Holiday Briarcrest Estates

Lisa

The staff in Briarcrest Estates were friendly. The studio apartments were small, but for the same price the 1-bedroom apartments were huge, although much older, and they needed some updating, which they're working on.

Sondria O

We are starting to move in today at Briarcrest Estates. We are in the independent living part, but they have care plans for my husband to help with the assistance. The place is impressive because it allows you to have a 3-day experience to see if you will like it. This place is actually offering more value for your money than any other place, and they did not ask us to sign a long-term lease. We chose a 1-bedroom apartment, which is quite spacious for two people. The place is well-kept and the apartment we're moving into has been renovated, so we are quite pleased with it.

Visitor

Briarcrest Estates was a little old-looking and wasn't up-to-date as much as the other places are, but everything else was good. The residents were eating at the time I was there and everything looked really nice. They had a library, an activity center, a dining area, and an exercise bicycle. The rooms were nice, and the lady that showed me around was really nice.

KS

We chose Briarcrest Estates because it's close to where my father is currently living, it's less expensive than some of the other ones in that area, and they do weekly cleaning. They have different rooms and different floor plans. His room has a nice patio that overlooks a wooded area. The food is okay. He has to watch his sodium, but they don't provide the nutritional value of the food. They claim though that they don't use a lot of sodium. They have a lot on the calendar for him to do. They have a game room, a big screen TV, a workout room, a chapel, and an activity room. It's all independent living, but they have add-ons for medications, showers, etc. We've had some issues with setting up the television, and there were a lot of things that were not ready when we were moving in. It's an older building and a little rundown. It could use some updating.

Business Response

V.H.

The visit with Briarcrest was fine, the staff was pretty good, they allow smoking, and so they try to put all of the people who smoke together. We went through the halls and the smell of smoke was overwhelming. It was kind of a turnoff for me because I have allergies. They don’t allow smoking in the dining room or any place like that, but they allow it in the rooms. I was also looking for full kitchen facilities, and they had kitchenettes, with a dorm-size rather than regular size refrigerator. They provide three meals, or two meals, and snacks daily, and there’s probably no need for a full kitchen, but it’s what I wanted. They also do not have laundry facilities in the room, and I want easy access to the laundry facilities. I think the staff was very good, and they called me back and asked me what I thought. The amenities were down on the lower level, you have to take the elevator, and it was not particularly fast and large. The people there were enjoying themselves.

Janet

I visited Briarcrest Estates, but I didn't like it that much. It's oddly shaped, but I liked that it had a lot of windows. However, the rooms were like an octagon shape and it had decks going all around it. It seemed OK, but other people could continually pass by all your windows. The lady that took me around was OK, but the people that actually live there were very unfriendly, and nobody said hi. They had a studio apartment on the ground level, and I saw one lady's room was being cleaned, so she was just waiting on a couch outside. When I asked her how she liked her studio apartment, she just looked at me, so I had to ask again. She finally answered me in a real snotty kind of. way The rooms were bigger than others, but the bathroom entrance is not off the bedroom, so you still have to walk around the wall into the hallway to go into the bath. They didn't have full refrigerators and there was no cooking in the room at all. The rooms just had a sink and a little refrigerator.

Sandy

Briarcrest is an older place, but I liked the trees; they are very mature, and seemed very shady and very cozy. Many of the rooms have balconies, you don't feel that you're in the city, and you felt like you're in your own little glen. No one greeted us when we walked in, so I was disappointed. We saw the residents eating, and they looked happy.

Johnny

Briarcrest Estates is very dated and it's not the most modern place in the world. The person who showed me around was very nice and good. The dining area was OK. There's a barber and beauty shop. They have to just get up to date with their décor. Their display room was terrible and had old furniture from different places. The bed was made up, but was not what I would call ready for display. The overall thing I didn’t care for out there was the egress onto Clayton Road, which has heavy traffic, and you'd have a heck of a time getting out of the place when making a left turn out of Clayton Road.