Finding a home that has connection to the land in Boulder

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I think I found it! For the most part, Colorado is build very contemporay, with the green builds and chateau mountain homes, but after visiting this Active Senior Retirement community, I felt at much more at home. Coming from the traditions of the East Coast (Baltimore/Washington area) when I found [http://www.HoverPlaceFats.coml] Hover Place it really hit home with me, enough to prompt me to research the history of the farmland.

Hover Place is for seniors 60+ and it has a very traditional tudor style look with red brick and large beam structures and is in a historical community located in Longmont Colorado just 10 minutes northeast of Boulder. The name Tudor style harkens to the past and the era that made these buildings possible ended in the US around 1930’s. To me, an attractive Tudor design conveys substance, gravity and security. This style has a solid feel to it and the arches, built-ins and fireplaces Tudors usually feature give the houses warmth. The medieval look feels like a bulwark against a dangerous world. I'd feel safe inside it this home.

Hover Place is built as part of the Hover Community bordered by Hover Acres Park, scenic lakes, the Historic Hover Home, Beatrice Hover Assisted Living, Longmont United Hospital, multiple golf courses, tennis courts and horseshoe pits, worship and senior facilities. Originally owned by Charles and Katherine Hover; Charles a successful pharmacist in Denver, circa 1900’s, purchased this farm and became a farmer and businessman. Katherine had a dream of helping create a retirement community where senior citizens could live with dignity. Hover Place along with other retirement housing and the Beatrice Hover Assisted Living now stand on part of the family farm. Beatrice Hover, who was adopted by the Hovers took care of her parents and until her death continued to shepherd her mothers vision of the retirement community and to ensure that her own dream of preserving her fathers farmstead and Hover Home for the community became a reality.

Reasonably priced and sophisticated enough to meet your need for cultural connection, you will definitely meet new friends here with the community gardens (both flowers and vegetables - for the interested seniors who love to garden), walkways and places to play with the grandchildren.

The more I learn about the modern age senior living the more I look forward to my second half of life! It’s pretty exciting out there for the baby boomers right now with so many choices. But what I really like about this place is the connection to the past – which is a very special part of growing older.

Karen Cifala, Senior Real Estate Specialist
Troia Team, Boulder Colorado
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