UK Retirement property

“The fibres of England unite in Wiltshire,” wrote author E M Forster, in his novel the Longest Journey back in 1907. Today, over 100 years, later that statement is still true If you want to live somewhere that is lively and vibrant and combines unspoilt...

With restaurant quality food, chauffeur driven outings and a butler to meet residents’ every wish, the Albert Suites are taking nursing care to new heights Bespoke and personalised care is often aspired to but rarely attained for the aged and nursing sectors; however,...

Carole Bly now has the opportunity to indulge her passions for travel, belly dancing and family time, thanks to stress free Retirement Living. Carole, 73, who lives in Bexleyheath, believes that the key to a happy retirement is spending time with loved ones, exploring...

To retire in London – the only way is up says Jane Slade Retired schoolteacher Kathleen Rawes, 85, missed London’s theatres and restaurants so much after she retired to Harrogate that she moved back six months ago. “I was craving a taste of city living,”...

A surge in the popularity of bungalows has prompted Britain’s leading retirement housebuilder, McCarthy & Stone to provide more single-storey homes Despite proving popular in the UK, construction of bungalows has suffered a decline in recent years – a...

If you’ve spent a lifetime in a large house surrounded by big pieces of furniture, what can you do when you want to downsize? For John and Frances Jenkins, the answer was to buy a Beechcroft home at Maygate Place in Medstead, Hampshire as Mrs Jenkins...

Why it is just as important for retirement development to welcome children as well as retirees BY JANE SLADE The lunchtime menu at Wadswick Green retirement village in Wiltshire includes sausage and mash with beans and chocolate brownie with vanilla ice...

Renting in retirement means being free of home ownership When Olive Young sold her home in IIford in Essex in 2006, she had one certainty about retirement – she no longer wanted to be a home owner. Divorced and in her late 50s at the time, Olive had sold...

Widow Elizabeth Wood has discovered a friendly community and a garden she doesn’t have to care for at Penhurst Gardens in the Cotswolds Elizabeth Wood knew that taking the decision to move from a big house with a large garden would be difficult –...