Adult lifestyle and 55+ communities

These communities are planned around shared amenities, typically a clubhouse, a pool, walking trails and an events calendar, with mostly one-level homes and the grounds maintained for residents. In Durham they sit along the Lake Ontario shore in Clarington and around Port Perry.

How the home is owned differs from one community to the next. Some are freehold or condominium; others are land-lease, which changes the financing, the monthly cost and how the home resells. Monthly fees and what they cover vary just as much, so compare them alongside the price.

How we picked these: These are homes whose listing describes the community as adult lifestyle, active adult, a lifestyle community or 55+. That wording comes from the listing brokerage. Each community sets its own age and occupancy rules, and some are land-lease, where you own the home but pay a monthly fee for the land under it. Both are in the community's documents, and we read them with you before you offer.

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