![]() Not having to go outside the Solivita gates when you’re not feeling well is a definite plus. This place gets rave reviews by the residents of Solivita who no longer have to wait in long pharmacy lines at places like Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens. One of the newer additions to Solivita’s Village Town Center is a hometown pharmacy, K & M Drugs, with a small convenience store. The Starlite Ballroom at the Village Town Center is a 17,000 square foot facility where Solivita residents can gather for entertainment events, dances and concerts, theater performances, weekly movies, and various parties and banquets. ![]() *NOTE: This amenity complex received the 2017 NAHB Best of 55+ Housing Silver Award for Best Outdoor Lifestyle Amenity. ![]() Also, specially trained fitness coaches are on-site daily (free of charge) at the state-of-the-art fitness center, complete with TRX equipment. Right across the brick-lined street is the 32,000 square foot Riviera Spa and Fitness Center which includes an indoor heated pool, an outdoor heated resort-style pool, two whirlpool spas, a sauna, an indoor track, and dance studio. Inside the 16,000 square foot Waterfront Galleries is a two-story art and ceramics studio, fully stocked library, multiple computer stations, and game room. ![]() The active adult community of Solivita has nearly 150,000 square feet of amenities.Īt the very heart of Solivita is The Village Town Center with its numerous shops. Because Solivita is centrally located in Florida, within an hour or two you can have the sand between your toes at the Atlantic Ocean beaches or, my favorite, the internationally acclaimed beaches of the Gulf of Mexico (Marco Island, Naples, and Sanibel Island are my favorite getaway destinations). The zip code in Solivita is 34759, (although some sections of Poinciana is 34758). We can use either Poinciana or Kissimmee as our city, along with the street address. When it comes to our mailing address, don’t get confused. (Did you know Disney has special deals for Florida residents? You can read the review of my low-cost Disney Pass here.) I’m a huge fan of the Disney Parks, and one of the first things I did as a Solivita resident was purchase my Disney Annual Pass. And, in fact, many Solivita residents work at Disney (mostly part-time, more for the awesome Disney perks than the skimpy paychecks). We are less than 40 minutes from Disney, the vacation capital of the world. Solivita lies southwest of Kissimmee, Florida - a favorite destination of tourists visiting Walt Disney World and other Central Florida theme parks and attractions. But really, most all of Central Florida requires a double dose of patience when traveling the highways and byways. Obviously, that kind of population growth has brought traffic headaches with it - one of the downsides to living in Poinciana. Poinciana had 20,000 people when I moved here, but the population has escalated to over 80,000. (Part of Poinciana is in Osceola County.) Poinciana is one of the largest master-planned communities in the nation. Solivita is in the unincorporated town of Poinciana, Florida, in Polk County. In fact, when complete, Solivita will be three times as big as my tiny Pennsylvania hometown. As outlined in the Master Plan, the build-out will have approximately 6,000+ homes within 4,300 acres. There are also a few duplex homes in the original Rainbow Lakes section of Solivita. The builder, AV Homes (formerly known as Avatar Homes), has since built a very limited number of multi-family townhome-style units. Our model is no longer being built, but it’s been doing fantastic on the resale market. We chose the Carnegie modal, at 2,066 square feet. Or, you can check out a listing of ALL the homes available for sale in Solivita here. ![]() Here’s a link to the current Solivita new-home designs, floor plans, and pricing. The vast majority of the homes in Solivita (both then and now) are single-family, between 1,000 and 3,000 square feet, ranging in price from the high $100s - low $500s. The word Solivita itself means ‘sun’ and ‘life.’ Life in the Sun… that’s exactly what I wanted! I couldn’t wait to watch the palm trees swaying in the sub-tropical Florida breeze I was tired of snow and ice covered barren branches. In my new Florida home, I wanted to bring the outdoors in. The homes were beautiful, with most having a spacious open floor plan, with lots of windows and sliding glass doors to enjoy the Florida sunshine. We didn’t set out to live in a 55+ active adult community, but after touring Solivita, we both agreed it was the nicest community we had seen. Hubby did a job transfer, and with his new office being in Winter Park, we searched for homes in the greater Orlando area. When I relocated from Pennsylvania to Florida 21 years ago, I visited many places, looking for the perfect community to call home. Solivita Home Designs: A Nice Variety of Floor Plans ![]()
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