Less worry but lots more fun

LEAVING their three-bedroom family home in Coventry to downsize into a smaller flat in Newquay was a big move for Michael and Barbara Sammons.

But having made it the couple are now thoroughly enjoying the seaside retirement they had dreamed of.

Former builder Michael, 71, said: “It’s a big move to make at our age but maintenance, gardening, DIY and other responsibilities are all things I

Michael and Barbara swapped a family semi for smaller home in Cornwall don’t have to worry about any more. The apartment is so easy to look after, we can just spend our time socialising and enjoying ourselves.

“We can’t believe our luck to have found somewhere so nice and the developers Churchill did everything to make sure it went smoothly.”

A one-bedroom flat in the couple’s Perran Lodge development costs around £260,000.