Senior Real Estate Options
Staying at Home
Research suggests that 65% of older people wish to stay living in their own homes for as long as possible. Careful choice of a house can make it easier to stay in your own home. The choice of the suburb can also make ageing in place possible. Senior Real Estate is here to help with this.
Learn about ageing in place, whether your home is right for you, and what to look for when buying in the future.
Easy care villages and suburbs with Capital Gain
There are some excellent Tauranga villages, apartments and suburbs with low-maintenance, easy care properties and many are designed with empty nesters, retirees and downsizers in mind. Some villages have common areas maintained by management or a body corporate. They range from Freehold to Leasehold to owning your house and paying a ground rental. Some offer all capital gain back, others a significant proportion. This type of housing is a speciality for Senior Real Estate.
License to Occupy Villages
Entry to most of the lifestyle retirement villages is by the purchase of a License to Occupy for a chosen villa or apartment. There are varying age restrictions to entry but most are 65+.
Lifestyle villages are a good choice if you desire security and companionship and aren't too worried about the loss of capital gain and having a License to Occupy rather than owning your home.
There are more than 30 villages providing Tauranga retirement housing, ranging from large corporate village to boutique privately owned villages. It's good to do your research as each village offers something different and attracts different types of retirees.
