Marilee A.
Yelp
I broke my AMLI lease just to come here in June. For a month, I paid double rent. I have NEVER been happier. The elevators can be a bit hot...for a moment's ride. They can be a bit slow, but, most of the time, I ride them alone. The security is amazing. There were break ins at my nice AMLI apartment: two nights before I left, I came home to see someone who turned out to be the lookout, shining a flashlight in the bushes in front of my window. He had a good story that he was looking for his car keys that a girl had thrown there...two hours before....but, the next day, we got the notice that there was a break in fifteen minutes after my encounter. I'd met the lookout! My last night there, I slept at my daughter's house. Here, I feel totally safe. There are security guards all over the place! I have neighbors but rarely hear a peep from them while I'm at home. The rooftop saltwater pool is amazing. The music that's played there sounds best in the underwater speakers. The furniture up there is so fancy, like a resort. If I want, I can order Goldberg's and they will deliver it up to the pool.
I have everything nearby. I don't have to use my car if I don't want to. Yesterday, I walked with my cart to Whole Foods. Sometimes I get my dinner there. It's like having a private chef, but I don't have to tip him. I get in all my veggies, too, easily, so my place comes with a chef! I spend less money on groceries, over all. I'm cooking for one. No waste to throw out. I can eat in a restaurant and take leftovers home!
When my grandkids come over, they love it. Grandma has cookies and gelato downstairs, a movie theater and the Plaza to play in with their bubble guns. If they come on Tuesday mornings in the summer, they can eat for free at Goldberg's with each paid adult. My kids can drop the kids off, then go enjoy Avalon for the evening. They are just a text away if problems occur. The kids and I have a blast!
I can put my garbage outside my door in my can and it will be picked up. I am right over the Plaza, so, when they have a concert in the summer, I just open up my french doors and pull up a chair to be a part of it. (I have a one bedroom with no balcony.) I stay cool and have access to drinks and a restroom. I can look down at the Plaza and decide if I want to attend stuff...or not.
It is expensive, but, when I see all that comes with it, It seems like a bargain to me. When I wanted to enjoy a pretty day at my other apartment, I could walk out of my door and be in the parking lot. Here, I can stroll the neighborhood. There's little traffic.
I moved here so I could wait for my condo to be completed. Now I struggle with wondering if, when the time comes, I will be able to tear myself away from it. As a widow, I have plenty of people to talk with, in Haven and in the Avalon stores. There's always something special going on around here.
Every day here feels like I live in DisneyWorld. Haven has thought of everything. I'm still being surprised by all the things they thought of! The biggest secret about Haven at Avalon is this: if you knew the 'extras' you get in your lifestyle, you'd find a way to shell out the money and you'd think it was more than worth it. I learned the hard way: life is unpredictable. It can be shorter than you think. Live your life to the fullest with no regrets. In the end, you don't regret what you did. You regret what you didn't do.
Haven at Avalon was one of the best decisions I ever made. My kids look after me with eagle eyes! When I broke my lease, they thought I'd lost my mind! They were thrifty and skeptical at first, but now are now in TOTAL agreement. They want to move here, themselves! Phase two of my life has arrived, and it is unimaginably magical.