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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...
Have you struggled to get a mortgage in your 50s or later years?
LiveMore Capital, specialists in lending to older people looking for mortgages, believes borrowers deserve better Most people don’t realise how significantly their financial freedom will change once they reach 50. Many remain unaware of the impact that crossing this...
Inspired Villages launches a Friendship Bus
A new bus service launched by a warm-hearted retirement operator aims to combat loneliness The Friendship Bus is a new strand of Inspired Friendships – an initiative supported by Inspired Villages that offers a befriending service to the wider retired community, to...
Joanna Lumley – an absolutely fabulous ambassador for retirees
If any celebrity least personifies the concept of an elderly, fragile, pensioner it is Dame Joanna Lumley. She certainly defied her 77 years this week when she swept into Riverstone Kensington's launch party in a trendy cornflower-blue trouser suit and fashionable...
Returning from Spain to retire in style
Ann Carroll describes coming home to the UK from Spain and retiring to a McCarthy Stone apartment After living abroad for 15 years, Ann Carroll was keen to bring some Spanish sunshine to her new McCarthy Stone apartment at Queen’s Gate in Wokingham. “I’ve added...
Rental now available at ERL developments
Enterprise Retirement Living is now offering the option to rent apartments at its two villages in Worcester and Ripon There are lots of factors that can affect your decision to buy or to rent in retirement and now ERL is adding rental to its mix of purchase-options to...
No utility bills for two years
Later-living specialist Rangeford Villages has launched a new initiative to pay household bills for two years* to those buying a new home at one of their three retirement developments The offer, for homes at Wadswick Green in Corsham, Siddington Park in Cirencester...
Audley Group exchanges on historic new site in Surrey
The Audley Group has just bought the historic Headley Court near Leatherhead in Surrey, which it plans to convert into a retirement community. The 23-acre site has most recently been home to The Help for Heroes Rehabilitation Complex which has now relocated to...
A unique pairing – Jane Austen and Chelsea FC inspired designs.
It takes a certain skill to design a retirement village combining colours of Chelsea Football Club and the regency palette of Jane Austen As part of the Audley Villages development team, Bernard Interiors has been working on Audley's new scheme in Surrey due to...
McCarthy Stone offers chance to win a £20,000 John Lewis makeover
McCarthy Stone homeowners are set to enjoy new interiors to reflect a bright outlook and vibrant life Meet Margaret Kingsley-Smith from McCarthy Stone’s retirement living development Hewson Court, Hexham. Margaret has made her new home distinctictly her own with the...
Viola Virtuoso brings classical music to Churchill homeowners
A classical viola player who formed a close ‘virtual’ connection with Churchill homeowners during the pandemic recently performed live at two developments, meeting some of her loyal fans for the first time The violist Caroline Harrison is a former co-principal viola...
