Retirement Property
Marjorie takes the plunge
- Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Marjorie Moss, a new resident at Grove Place in Romsey, likes nothing better than taking an early morning swim in the private heated pool. A fit 84 year old, having been selected for olympic training at a mere 11 years of age, Marjorie finds the spa and leisure facilities just one of the many benefits of moving into her bungalow at this award-winning retirement village.
“I am going for everything here,” comments former head teacher Marjorie, “ I have joined a card group, like the flower arranging, enjoy film nights and rarely miss Sunday lunch in the restaurant.”
Why rent a retirement property when you can buy?
- Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Choice, flexibility, security and freedom in all senses; economic, physical and emotional. For some people the strains of owning and maintaining a property in later life can become a challenge, both physically and financially and is one that an increasing number of retirees are moving away from.
Older people need specialist housing
- Monday, 21 May 2012
Britain’s housing market is failing to meet the needs of the elderly, despite a rapidly-ageing population and a growing demand for retirement housing, a charity has warned. Housing charity Shelter has found that if demand remains at current levels supply would have to increase by over 70 per cent in the next 20 years in order to keep up.
The report explored the housing options available to those over 55 - a group that will make up one in three people in England by 2030.
Government needs to act now to prevent care funding black hole says Peter Girling, Chairman of Girlings Retirement Rentals
- Friday, 18 May 2012
17 May 2012 - Peter Girling, Chairman of Girlings Retirement Rentals responds to a report from insurer Liverpool Victoria (LV=) that estimates the government is facing long-term care costs for the elderly to reach £38bn by 2025. He also highlights a ‘White Paper’ he wrote in 1991 that suggested a ‘Care Home’ bond that could have helped people invest in their retirement.
Inheriting can sometimes come at a cost
- Friday, 20 April 2012
Retirement properties have grown in popularity in recent years with around 200,000 pensioners now owning and living in a purpose built flat or house aimed at meeting the needs of the older generation.
Companies such as McCarthy & Stone and Retirement Villages are continuing to build new developments which can offer a comfortable, carefree and sometimes even luxurious way to spend your retirement years.
National design competition announces winners
- Friday, 13 April 2012
Five design students from across the country are celebrating having been selected winners in the first Peverel Retirement Design Competition, ‘Future Ageing’. Students were invited to conceptualise what they thought the independent living retirement development of the future would look like.
Peverel Retirement (www.peverelretirement.co.uk)
leading retirement property management company, launched the national competition in conjunction with the Interior Educators, who are a group of lecturers teaching interior design and architecture. Students were asked to consider space, security, sustainability and social living in their entries.
Hook, line and sinker by St George's Park
- Thursday, 12 April 2012
With fishing growing in popularity and an increasing number of anglers searching for their perfect swim and the next big catch, it’s not surprising that keen fisherman John Baker was hooked when he visited St George’s Park retirement village in Ditchling, East Sussex. Already keen to buy a two bedroom apartment with his wife, he was sold hook, line and sinker when he discovered there was a large fishing lake and several well stocked ponds on site.
When John (79) and Jean (77) Baker first decided to downsize from their four bedroom house in Hove, John remembered reading about St George’s Park and Jean decided to make a visit.
NPPF vital to deal with housing crisis for the elderly
- Tuesday, 03 April 2012
“The Government’s focus on housing delivery is absolutely the right one. Although we would have preferred further planning guidance to facilitate the delivery of a wide range of retirement accommodation, the National Planning Policy Framework is a positive step in the right direction, introducing vital changes to the planning system to help address the housing crisis engulfing older people,” says Gary Day, Land and Planning Director at McCarthy & Stone, Britain’s leading retirement developer.
Is the criticism levied at 'Granny tax' justified? - Peter Girling, Chairman of Girlings Retirement Rentals
- Friday, 23 March 2012
Is the criticism levied at ‘Granny tax’ justified?
Although this year’s budget was ‘unashamedly’ about business and good news for high earners, there were some changes for pensioners.
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