The benefits of renting in a retirement community

Renting in a retirement development offers many benefits including the chance to be part of a sociable community. Girlings Retirement Rentals is the specialist letting agent for retirement property and has properties available throughout the UK.

Most properties are let on assured tenancies, giving the same security of tenure as homeownership. An onsite manager ensures the smooth day to day running of the development and there is a 24-hour emergency careline in all apartments and the rent includes services and property maintenance. When Avril Sweeny moved into her retirement apartment in Poplar Court in Lytham St Annes five years ago at the age of 60, it made the transition from working to retirement far easier. At the time she was working in the civil service.

She says, “I retired in November, but it was a blessing in disguise that I moved into a ‘retirement’ development before I retired. I really enjoy the social side of living here now which I didn’t expect when I moved in five years ago. “Retiring from work can mean worrying about how to fill your days but living here there’s so much going on it’s made that transition so much easier. My days are so full I don’t know how I ever had time to work!” Visit the blog on our website for the latest information on living independently in retirement.