Heritage Village, Southbury, Connecticut
In Rural Southwestern Connecticut, Wooded 55+ Heritage Village Has Condominiums, Golf Courses, Swimming Pools, Restaurants, Art Studios and More
Constructed by Heritage Development Group and Pond Place Development between 1967 and 2005, Heritage Village is a quiet 55+ community in rural Connecticut, about 90 minutes north of New York City. It has 2,850 condominiums arranged in small groups across 1,000 rolling, wooded acres.
Homes come in more than a dozen floor plans and have about 950 square feet to nearly 1,700 square feet with one bedroom, two bedrooms or three bedrooms. All units are single story, although the community has a mix of one and two story buildings. Covered parking is standard, as is a private deck or patio and a wood-burning fireplace. Exteriors are wood with shingle roofs.
Prices begin in the high-$100,000s. The HOA fee is in the $600s to $700s per month for most homes. Please verify these prices with a Realtor.
Recreation facilities include an 18-hole golf course, a nine-hole course, four swimming pools, tennis courts, a multi-acre gardening area, a shopping pavilion, several restaurants and seven different recreation buildings, including a converted barn for woodworking and metalworking. The old horse stables are now a painting and ceramics studio.
There are also lounges and libraries, kitchens, a print shop, an auditorium and a gym. Activities and groups are many. Fishing in the nearby Pomperaug River is popular as is hiking in the Audubon Center Bent of the River, a 110-acre tract reserved for wildlife viewing and for special hiking excursions.
Southbury dates from 1673 and spent most of its history as a farming community. With the arrival of a highway in the 1960s, it began to transition into an exurb bedroom community and remains one today. It is the only town in the country with the name “Southbury.” Nearby Woodbury is the “Antiques Capitol of Connecticut.”
There is no local hospital, but Waterbury Hospital is just nine miles away.
Summer temperatures are in the 70s, 80s, and winter temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. On average, the area receives 50 inches of rain and 39 inches of snow every year. Autumns are spectacular.