Hyde Park · Cache County
Gittins Heritage
$361,000 to $483,000
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Quick answer
Gittins Heritage is a 55+ age-restricted community in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah, with about 17 homes. Homes are single-family homes running 1,144 to 2,328 square feet, priced $361,000 to $483,000. The community is built out, so homes sell as resale.
It is a residential community, not assisted living or senior care. There is no staff, no nursing, and no meal service. Residents own their homes.
Verified August 2026 by Kris Bowen, Utah real estate broker and senior move specialist. 801-999-8005
Gittins Heritage is 17 homes in Hyde Park built 2009 to 2015, under the city’s pre-2020 ordinance requiring a 55+ resident in every unit.
Fifteen are single-story; two are not. The registered president is still the developer.
Broker's note
Like its neighbor Hyde Park Retirement Community, this one was built under the city's pre-2020 senior housing ordinance, which required a 55+ resident in every unit rather than the federal 80 percent standard. Hyde Park amended that rule on March 25, 2020, and the amendment does not reach back to covenants already recorded. Homes here were completed 2009 to 2015, so the stricter rule applies.
Two of the 17 homes are two-story, at 2,328 and 2,157 square feet. Fifteen are single story. If stairs are the reason you are looking at a 55+ community, ask which lot you are standing on rather than trusting a community-level description.
One governance note worth raising. The association's registered president is the developer, not a resident, which suggests declarant influence has not fully ended on a community finished in 2015. Ask for recent minutes and find out whether homeowners control the board.
There are no amenities here and no activity program, which is normal at 17 homes. What you get is a quiet street eight minutes from Logan Regional Hospital, with assessed values from $361,000 to $483,000.
Kris Bowen, Real Estate Broker · 23 years in Utah
Is this the right fit?
A good fit if you want
- A strict age rule from Hyde Park's pre-2020 ordinance
- Single-level living in 15 of the 17 homes
- A small, quiet street
- Being eight minutes from Logan Regional Hospital
Look elsewhere if
- You want amenities or organized activities. There are none
- You want the two largest homes and no stairs. Both are two-story
- You want a fully resident-controlled board
The homes
Where this stands, August 2026: Resale only, built 2009 to 2015. County assessed values run $361,267 to $483,103.
What "single-level" actually means here
Plenty of 55+ homes advertise main-floor living and still put the laundry in the basement or the second bedroom upstairs. Here is what actually sits on the entry level at Gittins Heritage.
- Primary suite on the entry level
- Laundry on the entry level
- All daily essentials on one floor
15 of the 17 homes are one story above grade. Two are not: the 2,328 and 2,157 square foot homes both show two above-grade floors. Do not treat this as a uniformly single-level community.
What to check when you walk a home here
- Measure the interior doorways. 32 inches of clear width is the minimum that stays workable with a walker; 36 is better. This is expensive to change and easy to check with a tape measure.
- Look for a step-free way in. Often the garage door is the flattest entry in the house, and no listing ever mentions it.
- Push on the bathroom walls where a grab bar would go. If there is no blocking behind the drywall, adding one properly means opening the wall.
- Check whether the shower could go curbless without moving the drain, and whether there is turning room in the bathroom.
- Ask the age of the roof, furnace, and water heater. On resale homes in an established community, this is where the real money hides.
The HOA
Who actually runs this HOA
Registered with the Utah Department of Commerce as Gittins Heritage Retirement Association (registration 14255355-HOA1).
The registered president is the developer rather than a resident, so declarant influence may not have fully ended.
This is the entity to ask for the budget, the reserve study, and the recorded CC&Rs. I request those for clients as a matter of course.
Two cautions I give every client buying into a newer association
Developer-set dues are introductory. While a builder still controls the association, dues are commonly set low and reserves underfunded, because low dues sell houses. After homeowners take over, boards routinely raise dues and levy assessments to catch up. Ask for the projected turnover date.
Ask for the reserve study, and check its date. Utah law requires a reserve analysis at least every six years, reviewed at least every three, with an annual summary to owners. Under 70 percent funded is a yellow flag. Under 50 percent is a real problem, and the bill arrives as a special assessment after you close.
What I have not been able to confirm at Gittins Heritage
Builders and associations do not publish everything, and some of what they do publish disagrees with the MLS. Rather than pick whichever number reads better, here is what is still open on this community as of August 2026. Ask for each of these in writing before you write an offer, or ask me and I will chase them down.
- The recorded declaration, to confirm the 100 percent rule in the covenant text
- HOA dues, which are not published
- Whether the developer still controls the board
Who is actually allowed to live here
Gittins Heritage is age-restricted, the stricter standard: at least one resident in every household must be 55 or older, and that sits in the recorded covenants rather than in a sales brochure.
The federal Housing for Older Persons Act sets the floor an association has to clear to keep its senior exemption, but a community is free to write something tighter, and this one has. The question worth asking is not what the law allows, it is what this declaration actually says.
The thing almost nobody knows: HOPA does not, by itself, protect an under-55 surviving spouse. Whether your husband or wife can stay after you are gone depends entirely on the recorded CC&Rs. Some communities include an explicit survivor clause. Some leave it to the board. Some are silent, which is the worst version.
Get these answered in writing before you write an offer
- Can a surviving spouse under 55 remain, and is it written down or left to the board?
- Can an heir under 55 inherit and live in the home, or only rent or sell it?
- How much of the 20 percent cushion is already in use? If the community sits at 19 percent, there is no room left for your spouse. This is obtainable from the association and virtually nobody asks.
- Can a live-in caregiver under 55 stay if one of you needs help?
- How many days per year may a younger guest stay, and does that constrain a summer with the grandchildren?
Location and getting to services
Typical-traffic drive times from Gittins Heritage to the places you will actually go.
How far is this from you?
Enter your doctor's office, your church, or a family member's address and see the drive from this community.
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The question adult children ask that nobody answers
How does an ambulance get in? If a community is gated or has controlled access, ask whether the fire district has a Knox box or gate code on file, and whether the first-due unit carries a paramedic. That detail matters more than the drive time does.
A useful benchmark: Medicare Advantage network adequacy rules set maximum time and distance standards by county type. In large metro counties the primary care standard is 10 minutes or 5 miles.
If you stop driving
The least-discussed risk in active adult housing. Losing the ability to drive roughly doubles the risk of depression symptoms and social isolation, and where a home sits determines how hard that transition is.
- Is there a continuous sidewalk to anything useful, or does every errand require a car?
- What is the walk to a grocery store or pharmacy on the actual sidewalk route?
- Is the address inside a UTA paratransit service area? ADA paratransit generally covers within three quarters of a mile of a fixed route.
- Does a county senior transport or volunteer ride program serve this address?
What it really costs each month
The sticker price is the least interesting number. What matters is the monthly nut, and how it compares to what you are paying now.
Starting here, roughly
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Based on this community's entry price of $361,000 , with (July 30, 2026 average), plus a typical Utah effective property tax rate and insurance. Utilities are not included.
Run your own numbers (opens in a new tab)These payment figures are an estimate for budgeting and planning only. They are not a mortgage quote, a loan offer, or a commitment to lend. Your actual rate and payment depend on your credit, loan program, and current market rates. Talk to a licensed mortgage professional for real numbers. Connect with our preferred Utah lender.
* Based on what the community and builder publish about the dues, which I have looked up rather than assumed. It is not confirmed against the association's own budget and governing documents, and exactly what is covered can differ by phase, by home type, and over time. I pull the current budget and CC&Rs for clients before they write an offer.
This is the honest case for a 55+ community, and it is the one most people get wrong. The HOA fee is not purely an added cost. It replaces line items you already pay on a larger home, in cash or in your own labor. When someone tells me downsizing does not pencil, we usually find they compared the mortgage and the dues and left out the lawn service, the snow, and the roof they will need in six years.
Typical utilities
Rough monthly ranges for a home this size in Hyde Park. Utilities are the line item people most often forget to compare, and they are usually where a smaller home wins.
Estimates only, and they vary a lot. A townhome, a condo, and a detached single-family home of the same square footage can run very differently, and so can two neighbors in identical homes depending on thermostat habits, occupancy, and whether the yard is irrigated. Treat these as a starting point, then ask for the actual bills on a specific address.
For the son or daughter reading this
If you are researching Gittins Heritage on behalf of a parent, you are asking different questions than they are, and both sets are legitimate.
What to check at Gittins Heritage specifically
- How far Hyde Park is from you. Hands-on help from an adult child falls off sharply with distance, so treat that drive as a real factor rather than a detail.
- Access here is open, so the questions are address visibility at night and whether a medical alert device holds a signal on the lot.
- Whether a live-in caregiver under 55 is permitted. The recorded CC&Rs decide that, not the sales office.
- Whether the architectural committee permits a ramp or grab bars, and what the overnight guest limit is. That last rule is the one that quietly stops you staying a week to help.
Gittins Heritage is real estate, not care. There is no staff, no nurses, no meals, and no call system. If your parent needs help with bathing, dressing, or medication, that is assisted living, which is a different product entirely. Buying here because it sounds like a safer version of a house is the most expensive mistake families make.
The rest of it, coordinating with siblings, the paperwork worth locating now, the Medicare gap that catches families out, and how to raise the subject without a fight, is written out once in the family guide rather than repeated on every community page.
Other 55+ communities to compare
Worth a look before you decide. I would rather you tour two or three than fall for the first one you see.
Information on this page is gathered from the builder, the association, public records, and other sources believed reliable, but it is not guaranteed and is subject to change without notice. Pricing, availability, HOA dues, amenities, and recorded community rules change often. Cost and utility figures are estimates only and vary widely by home type, size, and household. Verify all details for a specific address, and read the recorded documents, before you make an offer. Kris Bowen is a licensed real estate broker, not a tax, legal, insurance, or medical advisor. Last reviewed August 2026.
The Hyde Park market around Gittins Heritage
These are current figures for Hyde Park as a whole, not for Gittins Heritage. They tell you what the surrounding market is doing. As of July 2026.
- $567,400Median sale price, 2026 to date
- 5.8 moMonths of supply, currently a balanced market
- 59Median days on market
- 98.4%Received against final asking price
These Hyde Park figures update every month from current MLS data.
These payment figures are an estimate for budgeting and planning only. They are not a mortgage quote, a loan offer, or a commitment to lend. Your actual rate and payment depend on your credit, loan program, and current market rates. Talk to a licensed mortgage professional for real numbers. Connect with our preferred Utah lender.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
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Is Gittins Heritage 100 percent age-restricted?
Very likely, because of when it was built. Hyde Park's senior housing ordinance in force during construction required one resident of each living unit to be 55 or older, every unit rather than 80 percent. The city amended that to the federal standard on March 25, 2020, and the change is not retroactive to recorded covenants. Homes here were finished 2009 to 2015. The recorded declaration would confirm it in the covenant text.
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Are all the homes at Gittins Heritage single-level?
No. Fifteen of the 17 are one story above grade, and two are not: the 2,328 and 2,157 square foot homes both show two above-grade floors. If avoiding stairs is the point of the move, verify the specific home rather than relying on a community description.
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Who controls the Gittins Heritage HOA?
The association is registered and active with the state, but its registered president is the developer rather than a resident, on a community that finished construction in 2015. That suggests declarant influence has not fully ended. Ask for the last two years of minutes and find out whether homeowners now control the board before you buy.
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Does Gittins Heritage have any amenities?
No clubhouse, no pool, and no organized activity program. At 17 homes that is expected, and the dues reflect it. What the location offers is proximity: about eight minutes to Logan Regional Hospital, in a quiet corner of Hyde Park.
Talk to a real person
Thinking about Gittins Heritage?
I will send the CC&Rs, the HOA budget and reserve study, current pricing, and my honest read. Or just call and ask one question. Both are free.
Call or text 801-999-8005No pressure, no obligation. Happy to talk with you, your spouse, and your family together.