How to maintain the value of your retirement property
If you want to safeguard the value of your home here is a checklist of 10 things you should look for before you buy How attractive will your property be in 10 years time? Is it near good transport links and the High Street? Will a future owner face steep ground rent...
Retirees choosing Dorset instead of Spain
ELLIE O’DONNELL reports a drop in the number of retirees moving to Spain and discovers Dorset is proving a attractive alternative High London house prices and worries about the effects of Brexit has made people more cautious about retiring abroad. Before the...
Never too old to be a first time buyer
Age isn’t holding back Geoffrey Green from becoming a first-time buyer. At 98, the former tenant farmer on the Blenheim Palace Estate decided he was tired of being ‘chief cook and bottle washer’ so he opted to move to a retirement village. Report by ELLIE...
New retirement village in the West Midlands
Retirement Villages’ latest development is all about location, designed with practical living in mind and offering incredibly easy access to the rest of the UK Despite the developments idyllic and peaceful setting, the M45, M1 and M6 are all under a 10-minute...
