We wanted to share our residents' enthusiasm for Athertyn while respecting their privacy. These stories are a compilation based on the experiences of our buyers.
“It’s very exciting to be launching a new adventure together at this point in our lives. It’s like being newlyweds again.”
We first went to see Athertyn out of sheer curiosity. It was being built right around the corner from us, and we wanted to see what they were doing with the property. We had no intentions at that point of leaving our home in Bryn Mawr. We were very happy there, and we have quite a network of friends and family and work contacts in the area. We enjoy our proximity to the city, but we like the suburban environment, and we’ve lived on one area of the Main Line or another all our lives.
As we walked through the first model, I saw the look on my wife’s face, and I knew I was in trouble. We are not easily impressed, but Athertyn was really something impressive. The floor plan was much larger and brighter and more open than I expected.
My wife fell in love with it, and she sold me. The more we talked about it, the more it made sense. We have a home in Florida where we like to spend winters, and we enjoy vacationing at other times of the year as well. As much as we loved having the pool and the yard at our own home, we were spending more time maintaining it than using it, and when we were away for extended stretches in the winter, we always had to worry about things like break-ins or burst pipes. The house was getting old enough that we knew we were due for some fairly major updates soon, so if we were ever going to move, it made sense to do it now.
Once we got the idea into our heads, the decision took about six weeks. We started talking to our children about it, and we brought them all over to see it. We brought a friend who knows real estate, and his comment was that he had never seen anything this beautifully planned or designed. My wife is quite a gardener, and she couldn’t get over the extent of the landscaping or the variety of the plantings throughout the property. We were very familiar with Pohlig and their reputation, and certainly one of the things that appealed to us the most was the level of quality here.
I will say that the actual physical process of moving was daunting for us. We had lived a significant and very important part of our lives in our former home, and it was difficult to think about undertaking such a big move. I think there’s a certain lifecycle reality that enters into the decision process. But in the end it was an extremely liberating and freeing process, and it was worth the climb. It’s very exciting to be launching a new adventure together at this point in our lives. My wife’s having fun—we bought all new dishes. It’s like being newlyweds again.
Now that we’ve moved in, I think it’s the best decision we’ve ever made. We were able to transition into this new home and simplify our day-to-day concerns without changing or disrupting other aspects of our lives. Pohlig has more than lived up to their promises and has really taken extra measures to build a relationship with us and to ensure that their buyers are satisfied. It’s been fun to have our friends over and dispel their notions of a “condominium.” I think everyone expects something very different, and then they see this place and their jaws just drop.
One benefit we didn’t expect – and really didn’t even know we were looking for – was the social aspect. We feel like we have all the privacy we need, but we’ve also had the opportunity to participate in all sorts of social activities. There are book groups and bridge groups and dinners – we lived in our last home for more than 20 years, and in all that time I don’t think we socialized with the neighbors as much as we have in the few months since we moved here. I use the fitness center every day, my wife is able to work in the flower and vegetable gardens as much as she wants (or not at all), and we’re having a wonderful time.
“I wanted a safe place near my family, and I found it.”
My husband and I thought that we would spend the rest of our lives in the home where we raised our children. But after he passed away , I found myself feeling overwhelmed by the upkeep on the house and by big home maintenance decisions that we would normally have dealt with together. My grown children worried about me living on my own, and while they were wonderful about helping as much as they could, they have their own homes and families, and it wasn’t practical for them to run over every time it snowed.
I started to think about looking for a condominium close to my family. I don’t know that I could have defined exactly what I was looking for, but I knew what I didn’t want: I didn’t want to live on a busy road or have to pull out of my driveway into heavy traffic. I didn’t want to live in a box or give up too much space. I didn’t want to worry about security, and I didn’t want to do any home maintenance—shoveling, or raking, or any of it.
While I was visiting my daughter and two of my grandchildren, my daughter mentioned that she had seen signs for Athertyn on a beautiful property just a mile from her home. She actually ended up visiting the model home before I did, and she liked it so much that she took me over to see it the next week. The model was gorgeous – light and bright and spacious, and I loved it that the entrance to the community was a long, pretty boulevard. It feels very safe and private, and yet it’s really so close to everything.
I went back a couple times to see the property and the clubhouse and to walk through the model again, and I was even able to meet some of the other buyers. While it was a big decision, it really seemed like the right one, and in the end it was an easy choice. The builder has hosted dinners and other events for all of us, and by the time I moved in to Athertyn, I already felt like I had a nice community and a comfort zone there.
I wanted a safe place near my family, and I found it. What I didn’t expect was how much I would enjoy the social aspects of living here. There’s a beautiful clubhouse with a new fitness center and a nice, large pool; there are gardens and walking trails everywhere, and it’s so nice to walk out and see friendly faces on my way to the car or the gym.
