Highgate Regents

Highgate Regents is a gated 55+ active adult neighborhood set within Highgate at Seven Oaks, a master-planned community by Castle & Cooke on the West Side of Bakersfield, California. The broader Highgate master plan takes its design cues from the affluent London suburb of the same name, featuring wrought-iron gates, tree-lined streets, lush landscaping, pedestrian pathways, and parks and green spaces threaded between five distinctive neighborhoods. Regents is the active-adult enclave within that plan, designed for residents who want low-maintenance living without giving up space, privacy, or quality. Castle & Cooke has been building master-planned communities in Bakersfield for more than 25 years, and Regents builds on the heritage of earlier Seven Oaks neighborhoods like The Greens at Seven Oaks and Brighton Parks. Construction at Highgate Regents began in 2017 and is still ongoing, with new homes currently being sold. There are seven floor plans ranging from roughly 1,460 to 2,513 square feet, offering two to three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with an attached two-car garage standard and an optional third-car bay. Most plans come with four exterior design choices (including Spanish, Italian, Craftsman, and Traditional looks), and buyers can add a third bedroom, powder room, fireplace, courtyard, or expanded garage to tailor the home to their needs. Homes feature modern touches like quartz countertops, stainless appliances, luxury vinyl plank flooring, and covered patios. Residents have a private, resort-style clubhouse (the Regency Club) reserved exclusively for the 55+ community, where they can gather in a gourmet-kitchen-equipped great room, swim in the outdoor pool, work out in the fitness center, and use multi-purpose meeting rooms. Beyond their own gate, Regents residents also have access to the wider Highgate at Seven Oaks amenities — the Highgate Swim & Fitness Clubhouse and the Parkshire Pool & Pavilion — plus shaded walking paths, private parks, outdoor grilling areas, and an outdoor patio. Pickleball has been noted in recent MLS listings as part of the amenity mix. The community is gated with association security. Location is one of Regents' strongest selling points. The sales center sits at 14407 Rokeby Way near the corner of Ming Avenue and Allen Road, putting residents about ten minutes from Trader Joe's, Target, and Mercy Hospital Southwest, and roughly two miles from Seven Oaks Country Club. Bakersfield's West Side offers plentiful shopping, dining, and medical facilities, and the broader area adds cultural draws like the Kern County Museum, Buck Owens Crystal Palace, Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, and a handful of multi-screen movie theaters. Natural escapes such as Kern River State Park and Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area are about 30 minutes away, and the climate offers warm winters that make year-round outdoor living practical.