Overview
Having purchased a Life Right Endowment to the cottage, residents will enjoy all of the benefits of living in a caring community, but one which still allows for privacy and independence:
- Comfortable accommodation in a 1- or 2-bedroom cottage, most having an adjoining single garage. Excluding the garage, generally the size of a 1-bedroom cottage is 50m², and the 2-bedroom cottage 95m². The majority of 2-bedroom cottages have a sunroom/study in addition. In the recent past the majority of our cottages have been refurbished, with many new residents adding and paying for their own reasonable individual preferences to the refurbishment carried out and paid for by MHA
- A safe, secure environment; all our villages have continuous CCTV coverage of the perimeters with 24/7 offsite monitoring, electrified perimeter fencing and automated gates, and residents are linked to an external Armed Response and Medical Emergency service where help normally arrives within five minutes
- Beautiful gardens and lawns and pathways, with an abundance of established trees
- A village complex which is well managed and maintained, under the supervision and care of a skilled Manager who lives in one of the cottages on the premises
- Management expenses, building insurance, water consumed (but refer section headed Monthly Levy), terrain lighting, being covered via a monthly Levy charged to all residents
- A generous Refund Policy which is based on the original Life Right Endowment, with the balance forfeited to MHA who use that contribution for all external/internal cottage maintenance and refurbishment, and other work in the complexes and for future developments or changes
- Free access to the Frail Care for up to seven days per annum as and when required or available on a temporary basis, for example post-hospital recovery
Our Independent Living villages are:
| Cassia Gardens | Cassia Drive, Sunridge Park | |
| Wesley Gardens | Swallow Crescent, Greenshields Park | |
| Annesley Gardens | Narcissus Street, Westering | |
| Aldersgate | Pheasant Road, Greenshields Park | |
| Maranatha Village | Pickering Street, Newton Park | |
| Irvine Villa | John Avenue, Charlo | |
| Sheariton | Narcissus Street, Westering |
(*excludes the Manager’s cottage/office)
Each village has its own unique characteristics and range of activities, and these might change, as time goes by. Below we give visitors to the website a taste of what is offered per village, and we will keep abreast of the changes, as accurately as possible.