I thought Pines Senior Living was a beautiful building. They're very friendly staff. The apartments seem adequate. The people are happy to be there. I believe they have some meals that they provide for a very small cost, but only maybe a couple of times a week. They have affordable housing there. I would love it if my brother could get a place there, but I think there's a long waiting list. Cleanliness is fine. They have activity rooms, good storage for each apartment, trash pickup, and they have a mailroom with your own mailbox. I think they have some social activities.

Norman

I live in Pines Senior Living Community. There's nothing that they do here. Everybody just stays in their own rooms. We hardly do anything. No entertainment, but it's the cheapest place to live. Considering all the extras they charge for, I got a two-bedroom for $2,004 a month. It's basically cheaper than anywhere else, but you get nothing for your money. There's only the manager and the maintenance people. It's an old building. It was cheaply built, but it's clean. We probably had activities three or four times for the last three years, like a little bit of music, but it's very little. The size of our rooms is good. It's more than adequate. It's got a comfortable atmosphere.

Reviewer#AT0602

I found the Pines Senior Living Community. It's reasonably priced, it's kind of a nice community, and architecturally I really like the place. But South Burlington is a really nice community to live in. It's got several colleges and lots of things going on, plus I have relatives reasonably nearby. It includes all of the utilities, those sorts of things are part of the cost, and an underground parking garage, which is nice. The kitchen and everything's all set. You have to bring furniture, but it has a nice kitchen. They don't have regular meals, but about two or three times a week they have somebody that comes in and caters. Usually 30 or 40 people will have a meal, but it's not part of the rent. They have a little garden space, about four by eight. The staff have been excellent, very helpful. I'm playing cribbage and they found me some folks to play bridge with. The folks are really, really good. They also do a nice job of recycling, and Vermont, for the most part, even collects compost. I haven't been here very long, so I haven't gotten into a lot of stuff, but they have a fair number of activities for folks, and some pretty much going on every day. They take people on drives, so it's really not a problem if you don't drive. They have bus service and they take folks to the grocery store once or twice a week. There are two good-sized buildings. One of them is called Juniper at 7 Aspen Drive, and the other one is Balsam, and that's 5 Aspen Drive. They're just really across the parking lot from each other, but the main office is at 7 Aspen Drive.

Elizabeth

Pines Senior Living Community is in a great location that I prefer to be in. The facility is very clean. There are fewer community activities, but I think I could make it work. They have some exercise facilities that are very helpful to my mental health to exercise. They have yoga in the morning.