Middlesex - Betjeman Close, Pinner

Two bedroom bungalow - £205,000

Betjeman Close is an attractive development of houses, flats and bungalows approached by a short drive and situated off Pinner Road. Car ports are adjacent to the main building with the garden court to the rear and the bungalows forming the western boundary. Altogether there are forty-six retirement properties designed to be easily manageable in a secure and attractive environment. The development was completed in 1987.

Pinner is situated on the River Pinn and was spelt with a ‘y‘ in Speed‘s Tudor atlas of Britain. Today it is an attractive residential area and the High Street has a good range of shops with banks, hairdressers, antique shops and supermarkets. There are restaurants and several public houses nearby. The Queens Head Inn dates from the early eighteenth century. Harrow is within easy reach where there is a mainline railway station.

For further information telephone: 01252 356012

Sussex - Farebrothers, Warnham

Two bedroom bungalow - £130,000

Of particular note, and an exceptionally unusual benefit to leaseholders, is the service charge . This not only covers the repair and maintenance of the main structure of the buildings alongside heating and maintenance of common parts but includes cover for central heating components, hot water supply and water supply pipes within the individual flats. Unlimited use of the laundry room equiped with modern washing/drying facilties is another benefit covered within the service charge. For further information telpehone: 01403 261344

Surrey - Hesketh Close, Cranleigh

Two bedroom first floor flat - £102,000 on 70% equity sharing

Hesketh Close is situated just off Bridge Street and consists of a courtyard of bungalows and apartments with the latter fronting the road. Altogether there are twenty-nine properties, mostly two bedrooms, built in the mid-seventies and set in attractive landscaped grounds about a mile from the centre of the village. The properties have been designed to be easily manageable in a secure environment.

Cranleigh is an attractive market town with a long high street and a full range of shops and services all within easy reach of Hesketh Close. The range of shopping amenities includes several village stores, baker, butchers, florist, greengrocer, banks, hairdressers, optician, travel agent, clothes and antique shops in addition to bookshops and newsagents. Cranleigh has its own library, health centre, dentist and post office.

For entertainment there are top quality restaurants providing a variety of international cuisine, a superb hotel and several excellent public houses. A sociable community atmosphere accounts for the many clubs and societies which abound in the town. Theatres within easy reach include the Yvonne Arnaud at Guildford and the Chichester Festival Theatre. Cranleigh is about ten miles south east of Guildford on the B2128 and about fourteen miles from Dorking. Gatwick Airport is about sixteen miles and Junction 11 of the M23 motorway about fifteen miles. For further information contact Rona Peebles: 01483 275083