| ng number of developments are springing up across | | | | well-appointed flat or go out and do whatever it is |
| the UK for seniors who aren’t quite ready to | | | | you most enjoy. |
| settle into a hum-drum routine. These active | | | | Plus, the freedom that ownership brings can’t |
| retirement communities are changing the face of | | | | be ignored. You’re able to have your own |
| retirement living. Today, people over 55 or 60 have | | | | private phone and post delivery, as well as keep your |
| plenty of options, often in their own back yard, when | | | | pet with you in most cases. Also, you’re able |
| it comes to finding a retirement flat. | | | | to decorate your retirement flat to suit your own |
| Pride of Ownership | | | | taste. And, because someone else is charged with |
| Rather than explaining that you sold your home | | | | ensuring the building itself is properly cared for, you |
| because it was too much to manage, imagine | | | | haven’t got to worry about anything — |
| explaining to your long-time friends and family | | | | that is, apart from how you’re going to spend |
| members that you’ve just invested in a | | | | your free time. |
| modern retirement apartment. Sure, they might roll | | | | Enjoying Your Retirement |
| their eyes at first, but once you’ve explained | | | | The main thing about retirement is that |
| the benefits of living in a new retirement community, | | | | you’ve worked your whole life for it — |
| you’ll be surprised to see how quickly even | | | | so you may as well enjoy yourself now that |
| the most-staunch cynic comes around. | | | | you’ve retired. Many people worry that a |
| After all, a good retirement flat is usually part of a | | | | retirement home won’t suit their lifestyle or |
| bespoke facility designed to meet the needs of | | | | will mean they’re living too far from friends, |
| active seniors. Not only catering to your desire to be | | | | family and colleagues to socialise properly throughout |
| part of a bustling community, but also providing the | | | | the year. However, today’s active retirement |
| reassurance of a safe, maintenance-free | | | | housing options provide flats and apartments for |
| environment. | | | | people across the UK — often very near their |
| Freedom of Choice | | | | existing home. |
| Because retirement housing has specific controls | | | | A good retirement home will help you make the |
| relating to who can live in the flats of any given | | | | transition by providing support for you and your |
| development, you won’t have to worry about | | | | family, such as a moving service, a welcoming |
| loud music keeping you up at night or having your | | | | reception area and those homey touches that make |
| cookout spoilt by hooligans in the nearby park. | | | | the community areas of the development more |
| Instead, you can engage in a friendly conversation | | | | friendly than clinical. What’s more, active |
| with the neighbours in an owners’ lounge, | | | | retirement communities are packed with like-minded |
| have your family over for a meal in your | | | | seniors interested in making the most of their time. |