Just outside the Sun City Grand boundary limits is La Solana, a mid-rise condominium complex whose residents enjoy all of Sun City Grand's amenities.  Here there are four floor plans, and condos come either furnished or unfurnished.  Rental rates start at $875 per month for an unfurnished, one bedroom, one bath unit (850 square feet), and this rate requires a 12 month lease. A furnished, one bedroom, one bath unit is $975 per month with a 12 month lease.   An unfurnished, two bedroom unit (950 square feet) with 1.5 baths is $950 per month with a 12 month lease.  There is a $950 deposit and a refundable $825 cleaning fee.   These units also come with a washer and dryer.  Call 623-341-1927 for more information.

Single family homes in Sun City Grand are also for lease.  These tend to start at around $950 per month for 1,500 square feet, two bedrooms, two baths and a two car garage and go up from there.    Some of these come with a long-term lease, which is good for locking in a price, but some are only available with short-term (up to six months) leases, which, of course, allows the owners to raise the price during the peak season (usually January through March).  Furnished homes also tend to cost more than unfurnished homes during the high season.  Call 1-800-274-9148 or 623-872-8501 for more information; keep in mind that inventories and prices may vary.

Sun City apartments, usually units with no one above and no one below, tend to be less expensive.  Unfurnished units start at $550 per month with a six month to two year lease.  Furnished apartments are pricier and start at around $1,000 per month with a long-term lease.  Unfurnished single family homes (1,500 square feet) start at approximately $750 per month; furnished single family homes of similar size start at around $1,400 per month and can reach $2,800 per month, depending on time of year. Call the above numbers for more information.

Sun City Grand is situated amid waterfalls, lush landscaping and boasts four premium golf courses.  Tennis, swimming pools, walking paths and gyms provide a variety of exercise opportunities.  Pottery, painting, photography, woodworking and other classes are available.  There is also a full-service day spa and an indoor walking track.    La Solano residents enjoy elevators direct to each floor, and local transportation is provided for planned outings to nearby casinos, sporting events and sightseeing trips.

Sun City has swimming pools, hot tubs, basketball courts, bowling alleys, boating and fishing lakes, billiards, ping-pong tables, tennis courts, racquet and handball courts, a fitness gym and softball as well as 130 chartered clubs that offer all kinds of classes.    There are also 350 service, church and civic clubs; volunteer opportunities are literally in the hundreds.   Sun City also is home to seven recreation centers and eleven golf courses.

In both communities, use of the recreational facilities requires a fee, $50 per person in Sun City Grand and $150 per person in Sun City, which provides membership for the term of a rental lease up to one year. 

This is Arizona so it does get hot.  Very hot.  Summer temperatures can reach the high 90s and low 100s during the day and dip all the way to 80 degrees at night (but it is a dry heat!).   This is mitigated by lots and lots of air conditioning.   Winters are quite pleasant with temperatures in the 60s and 70s.  The sun shines all of the time (except at night).