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By Michelle Sieling, Director of Sales and Marketing, Verena at the Reserve

After years of working hard, raising and renovations are made these obstacles could lead
providing for your family while building to falls.
memories there comes a point in your life when Reason #3 Lonely and feeling isolated
the family home might not be the right place Social interaction is important for both the
for you? Between the upkeep of the house both mind and spirit. We need to interact with
inside and outside to having bedrooms that are
never used anymore, the family home may not others who share similar interests. It can be as
little as saying good morning, to eating meals
be the right place for you anymore. Everyday with friends. Exercising together, playing card
more and more people are evaluating their games, or watching movies are also great ways
current living situation and wondering what are
my options? to interact while building new relationships.
Reason #4 The desire to live in Williamsburg
The great thing is if you are thinking about what
other options are available this means you are still Residents move from across the country to
at the point in your life to make the next decision. live at Verena at the Reserve. The reasons they
In general, there seems to be four common come to Williamsburg are endless. For some it
reasons residents want to right size. is to be closer to family, others want to live in
Williamsburg for the weather.
Reason #1 The responsibility of upkeeping a
house is a burden Whatever your reason may be now is the time
Successfully maintaining a house requires a to explore your options. When you choose to
make the decision to right size it allows the
lot of effort, time, and money. There is the
day to day upkeep that must be taken care of opportunity to enjoy life without the
household worries.
in addition to the unplanned costly repairs.
Imagine not having to worry about yardwork, Verena at the Reserve is Williamsburg’s Only
cleaning and cooking meals or calling for a 55+ Independent luxury apartment community
repair person to come fix a broken appliance. with club services. If you would like to explore
your options, please call us at 1-866-304-4567.
Reason #2 The house is filled with obstacles We would be happy to schedule lunch and a
Many houses in general have been built with tour of our wonderful community.
stairs. Getting through the front door and up
to the second floor where the bedrooms are See our ad on pages 10-11.
located can be difficult for some people. Most
bathrooms were built with a standard tub,
toilet and standard sized doorways. Unless