Retiring to the capital
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,” she said....
Retirees home in on bungalows
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 trend...
Downsizing doesn’t mean compromising
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 explains: “Before...
Family-friendly Retirement developments
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 cream. But...
