insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 06 - August 2015 | Page 96

PROPERTY

RETIREMENT PROPERTIES
IN HOT DEMAND
The first phase sold out quickly and Retirement Villages is now building
a further 46 one- and two-bedroom apartments and three one-bedroom
bungalows to the rear of the main residents’ clubhouse – Charters Towers. It
offers a range of communal facilities available for the exclusive use of
residents including restaurant, bar, library, conservatory, small shop, and
galleried lounge. 
Charters Towers has been part of the area’s landscape for around 100
years. The building was the centrepiece of the world-renowned dance and
drama school, the Bush Davies School, for much of the last century. During
that time, the school’s theatre played host to such names as Dame Margot
Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev.
Many of the original features in Charters Towers have been carefully restored
and refurbished to become part of the fabric of the new community.

Demand for the next phase of properties just released at Charters Village
– an age-exclusive retirement village near East Grinstead – has been
exceptional. Eight properties worth a total of £3.6m have been reserved
within the first two weeks of release.

“The levels of interest in Phase Two have been amazing,” said Retirement
Villages’ sales consultant Gill Davies.

The village was named Best Retirement Scheme in the UK and collected
a silver in the What House? Awards. Both accolades were more special
because they were judged by acknowledged industry experts.

Prices on phase two start from £335,000. For more information call the sales
and marketing suite on 01342 870871

Everyone Needs Good Neighbours
The idea of being
friends with your
neighbour is high on
the agenda for people
in East Grinstead with
more than a third
wanting to know them
better.
Research from Barratt
Homes reveals that the
desire for community
spirit is alive and well and those living in new homes are leading the way.
They are already the most likely to socialise with their neighbours.
Already 15 per cent of those living in new homes socialise with their
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