Jodi Kyle
Jun 2025
Great staff and always very clean.
1 / 6California CDSS
Families and residents describe The Cottages of Petaluma as a friendly, well-kept 55+ manufactured home community with an active social calendar and a strong sense of safety and neighborliness. Reviewers consistently praise cleanliness, staff friendliness, and the pet-friendly, community-oriented lifestyle, though there are very few reviews to draw from.
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The Cottages of Petaluma is a senior living community in Petaluma, California offering Assisted Living and Independent Living. Amenities include Professional Chef, Outdoor Patio and Fitness Center. Families rate it 4.4 out of 5 across 30 reviews.
Welcome to The Cottages of Petaluma, where the next chapter of your life and vibrant lifestyle become one. Smart. Simple. Streamlined and elegant. In other words, welcome home.
The Cottages of Petaluma is a 55+ fully updated, cottage manufactured home community in desirable, historic Petaluma, the affordable wine country alternative.
A comfortable setting in more ways than one
The Cottages is a 55+ community of smartly designed prefabricated homes located at the gateway of the Sonoma valley wine country. For those looking to retire in the Bay Area, The Cottages offers gorgeous surroundings, outstanding amenities and something very rare to the area—affordability.
Both our Clubhouse and the town square are designed to enhance your sense of belonging and provide a warm atmosphere where friends and neighbors can gather. There’s a pool, library and a workout studio, too. Our grounds are professionally tended to. In fact, there’s little you need do here except for all the things you’re itching to do.
We regularly schedule community dinners and holiday parties; there are also many resident run activities, such as monthly luncheons, weekly card games, water aerobics, yoga, and outings to local events and venues. Why, there’s even bus service from our front gate to whisk you away. The word on the streets here at The Cottages is “active”. That’s the kind of lifestyle we enjoy. Are you with us?
We offer new residents the very latest in state-of-the-art prefabricated homes. Adaptable, efficient, light and airy homes that beautifully embrace open concept living. All of our homes are turnkey and feature finishes from a curated selection of quality materials. Additionally, you’ll enjoy double-paned windows, 9 foot ceilings, walk-in closets, bay windows, upgraded laminate flooring, bright, open floor plans featuring large kitchen islands with upgraded granite or quartz countertops throughout, large private decks, porches or patios.
When you live at The Cottages of Petaluma, you will enjoy a wide range of outstanding amenities at no additional fee:
– Beautiful greenbelts, featuring mature trees and landscaping
– Heated pool and spa open seasonally May through October
– A newly renovated clubhouse which features:
• A tastefully furnished living/entertaining area with skylights, wainscoting, paned windows, and French doors
• Big screen television
• Cozy brick fireplace
• Pool table/game area
• Library
• Fitness Center
• Charming chairs & tables with umbrellas
• A bocce ball court
• A built-in barbecue
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Jodi Kyle
Jun 2025
Great staff and always very clean.
Cindy White
Feb 2024
We love and enjoy living here, it's a great friendly and pet friendly community for 55 and over with lots of activities and things to do.
Denelle Fischer
Apr 2022
Very nice, my friend just moved there.
Michelle Nieve
Apr 2022
Great community for retired people and pets, cute houses and safe place to be
Phillis Toleu-Cahill
Jul 2019
A beautiful, peaceful place to live. Lovely homes and great neighbors. Lucky to live here!
The Cottages of Petaluma offers Assisted Living and Independent Living.
The Cottages of Petaluma is located at 576 N McDowell Blvd in Petaluma, California.
Families and residents describe The Cottages of Petaluma as a friendly, well-kept 55+ manufactured home community with an active social calendar and a strong sense of safety and neighborliness. Reviewers consistently praise cleanliness, staff friendliness, and the pet-friendly, community-oriented lifestyle, though there are very few reviews to draw from.
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