Neilsen Grove 55+ Homes for Sale

In Neilsen Grove, Ladner, the 55+ homes you can buy are South Pointe (strata). This page names each building, says what type it is and what the sources show, and covers local rules and the questions buyers ask.

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South Pointe — Regatta Way / Jibset Bay / Tidewater Bay (off Ferry Road, Neilsen Grove)

The one age-restricted ownership complex in this sub-area, and one of only two in all of Ladner. A gated bare land strata, plan NWS2528, freehold strata, zoning CD98A; the homes were built in 1989. Multiple independent listing sources describe it the same way: a current listing for 5379 Regatta Way calls it a "55+ gated Bare land strata" giving "the feel of your own home & yard," and a listing for 5371 Regatta Way records the same "55+ gated community" description with property information placing it in the Neilsen Grove sub-area, strata plan NWS2528, year built 1989. An earlier listing for 5544 Tidewater Bay states it plainly: "South Pointe, Ladner's 55+ gated community… Age restriction is 55+." A listing for 5359 Jibset Bay records a bare land strata fee ($113/mo at that listing's date — dated figure, confirm current fees in the strata documents) and pets allowed.

Streets, schools and getting around Neilsen Grove

The school physically in the area is Neilson Grove Elementary — spelled "Neilson" on its School District 37 site, while the area name is spelled "Neilsen Grove" — at 5500 Admiral Boulevard.
Admiral Boulevard, Admiral Way, Westminster Avenue, Ferry Road and Ladner Trunk Road are the streets named on TransLink's route 618 loop through this pocket; route 618 is the Ladner North loop from Ladner Exchange, returning via Ferry Road, Admiral Way, Admiral Boulevard, Westminster Avenue, Crescent Drive and 57 Street.
Ladner Harbour Park, 4905 McNeelys Way, is the City-listed park serving this shore of Ladner.
Ladner Leisure Centre (4600 Clarence Taylor Crescent), Ladner Pioneer Library (4683 51st Street) and McKee Seniors Recreation Centre (5155 47 Avenue) are the Ladner facilities serving this sub-area; Delta Hospital (5800 Mountain View Blvd, 24/7 emergency) sits beside Ladner Exchange.
Route 601 runs South Delta to Bridgeport Station (Canada Line) via Ladner Exchange, Ladner Trunk Road, Highway 17A and Highway 99 — the commuter link for this sub-area.
Flood context: Ladner is low land protected by the City of Delta's flood protection system — over 63 kilometres of dikes, seawalls and foreshore protection, 31 drainage pump stations and roughly 538 kilometres of drainage infrastructure. This sub-area is the harbour/marsh edge of Ladner, so the dike and slough context is closest to the surface here.
Where 55+ housing actually concentrates in this sub-area: a single complex — South Pointe, the gated bare land strata on the Regatta Way / Jibset Bay / Tidewater Bay streets off Ferry Road, at the marsh and waterway edge. The much larger Hampton Cove / Marina Garden Estates strata pocket on Admiral Way is not age-restricted.

Local rules and plans in Neilsen Grove

Bare land strata specifics that matter at South Pointe: in a bare land strata the owner typically insures and maintains the house itself while the strata maintains common property (gates, internal roads, landscaping). Listings for South Pointe describe the monthly fee as a "bare land" fee — the 5359 Jibset Bay listing recorded $113/mo and the 5379 Regatta Way listing data recorded $173/mo, at their respective listing dates. Treat both as dated listing figures; the current fee, and what it covers, comes from the Form B and the strata's financial statements.
City zoning: Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017: assigns zoning parcel by parcel; South Pointe's listing data records zoning CD98A — a site-specific comprehensive development zone, which means the rules for adding a sunroom, suite or outbuilding are the CD zone's own, not the standard RS zones'. Confirm any addition against the CD98A zone and the strata bylaws together.
Seniors congregate housing in Delta's zoning: the Apartment Residential 6 (RA6) zone added to Zoning Bylaw No. 7600 in 2024 lists "seniors congregate housing" as a permitted principal use for six-storey apartment development under the OCP's Neighbourhood Centres and Corridors designation.
OCP: Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 8400, 2024 ("Housing Our Future"), adopted July 8, 2024, is Delta's consolidated OCP covering Ladner.
Suites and SSMUH on the detached lots around South Pointe: the RS1 zone lists a secondary suite as an accessory use, and Delta's SSMUH amendments allow combinations of single detached dwellings, duplex dwellings, secondary suites, coach houses and garden suites where the zoning applies — but inside a bare land strata, the strata bylaws sit on top of the zoning, so a suite or coach house needs both to allow it.

BC’s 55+ rules (age bylaws, who may live in a unit, exemptions and rentals) apply in every strata and are on the BC 55+ strata rules page.

BC 55+ strata rules

Good to know about Neilsen Grove

The spelling trap is real in searches. The area is "Neilsen Grove" and the school is "Neilson Grove Elementary" (5500 Admiral Blvd, per SD37) — listings and searches split across both spellings, so a buyer watching only one spelling will miss stock, including South Pointe listings filed under the sub-area name.
South Pointe is 1980s stock, not new build. Listing data dates the homes to 1989 — the same era as Ladner's other known 55+ ownership option is not: Delta Green was built in 2021. A South Pointe purchase is a house purchase (roof, drainage, envelope) plus a strata purchase; budget and inspect for both.
Two listing eras give two different fee figures — neither is current. $113/mo (Jibset Bay listing) and $173/mo (Regatta Way listing data) appear in sources from different years. Anyone quoting a South Pointe fee without a date is quoting a stale number; the Form B is the only current source.
The Hampton Cove pocket next door is the sub-area's growth story — and it is all general-market. City council reports name the Marina Garden Estates townhouse development at 5311 Admiral Way and a multi-family apartment building within the Marina Garden Estates application; Polygon's Hampton Cove buildings (Pilothouse, Fairwinds, Beaufort Landing, Westhampton, Charterhouse) followed.
The marina/harbour setting is the sub-area's defining feature — and its diligence item. Ladner Harbour Park is at 4905 McNeelys Way, listings for South Pointe describe homes backing onto "the peaceful greenery of Ladner marsh and waterway," and the City directs owners to DeltaMap for streamside areas, diked channels and parcel-level flood information. Beauty and flood paperwork come from the same geography.
There is no 55+ rental or subsidized option in this sub-area at all. A Neilsen Grove senior who needs rental or income-based housing has to look to the Evergreen Lane cluster or Marina Park in central Ladner (City of Delta Affordable Housing Guide, April 2026) — or to Tsawwassen's KinVillage, which is a different community.
Route 618 is a loop, and direction matters. TransLink's timetable shows the Ladner North loop leaving Ladner Exchange via Central Avenue and Linden Drive and returning through this sub-area via Ferry Road, Admiral Way and Admiral Boulevard — the same street can be early in the trip in one direction and late in the other, which changes the real ride time to the Exchange.

More Neilsen Grove buildings the MLS marks as 55+

In Neilsen Grove, closed sales of these buildings carry the 55+ restricted-age field. Confirm each building's bylaw in its Form B before relying on it.

Buildings in Neilsen Grove the MLS marks as 55+
Building	Type	Title	Built	Storeys	Building amenities
Chesapeake Landing	Townhome	Strata	2001	—	Clubhouse, Fitness room, Recreation room, Outdoor pool, Hot tub, Guest suite, Wheelchair access

How to read the MLS 55+ flag

Sources

Facts on this page come from these public sources, read on November 1, 2026. Listing-level pages are not listed.

Neilsen Grove 55+ homes: your questions answered

What exactly is South Pointe?

A gated bare land strata (plan NWS2528) of detached single-level ranchers on the Regatta Way / Jibset Bay / Tidewater Bay streets off Ferry Road, homes built in 1989. Three separate listing sources call it Ladner's / a "55+ gated community," and one states the rule directly: "Age restriction is 55+." It is Neilsen Grove's only 55+ ownership complex.

How is bare land strata different from a condo at Delta Green?

At South Pointe you own a lot and a detached house on it — your own front door, yard and garden — and pay a comparatively small bare land fee for gates, roads and common areas; in a condo strata the building envelope and systems are the strata's. The trade-off: at South Pointe the roof, exterior and insurance of the house itself are generally the owner's problem. Confirm the exact division in the bylaws and Form B.

Can I rent out a South Pointe home?

Long-term rental bans no longer exist in BC — every strata rental-restriction bylaw became invalid on Nov 24, 2022. Two catches remain: the tenant still has to satisfy the 55+ age bylaw or an exemption, and a strata can still restrict short-term rentals.

Are pets and gardening allowed?

A South Pointe listing records "pets allowed and tons of parking" and describes gardening as a reason buyers choose the complex ("downsizing without sacrificing your love of gardening"); a second listing describes a large private garden on one of the bigger lots. Pet numbers/sizes are bylaw-specific — confirm in the registered bylaws.

Is Hampton Cove (Pilothouse, Fairwinds, etc.) also 55+? It has a clubhouse.

The Hampton Club is an amenity clubhouse, not an age bylaw.

What transit serves South Pointe day to day?

Route 618, the Ladner North loop, runs through Neilsen Grove via Ferry Road, Admiral Way and Admiral Boulevard to Ladner Exchange; from the Exchange, route 601 runs to Bridgeport Station on the Canada Line. The West Coast Express does not serve Delta — Ladner Exchange buses are the transit option.

South Pointe backs onto marsh and waterways — what about flood risk?

The complex sits at Ladner's low harbour edge, behind the City's dike system (over 63 km of flood protection infrastructure, 31 pump stations, ~538 km of drainage). Lots within 30 m of a stream, slough or ditch are also in the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Development Permit Area. Flood construction requirements are lot-specific — check the lot on DeltaMap and search title for flood covenants before subjects come off.

Where are the hospital and seniors centre for this sub-area?

Delta Hospital (5800 Mountain View Blvd, 24/7 emergency) beside Ladner Exchange; McKee Seniors Recreation Centre (5155 47 Ave) runs programs for adults 50+ and is the home base of the free Delta Seniors Bus.

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