The Villas at Water's Edge

Is this the right fit?

The homes

Where this stands, August 2026: Treat the still-selling status as unconfirmed. Leisure Villas' own site now lists six active communities and Water's Edge is not among them, and its only Water's Edge page is a promotional post written before the 2017 opening. The community is also not named on the builder's sold-out page, which lists addresses rather than names. Call the builder at 801-653-1291 before assuming new inventory exists. Resales trade on the MLS either way.

Amenities

• Outdoor swimming pool with lounge area
• Clubhouse with party room and warming kitchen
• Movie theater
• Billiards and pool table
• Library
• Fitness facilities
• Multipurpose room
• Barbecue and outdoor patio
• Private patios on every home
• Walking and biking trails

The HOA

$200 per month

What the dues cover:

• Landscaping and yard care
• Snow removal
• Exterior maintenance and building insurance
• Trash
• Clubhouse, gym, and pool

Dues were about $185 in 2017 and are roughly $200 now, which is a modest rise over eight years and a good sign about how this association is run. A description from that era noted the insurance covers the structure including the interior; confirm that still holds.

What I have not been able to confirm at The Villas at Water's Edge

Builders and associations do not publish everything, and some of what they do publish disagrees with the MLS.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.

• Name of the professional management company
• Whether building insurance still covers interiors as described in 2017
• Current phase pricing direct from the builder
• Whether Leisure Villas is still building here at all. The community dropped off the builder's active list, and only the sales office can confirm whether a phase remains
• Which age standard the recorded declaration sets. Leisure Villas states site-wide that at least 80 percent of homeowners must be over 55, which is the federal standard, but also markets its communities as exclusively for people 55 and older. This profile now follows the builder's own numeric figure

Who is actually allowed to live here

The Villas at Water's Edge is age-qualified, which is the looser of the two legal standards and the one families most often misread.

Under the federal Housing for Older Persons Act the association keeps its senior exemption as long as at least 80 percent of occupied homes have a resident 55 or older. The other 20 percent is real, usable room, and it is what lets a younger spouse, an early-50s buyer, or a surviving partner hold a home here. How much of that room is left is a question about this specific association, not about the law.

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.

Location and getting to services

Typical-traffic drive times from The Villas at Water's Edge to the places you will actually go.

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.

^* 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 Vineyard. 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 The Villas at Water's Edge on behalf of a parent, you are asking different questions than they are, and both sets are legitimate.

The Villas at Water's Edge 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.

The full guide for families helping a parent move →

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