THE LATEST NEWS FROM OUR VILLAGES

Retirement properties with onsite care facilities are expected to see an increase in popularity due to more retirees needing assistance following the Covid-19 Pandemic.

A New Year, but also a new lockdown! As we all know we are once again facing a more serious position with the Covid-19 pandemic. Infection rates and hospitalisation is climbing and the need to manage the situation in a different way until the vaccine programme is more widely implemented is clear.

Stamp duty relief is set to end on 31^st March 2021, meaning retirees keen to downsize still have time to benefit from it. To guarantee a quick and stress-free move, later living specialist Rangeford Villages at Wadswick Green in Corsham, Wiltshire, is offering a number of services to help them move before the deadline. And, contrary to a common perception, over 60s don’t necessarily have to sell their current home before being able to reserve their chosen apartment.

Hilary moved to Wadswick Green in 2016 and she always joins the Christmas lunch at The Greenhouse Restaurant. She lived in Australia for several years and still has most of her family there, so she appreciates being able to celebrate Christmas with the friends she has at Wadswick Green.

Bill Rex, 83, who has been living at Mickle Hill for 3 years, organised a charity walk to raise funds for Children in Need. As part of this he led 10 residents on a 2-mile walk across the countryside and they successfully raised £680 in donations from residents and members of staff at Mickle Hill.

Our Wadswick Green residents completed a survey in September 2020 on the village team's response to covid-19 so far - review the results....

Take a moment to read our interview with Senior Sales Advisor, Debbie Fellows at Wadswick Green.

"Wadswick Green with its community, amenities and spacious apartments are proving to be very popular ....."

I had lived in the same house for 72 years when I moved into a two bedroom apartment at Mickle Hill on August 6th this year.

I had heard about Mickle Hill through a friend who moved here when it first opened about four years ago and I was always really impressed when I would come to visit. All the facilities looked great and her flat has so much space in it – I was grabbed from the beginning.

Rangeford Villages, the award-winning later living property specialist, hosted a tree-planting ceremony on 24^th September 2020 to launch its newest development, Siddington Park, on the outskirts of Cirencester, capital of the Cotswolds. The village will offer 123 apartments exclusively for the over 60’s, with completion scheduled in summer/autumn 2022. There will be a mixture of one, two and three bed contemporary apartments as well as a wealth of resident focussed facilities.

Rangeford Villages, the award-winning later living property specialist, is looking to purchase new land to develop further contemporary communities for the over 60s. The developer has already committed £90 million to acquiring land during the lockdown period, with plans underway on two upcoming villages in Cirencester and Essex.