WestRidge

WestRidge in Hudson, Massachusetts has 136 homes on 31 wooded acres, surrounded by another 73 acres of open space, and was made to be a friendly, active-adult community for people aged fifty-five and over, where you'll find different places to live, like single-family homes, condos, apartments, mobile homes, and townhomes, with some units offering two or three bedrooms, attached garages, and end units called the Bailey with walls of windows for natural light, direct entry to patios, fireplaces, and open floor plans with both hardwood and carpeted floors, along with stone or granite countertops in the kitchen and first floor laundry. The homes, built between 2008 and 2016, offer features such as a den, loft, master suite on the first floor, expansive loft space upstairs, cathedral ceilings, insulated windows and doors, shingle roofs, and green energy features like a connected thermostat. There are 135 units in total spread out with common walls in some condos, and the property has both heated outdoor pool and fitness center for everyone, plus a Meeting House with a lending library, gathering space, and a park with trails for jogging or walking, and people often start new clubs and committees, play weekly games like Cribbage, Poker, Mah Jong, and Canasta, and there's always organized social events such as pizza parties, game nights, and holiday celebrations. The grounds are kept by staff and volunteers, who help with snow removal and landscaping, and the board holds monthly meetings and sends out a newsletter to keep residents informed, while the whole place is pet-friendly with some restrictions, and tries hard to welcome everyone, because there are protections against any unfair treatment for gender identity or orientation in housing, public accommodations, and employment, following both local and federal law. WestRidge also has all the usual basics, like public water and sewer, electric dryer and washer hookups, attached garages, gas ranges, and forced air heating, while for more support there's assisted living, memory care, and nursing home help available plus options for independent and continuing care, and services like medication management, help with daily tasks (bathing, dressing, transferring), housekeeping, laundry, move-in coordination and concierge, and professional dining with a chef and allergy-sensitive meals. Residents run many of their own activities and can join various groups, getting together in the game room, movie theater, fitness center, arts room, library, or outside on the porch and patio areas, and care staff are there with a 24-hour call system, while the leasing office staff help answer questions. Nearby, Metrowest Oral Surgical Associates is about five and a half miles away, so some medical services aren't far, and homes are usually sold or rented as they become available, but sometimes the information isn't posted. The whole community is focused on making a good place to live, and it has won over forty-five awards for excellence in different areas such as design and customer service, and the customer service team has many years of experience helping residents.