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Steeplechase Gracious Retirement

12029 County Road 103, Oxford, FL 34484

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9.3
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43 reviews
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9.3
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43 reviews
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Susan

Child of resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

Most important decision for the rest of Moms life

It is a wonderful place. My mom loves it. It is very clean. The staff is friendly and there is always someone to help if needed. There are many activities and they have fun theme parties. They have bus trips and it's easy for my mom to schedule a ride to her doctor. Food is abundant. It's in a beautiful section of Florida. The atmosphere is friendly and homey and the residents are happy to be there. They are very accommodating to family providing a room for me to stay when I visit. They also allow u to stay in the residents room if u prefer and will provide a roll away bed. It is by far the nicest place we looked at. We visited five. We feel blessed to have found Steeplechase.

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Steeplechase Gracious Retirement

Steeplechase is an independent living community located in Oxford, Florida, that features well-manicured grounds and ample space for social gatherings. This community enjoys easy access to nearby shopping and dining options, making it an excellent choice for active seniors who want to explore their community.

Community Services and Amenities

Steeplechase is perfect for independent seniors wishing to continue their active retirement lifestyle. The community offers many opportunities to participate in the arts, learn new skills, and enjoy intellectual and cultural pursuits. Popular activities include:

  • creative writing classes
  • book and garden clubs
  • discussion groups
  • creative arts projects
  • scheduled outings
  • social events
  • cooking demonstrations
  • …and more!

This community offers independent living in a safe, caring environment where seniors can be surrounded by their peers. Professional and attentive staff are always available to check up on resident needs. They can also coordinate with private home care providers to help with more advanced medical conditions. Meanwhile, an on-site management team is available day and night to assist residents with any needs that may arise.

For a reasonable fee, residents enjoy access to regular fitness programs, three chef-prepared meals served daily, planned activities and events, weekly housekeeping and linen services, transportation to doctor’s appointments and outings, and so much more!

Living Arrangements

Steeplechase offers a selection of comfortable...

Senior living options offered

  • Independent Living

Steeplechase Gracious Retirement

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for Steeplechase Gracious Retirement

9.3 out of 10
Review Score43 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.4
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Care Services
4.3
Staff
4.8
Meals & Dining
4.1
Activities
4.4
Value for Cost
4.2

A Place for Mom has scored Steeplechase Gracious Retirement with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 4 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Steeplechase Gracious Retirement has 43 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 10/15/25

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Susan

Independent Living

Family/friend

October 15, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Most important decision for the rest of Moms life

It is a wonderful place. My mom loves it. It is very clean. The staff is friendly and there is always someone to help if needed. There are many activities and they have fun theme parties. They have bus trips and it's easy for my mom to schedule a ride to her doctor. Food is abundant. It's in a beautiful section of Florida. The atmosphere is friendly and homey and the residents are happy to be there. They are very accommodating to family providing a room for me to stay when I visit. They also allow u to stay in the residents room if u prefer and will provide a roll away bed. It is by far the nicest place we looked at. We visited five. We feel blessed to have found Steeplechase.

Rena

Independent Living

Family/friend

September 24, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Best Kept Secret in Independent Living!

My Aunt and Uncle are doing well at Steeplechase. They love the atmosphere, their apartment is cute, and the people seem very friendly. They're learning the ropes as far as getting around and using the bus. They have even joined in on some of the activities, which I think is awesome.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

August 14, 2025

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

Steeplechase Gracious Retirement

I thought very highly of Steeplechase. After 2 weeks my mother wasn't happy, but that's par for the course!

Lou C

Independent Living

Family/friend

August 13, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

A family's peace of mind.

I would recommend them to others and simply add, they have a very helpful and ready-to-assist staff. . I would rate Steeplechase as an overall 5 on a scale of 1-5. In relation to the overall process from Touring the facility to move-in to my mom's present experience.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

September 25, 2024

2.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

Needs safety issues addressed

The roof leaks and is overdue for replacement. The one elevator frequently breaks so 2nd and 3rd floor residents are stuck in apartments or risk falling trying to navigate stairs. Elevator broke today with a hurricane coming tomorrow. Not good! My mother has lived there 3 Years and it seems the elevator is broken at least once a month. Food has gone dowhill and now my mother buys and cooks her own meals. Trannsportation is sporadic due to vehicle breakdown or lack of drivers. Rent increased higher than expected w lack of return on investment. Hawthorne needs to invest in this building! Residents are moving out by the dozen. Mom is currently looking for a better place.

John M

Independent Living

Family/friend

September 7, 2024

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

Steeplechase

Great and welcoming staff. They went above and beyond for my mother when EMTs had to respond to her need for ambulance service to the hospital, twice. They followed up with her upon her return to Steeplechase providing support where needed and requested. Mom has been there 4 months. No issues to date.

Casey

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 10, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Overall Great Community

The only things that were ever an issue were mainly the quality of the food and lack of taste according to my mom. Another issue was just with the cleaning. We basically had to the floors and bathroom ourselves they were not getting them clean. My mom didn't use their towels (too heavy) and she slept in a recliner so there were no sheets for them to have to do also

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 2, 2024

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

Steeplechase is everything we needed for Mom

The community itself is nice and clean, although more thorough room cleaning would be nice. hear some complaints from Mom about quality of meals and chef but overall I believe the dining options are acceptable. Mom has her own card games with friends she has made at Steeplechase to keep her busy

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

June 4, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Happy with Steeplechase

My former mother-in-law, she was very happy with Steeplechase. Meals were good and plentiful. I think there was a slight rate adjustment after one year, but nothing drastic. There has been management and personnel turnover over the past year, but I do not think it has caused much impact.

JOyce

Independent Living

Family/friend

November 17, 2023

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

Highly Recommend

The staff is so friendly and helpful! Great value for accommodations, housekeeping, meals, utilities, activities, all in one fee! This was a great option for my brother who is independent but has special needs due to mental and emotional challenges.

Toni S

Independent Living

Resident/client

May 21, 2023

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

Despicable treatment of seniors

The manager and assistant manager do not help either the staff or the residents. For example, we wait over an hour to be served meals. While they are under staffed, the manager and assistant manager are supposed to lend a hand, but they don’t. The food is sub par. I ordered the scrambled eggs and they’re runny and raw. I ordered the banana muffins and they’re served yellow and under cooked. I ordered the burger and it is like a hokey puck. The chicken is rubbery and the fish is under cooked. The cleaning staff is very good. The maintenance staff are quite good and fast. They activities offered her a good, so is the library. But, in my opinion, the food is an edible and manager staff is [name removed] in route to the residence.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

April 12, 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

Beautiful surroundings with everything I need.

The staff are dedicated and responsive to my needs. The facility is very well maintained. Food is varied and enjoyable. Beautiful surroundings with everything I need..

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

February 3, 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

Friendly and Helpful Community

5/5 on everything. Steeplechase has been the perfect fit for my family member. Everyone is very nice and helpful.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

January 17, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

I toured this community and it was nice. A smaller facility and Memory Care options. Nice place!

Todd

Independent Living

Family/friend

December 7, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Great Place for Mom

The staff are very compassionate and understanding. Steeplechase has been the right place for my mom at this time in her life.

Jan

Independent Living

Family/friend

December 6, 2022

4.0 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
4.0

A Great Choice

My loved one is really enjoying it - it has been a big help for her. She was feeling stuck where she was at prior to Steeplechase, and the social aspect has really helped her. She has made friends and is doing really well there. The apartment is a studio, but its very nice and suits her needs.

Casey

Independent Living

Family/friend

November 18, 2022

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

The staff works hard and are awesome

We chose Steeplechase Gracious Retirement because of the location and value for the money. The staff is great!!! It is a really nice place and mom mentions all the time how all the staff go out of their way to help.

anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 13, 2022

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

A good experience

It is an older building so you cannot except it to be pristine, but they do a really good job keeping the community clean and our loved ones apartment was cleaned to our satisfaction before our loved one moved in. The management during our loved ones stay were very gracious and helpful. Every time we needed something they were always willing to listen to us and fix the problem. Their meals program was fantastic, they would always encourage families to come, visit and have a meal and it was $5 for them to do so. Our loved one was not always able to participate in the activities but they did have a number of things going on and she really loved listening to the entertainment that would come and perform music.

Roberta

Independent Living

Family/friend

June 8, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Nice Place to Live

The staff have been very pleasant, friendly, courteous, accommodating, and helpful. The apartments are very nice. My loved one has a very nice view, a little balcony, and a small kitchen. It accommodates all her needs. One area for improvement is the food. In the beginning the food was good. But they changed companies, and now she and quite a few of the other residents are not as happy with it.

Kevin

Independent Living

Family/friend

March 16, 2022

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

Cannot Compliment This Place Enough

The food is wonderful, they do a great place with my Mom. It makes me happy that my Mom is happy. The meals are clean, balanced, no dietary issues. We really like the staff. There is a variety of activities are provided. One time a K9 unit came and the police department showed the residents how they train their dogs and the skills the dogs have. The residents loved it. People come in and sing and play instruments. It's a great place to be. They go on field trips and provide transportation as well.

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