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American House Carpenter Senior Living

3470 Carpenter Road, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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9.3
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45 reviews
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9.3
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45 reviews
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Ed Bonderenka

Child of resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

A Solid Experience

This is not the Ritz. It's a solid place for people to live who need various levels of assistance ranging from preparation of meals to more detailed attention. The rooms are pleasant and well maintained and the staff is courteous, attentive and friendly. There are activities for residents to join or attend including music, movies and religious. It's a good value.

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American House Carpenter Senior Living

Welcome to American House Carpenter! This inviting independent living community is located in Washtenaw County near the crossroads of U.S. 23 and I-94 — just a short drive away from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Superior Township, and Pittsfield Township. The community is also close to numerous medical providers, including University of Michigan Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy, and Veterans Hospital Ann Arbor. Residents of American House Carpenter enjoy independent living services, as well as additional assisted living services for an added fee.

Services and Amenities

The dedicated staff is committed to providing high-quality service in an independent living setting. Services include three meals served each day, as well as housekeeping, laundry, and transportation. Customized service plans are created for residents, and are updated as often as needed. Personal care services are also offered a la carte, and can include options such as medication reminders and assistance with activities of daily living.

American House Carpenter strives to promote independence and peace of mind through maintenance-free living, engaging activities, and restaurant-style dining. This state-of-the-art approach to senior living allows the staff to create a personalized touch of home for each resident while providing them with the personal care they need. A dedicated life enrichment...

Senior living options offered

  • Independent Living

American House Carpenter Senior Living

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for American House Carpenter Senior Living

9.3 out of 10
Review Score45 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.2
Cleanliness
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Care Services
4.0
Staff
4.1
Meals & Dining
4.1
Activities
4.2
Value for Cost
4.3

A Place for Mom has scored American House Carpenter Senior Living with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 3 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, American House Carpenter Senior Living has 45 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.2 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 7/24/25

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Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 24, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review for American House Carpenter Senior Living

My mom loves the staff there since they are helpful when she needs something

Ed Bonderenka

Independent Living

Family/friend

December 5, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

A Solid Experience

This is not the Ritz. It's a solid place for people to live who need various levels of assistance ranging from preparation of meals to more detailed attention. The rooms are pleasant and well maintained and the staff is courteous, attentive and friendly. There are activities for residents to join or attend including music, movies and religious. It's a good value.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

November 5, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

After a year, a very friendly community, and a nice place to live although it has had some staffing issues

Breakfast carryout, dinner and supper: 2 shifts = 1.5 hour per meal. Good chef, food ok, served warm, servers helpful. Have had server staffing problems. Care is from another company (Ready Care). Daily manger is good, but staff doesn't do well with Alzheimer's/Dementia clients: meals/meds not always timely. Activity director (5) had a baby in [date removed] and set schedule for activities, entertainers and videotaped exercises. Staff and residents working together to cover some activity: Bingo, trivia, & art. (Weekly entertainers scheduled). Friday Happy hour continues with snack and drinks before entertainers & supper. Holidays very good, special food, activities & entertainers scheduled.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

October 17, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for American House Carpenter Senior Living

The entertainment at this place is amazing. Today they had disco dancing from 5-7. My mom was extremely excited. She loves her place at American House. The location is close to my oldest brother and sister in law house in Saline, and also university of Michigan hospital is close by where she is obtaining care for a benign tumor.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

March 21, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Recommended

The staff are all pretty friendly and helpful. Housekeeping does a good job keeping up on cleaning. The move in process was simple enough and my mom says that she likes the food. I would recommend this facility to others.

Megan M

Independent Living

Family/friend

January 25, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

good fit for dad, so far so good, would recommend

They lost their dinning service team so it's been a little harder for my Dad. No biggie there are staffing shortages everywhere. But could be better. Apartment sizes are good. Wish there was a bit more to do in the winter but at the price point I get it.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

December 19, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

It's a good place to live.

Im in independent living and don't have a need for care. By observation, it appears very good. The meals are VERY GOOD. They're short-staffed, so now we're getting our meals buffet style, but they took extra care of a blind resident friend, today ( her first meal w the new system). There are a lot of activities available for those who want them. This is the least expensive in the area but the quality is very good. Admin. staff is very willing to help residents and support staff as well. Everyone here works as a team. The director, activities director, housekeeping director, executive secretary AND cook, have all come to help w serving the meals because of the staffing shortage in that department. ( That's why they went to buffet style, 2 servers could not handle the 70 diners, even tho the residents were split into 2 different shifts. (21 tables, 3-4 per table; plus the 20+ residents who are getting their meals delivered.) It's a good place to be.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

May 24, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

We have had a great experience with independent living at American House Carpenter Senior Living. The staff are friendly, and it is a safe environment for my loved one.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

April 21, 2023

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

tour review

Our family had an in person tour with American House and this was the American House in Ypsilanti on Carpenter Road. Very old building. The residents were more mentally and physically challenged. Not the right place for my Dad who is still fairly active mentally and physically.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

February 20, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

My tour of American House Carpenter

I toured this facility and liked it. Clean, friendly, really nice rooms. I liked it, but it was a little bit too far out of our budget.

William

Independent Living

Family/friend

February 13, 2023

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Didn't work for Mom

Mom was a resident of AH Carpenter for three months. She was accepted into independent living after facility staff 2 assessment to ensure she was a viable candidate for residence. Staff were provided all information regarding Mom's history, which included knowledge of her cognition issues and a previous APS case, which had been closed as unfounded. Within 3 weeks, we started receiving calls from executive staff saying that Mom was an "elopement risk" and wouldn't have accepted her if they'd known about the APS case. Contracted caregiving/medical provider, *** Home Health Network is HORRIBLE. Medication delivery inconsistent, no monitoring, if Mom out of her apartment, just left the med cup. Family had to call 911 when (non-medical) staff wouldn't taker seriously a medical complaint. Contracted addt'l $975/mo. caregiver services never provided! Pressured by staff to move Mom before the holidays, which we did, and AH would not refund 3 wks of Dec. rent paid. No response from AH

R G

Independent Living

Resident/client

August 11, 2022

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
1.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

Do not live here

Poor services, inedible food, not clean or updated. I would say this place is not wheelchair accessible within apartments, not ADA compliant

Dwayne S

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 28, 2022

4.5 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
4.5
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.5

Mom's home

American House Carpenter has been wonderful for my mother. Every time I walk into AH during lunch and dinner, it smells amazing. The executive director is always friendly and helpful with any issues you may have. I would not hesitate to recommend American House Carpenter to my friends and relatives.

anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

April 15, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

great staff

Even though they are currently undergoing construction the community is very clean. We have not had first hand experience with the meals but every time we do come to visit they look great. It sees like they have different activities going on all the time, there are magic shoes, all different card games and they even bring in different speakers. Based on our experience so far we would recommend the American House community to other families.

D.L.

Independent Living

Toured community

March 7, 2022

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

tour of American House

I toured American House and although they were under renovation, it was a nice tour experience. we chose another community because of its location.

Carol W

Independent Living

Resident/client

November 29, 2021

4.0 out of 5 stars

This place well run. Everyone is pleasant and helpful.

elizabeth

Independent Living

Resident/client

September 9, 2021

4.0 out of 5 stars

My review

I have lived here for 5 years. It was best when i moved in, with great food and good support. Thru the years this decreased, there was a high staff overturn. Then things improved. The administration is very good, and they mingle with the residents. I am very happy here.

anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

August 10, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Tour of American House

We saw American House 3 times actually. This was our 2nd choice, the facility was beautiful. The reason we did not go with them was because it is 3 levels so my mom would have had to take the elevator and I just could not see her liking that. Also when we went there I did not see many residents out of their rooms.

anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

March 9, 2021

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.5
Activities
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.5

Highly recommend

We chose American House Carpenter Senior Living because I live in the area and it is only 15 minutes from my house. It was also the least expensive and I felt the quality was good enough for what we needed. In comparison to what is around here and what they want, it is a good value for the dollar. The apartment sizes are really nice, she is in a bungalow and she was able to fit all of her belongings in here and has a lot of storage space. She has a nice view of the courtyard from her room and the courtyard here is very pretty. I think the facilities are easy to manage and user friendly and I would recommend them.

Rhonda

Independent Living

Family/friend

November 25, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0

Affordable senior living

We chose American House because of the affordability, the location, and past experience with relatives being here. The apartment sizes here are spacious. I have eaten here before COVID and the meals were very nice. Now with COVID, they are delivering the meals to the residents and everything is prepackaged. The best part about this community has been the socialization for my mother in law, and for us, they are great at keeping us informed. I would recommend.

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