Stevens Pointe Townhouses

US-131 runs right past Stevens Pointe, which means you're about 15 minutes from downtown Grand Rapids and closer still to the Gerald R. Ford airport, though what you'll actually notice is how easy it is to slip out to Tanger Outlets or disappear into the wooded views from your back deck. The townhouses here run around $290K, and you get the maintenance-free condo life without someone dictating what color your shutters should be—there's no age limit, pets are fine, and the Byron Center Public Schools district sits just outside your door. The development itself is smaller, 10 acres with walking trails and a pool that actually get used, and because you're in Gaines Township, the tax bill won't make you weep. A coffee shop is about 1.3 miles away, a restaurant roughly 1.5, and if you want to stretch your legs seriously, Earle Brewer County Park is an easy walk. The units vary—some have walk-out basements, most come with a little privacy from the trees around you—and the fact that the final units just wrapped suggests you're not moving into someone else's worn-in neighborhood. This isn't the kind of place that makes headlines; it's the kind where you just live.