Eco-friendly retirement homes planned for Kirk Hammerton

A proposed development of 61 retirement homes in a North Yorkshire village will be carbon neutral, the company behind the scheme has said.   Energy for the homes at Kirk Hammerton, between Harrogate and York, would come from solar panels and heat pumps.   Developers SageHaus said the properties were needed due to an increasing… Continue reading Eco-friendly retirement homes planned for Kirk Hammerton

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Financial Times advice on downsizing

Very interesting article released by the Financial Times on the benefits as well as advice for mature buyers looking to downsize their current home. Highlights below:   A survey by investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown survey this year found that 22 per cent of respondents planned to downsize. In a recent poll of 2,000 people aged… Continue reading Financial Times advice on downsizing

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The UK’s bungalow crisis

An article in the Daily Mail recently highlighted the extent of the bungalow crisis in the UK Daily Mail bungalows article October 2019   Headline statistics as below:   Almost two thirds of over-65s want bungalow built exclusively for older home-buyers . There are about 2 million bungalows in the UK – with just 2,418… Continue reading The UK’s bungalow crisis

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