West Jordan · Salt Lake County
Jordan Villas
by Leisure Villas
$475,000 to $515,000
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Jordan Villas is an age-qualified 55+ community in West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, built by Leisure Villas, with about 124 homes. Homes are condos running 1,041 to 1,606 square feet, priced $475,000 to $515,000. HOA dues run about $370 per month. 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 July 2026 by Kris Bowen, Utah real estate broker and senior move specialist. 801-999-8005
Jordan Villas is a 124-unit 55+ community in West Jordan, built 2002 to 2003, with a clubhouse, gym, and pool. Verified single-level across all 124 homes.
It is a recorded condominium whose FHA approval expired in March 2024, so an FHA buyer needs a single-unit approval. Confirm financing early.
Broker's note
Here is the fact that should shape your whole approach, and nobody else publishes it: Jordan Villas came off the FHA approved-condominium list on March 9, 2024. HUD's own records show the project approval expired that day and has not been renewed. An FHA buyer today needs a single-unit approval, which is decided case by case, tests owner-occupancy and FHA concentration, and adds time to escrow. HUD's file also shows a second entry withdrawn in January 2025 that was a one-time single-unit approval used for a reverse mortgage, which is exactly what you resort to when the project itself is not approved.
That flows from the second fact: this is a recorded condominium, not a planned unit development. Conventional lenders will also run a condo warrantability review. Practically, the buyer pool here skews conventional and cash, which affects what you can expect on resale. It is worth knowing that Country Park Villas, a few minutes away and by the same builder, is a fee-simple planned unit development with no such gate.
Setting that aside, the fundamentals are good. All 124 homes are verified single-level with every room on the first floor and no basements. There is a clubhouse, an exercise room, a pool, and a picnic area. Dues of $370 include water, sewer, and trash. And it is five minutes to a full-service emergency room, the shortest of the three communities in this corner of the valley.
Watch the transfer fee. One listing states 0.05 percent and two others state 0.5 percent. On a $500,000 sale that is the difference between $250 and $2,500. Somebody typed a decimal wrong, and you want to know which before you sit down at closing.
One current listing is a trustee sale. That is not a red flag about the community, but it does mean a distressed comparable is sitting in the data, and both buyers and sellers should account for it when pricing.
Kris Bowen, Real Estate Broker · 23 years in Utah
Is this the right fit?
A good fit if you want
- True single-level living, verified across all 124 homes
- Being five minutes from a full-service emergency room
- A clubhouse, gym, and pool with water and sewer in the dues
- Buying with cash or pre-approved conventional financing
- A larger community with more turnover than its neighbors
Look elsewhere if
- You need FHA financing. Project approval expired in March 2024
- You want a detached house or a fee-simple townhome
- You want a gated community. This one is not gated
- You want pickleball. There is none
The homes
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 exactly what sits on the entry level.
- Primary suite on the entry level
- Laundry on the entry level
- All daily essentials on one floor
- Step-free entry available
Genuinely single-level, verified across all 124 parcels. Every room sits on the first floor and there are no basements, only slab or crawl space. No screening home by home required.
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.
Amenities
- Clubhouse, 3,080 square feet
- Exercise room
- Gunite swimming pool, about 17 by 41 feet
- Barbecue and picnic area
- 18.5 acres of common area
The HOA
$370 per month
What the dues cover:
- Water, sewer, and trash
- Clubhouse, gym, and pool
- Exterior maintenance and insurance
- Snow removal
- Barbecue and picnic area
$370 a month, consistent across all four current listings, and it includes water, sewer, and trash. The transfer fee is listed as 0.05 percent on one listing and 0.5 percent on two others. That tenfold gap is $250 versus $2,500 on a $500,000 sale, so settle it from the resale certificate before closing.
Who actually runs this HOA
Registered with the Utah Department of Commerce as Jordan Villas Condominium Owners Association (registration 14246662-HOA1). Managed by Advantage Management (AMRES), Orem.
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.
Who is actually allowed to live here
This is the part that blindsides families, so I would rather over-explain it.
Under the federal Housing for Older Persons Act, a community keeps its senior exemption as long as at least 80 percent of occupied homes have a resident 55 or older. That remaining 20 percent is the cushion associations use to allow a younger spouse, an early-50s buyer, or a surviving partner.
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 Jordan Villas to the places you will actually go.
How far is this from you?
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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?
Safety in West Jordan
According to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting figures for 2024, the latest available, West Jordan records roughly 3 violent and 15 property crimes per 1,000 residents per year.
These are citywide figures from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting for 2024, the latest full year available. They describe West Jordan as a whole rather than this community, and reported totals shift year to year. Treat them as general background on the area, not as a rating of this neighborhood.
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 $475,000 and dues of $370, 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 West Jordan. 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 on behalf of a parent, you are asking different questions than they are, and both sets are legitimate.
Some perspective, honestly offered: hands-on help from an adult child drops off sharply with distance. Weekly help hours fall from roughly three when you live on the same block to about one at two to five miles away, and keep falling from there. If you are weighing communities, distance from you matters more than most families treat it.
What to check here
How far it is from you. Whether the community is gated and how emergency services get in. Cell signal for a medical alert device. Broadband for telehealth. Whether an under-55 caregiver may live in. Whether the architectural committee permits a ramp or grab bars. And the overnight guest limit, which is the rule that quietly prevents you from staying a week to help.
What this community is, and what it is not
An active adult community 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.
Also worth knowing before you plan around it: Medicare does not pay for custodial help with bathing, dressing, meals, or housekeeping. It covers skilled, intermittent home health only. That gap is what actually forces the next move, and it catches families by surprise.
If you are coordinating with siblings
Agree among yourselves before anyone talks to your parents. The fastest way to derail this is one sibling feeling blindsided, and a parent who senses a united front they were not part of will dig in harder.
Decide early who is the point of contact, who handles the money conversation, and who is simply there for support. If the house eventually sells, the proceeds question tends to surface old family dynamics. Naming that in advance costs nothing and prevents a lot.
Paperwork worth locating now, not later
The deed, the mortgage payoff, a recent tax notice, and the HOA documents if there are any. If a parent may not be able to sign for themselves at some point, the power of attorney or trust paperwork matters enormously and is miserable to sort out under time pressure.
If the move is tied to care costs, talk to an elder law attorney and a CPA before anything sells. I am a broker, not a tax or legal advisor, but I work with families in this spot often and can point you to people who handle it properly.
The most common mistake is leading with logic. Parents who feel managed dig in. The families I see succeed start with what would make the next few years easier and more enjoyable, and let the house question follow.
I am glad to walk a community with the whole family at once and give the same honest read to everybody in the room. That is most of what I do.
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 July 2026.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
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Can I buy at Jordan Villas with an FHA loan?
Not with a standard FHA loan as things stand. HUD records show the project's FHA condominium approval expired on March 9, 2024 and has not been renewed. An FHA buyer would need a single-unit approval, decided case by case with owner-occupancy and concentration tests, which adds time to escrow. HUD's file also contains a second entry, withdrawn in January 2025, that was a one-time single-unit approval used for a reverse mortgage. VA maintains a separate roster that we have not checked. Conventional and cash buyers are unaffected, though conventional lenders will still run a condo warrantability review.
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Is Jordan Villas a condominium or a townhome community?
A recorded condominium. The plats are recorded as Jordan Villas Phase 1 Condo and Phase 2 Condo, 124 units across 31 buildings, sharing one owners association and a single 18.5-acre common parcel. Condominium status is what drives the financing questions above. It is also the exception to this builder's general claim that their communities are not condos, and it is the main structural difference between this community and Country Park Villas nearby.
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Are the homes at Jordan Villas single-level?
Yes, verified across all 124 parcels. Every room is on the first floor and there are no basements, only slab or crawl space construction. Unlike several communities in this registry that advertise single-level living but have plans with an upstairs bedroom, here you do not need to screen home by home.
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What do the HOA dues cover at Jordan Villas?
$370 a month, consistent across all four current listings, covering water, sewer, trash, the clubhouse, the gym, the pool, exterior maintenance, insurance, snow removal, and the barbecue and picnic areas. The transfer fee needs attention: one listing says 0.05 percent and two say 0.5 percent, which on a $500,000 sale is the difference between $250 and $2,500. Get it from the resale certificate.
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How many units are at Jordan Villas?
124 units on about 19.8 acres, built in 2002 and 2003 by Leisure Villas. There is a 125th parcel, an 18.5-acre common area assessed above $6 million, which is what supports the clubhouse, pool, and grounds. Units run about 1,041 to 1,606 square feet with a median near 1,521.
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Is there a pool at Jordan Villas?
Yes, a swimming pool, along with a clubhouse, an exercise room, and a barbecue and picnic area, all confirmed in MLS amenity fields. The community is not gated, unlike some nearby 55+ communities, and there is no pickleball in any listing data.
Talk to a real person
Thinking about Jordan Villas?
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.
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