Your monthly service package at Sedgebrook includes the cost of energy like air-conditioning and electricity. You control the temperature, so you can keep your apartment home as warm or as cool as you like. Best of all, no matter where you set the thermostat, the cost of your monthly service package remains the same.
Erickson has the 23-year experience to control expenses in the current economy, according to Retirement Counselor Tracy Dellaria. “Unlike many other communities, Sedgebrook is operationally efficient,” she explains. “The Board of Directors sets the monthly service package just once a year to adjust for labor and energy costs. So no matter how high energy costs soar, the monthly service package remains stable all year round.”
When Hy and Ruth Chausow of Highland Park compared how much they spent in their house to how much they would spend living at Sedgebrook, they liked what they saw. “When we sat down and figured out what Sedgebrook would cost, it came out very close to our house—and that’s not counting what we save on gas, rising taxes, and maintenance.”
Stop the Little Expenses from Adding Up
Along with rising energy bills, summer heralds in additional worries like lawn care and seasonal maintenance. Spending an entire day mowing the lawn, cleaning the rain gutters, or repairing the damage winter has wreaked on your driveway is nobody’s idea of summer vacation. Finding a good lawn service is one time-saving solution. However, as the cost of gas rises, so does the cost of hiring a lawn service. Most companies rely on gasoline to power their equipment.
In addition to a lawn service, you will need to hire a repairman to patch up the driveway and a roofer to take a look at that leak you noticed during the last thunderstorm—the thunderstorm that knocked all of those big tree branches into your yard. You’ll have to hire a hauling company to take care of them.
All of these little things add up to a big hassle for homeowners. Just ask Ginger Kotz of Chicago. “When you’re living in your house, you always have to try to find maintenance men to fix the little things. Sometimes they don’t come in to do little jobs, and sometimes they just don’t show at all,” she says. “But here, I can live the rest of my life in freedom and not have any worries. Sedgebrook is the best way to go.”
All of the little things Ginger describes are included in her monthly service package. A professional landscape team keeps Sedgebrook’s grounds looking their best all year long. Should Ginger’s new appliances ever need service, her full-time on-site maintenance crew is there to help.
At Sedgebrook, all of those little hassles are no longer a big problem.
Priceless Peace of Mind
An extra 25 cents per gallon at the pump may not sound like a whole lot more out of your pocket—until you consider how quickly that amount adds up. The same is true of those other summer expenses like airconditioning and home and yard maintenance. Not only do these expenses take a bite out of your budget, they cause enough stress and worry to take all the fun and relaxation out of your summer.
Sedgebrook’s monthly service package provides peace of mind. Rather than worry about soaring energy costs and expensive seasonal maintenance, Sedgebrook residents like Hy, Ruth, and Ginger are staying cool without the stress this summer.