Lifestyle
Award-winning retirement-village group creates tree nursery
In a UK-first, leading retirement village construction company, Rangeford Villages, have potted up 500 trees, with over 70 varieties, creating an extensive new tree nursery at their Siddington Park development in Cirencester. Head of Landscaping and Gardening at...
McCarthy Stone leads the way – adding bungalows to its mix of retirement properties
McCarthy Stone launches a new retirement village in Wimborne, Dorset, bringing 100 new specialist retirement properties to the market town The new community, one of the largest McCarthy Stone has built, has cost some £45m and will have 68 apartments, 22 bungalows and...
Innovation in care expected with the opening of KYN Hurlingham
Care-home innovator KYN is to open a new home in June next to the prestigious Hurlingham Club in West London KYN Hurlingham will provide a pioneering approach to care which prioritises the individual in a safe environment and offers them as much independence as they...
Wallacea – retirement living with a focus on well being
Amidst London’s ageing population, where the capital now has almost half a million (467,900) people aged 75+ as well as a further half million aged 65-74*, the call for prioritising personal health and wellbeing resonates louder than ever In embracing the belief that...
How retirement communities can help single women conquer loneliness
Many women will find themselves living alone in later life. Some will feel lonely. An easy solution is to move to a retirement community. On average women live longer than men which means they will end up living alone. Some 1.4 million older women in the UK are...
Valentine celebration at Wadswick Green
Wadswick Green retirement Village has just celebrated the first engagement between two homeowners Bob Spokes, 80, and Nina Oldfield, 82, proved that love knows no age limit when cupid’s arrow struck from across the busy restaurant at the Wadswick Green retirement...
100 per cent home-exchange offer from Rangeford
Rangeford Villages, an award-winning later living property specialist, has introduced a 'Home Exchange’ offer*, where buyers can receive up to 100% market value for their existing property This offer ensures that prospective owners avoid the stress and hassle...
The attraction of lock up and leave
The demand for homes you can lock up and leave is on the increase among the older generation A survey of Cognatum retirement residents revealed that over 25 per cent of them expected to spend two months or more away from their homes every year. “Extensive travel is...
Homewood Grove in Surrey unveils new show home
Homewood Grove, the contemporary lifestyle village for the over 60s in Chertsey, Surrey has unveiled its new two-bedroom show home which is ready to view Homewood Grove will have 116 one, two and three-bedroom apartments with onsite amenities and 24/7 extra care...
Adlington launches two new retirement communities in Bedfordshire and Birmingham
Adlington Retirement Living opens the doors to The Newells in Kempston, Bedfordshire this month, and prepares to open Broadleaf House in Sutton Coldfield from February 2024 The Newells is in the very heart of Kempston, with a history that predates neighbouring...
