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  • Property advice

Renting Was The Most Viable Option

Renting in retirement is becoming far more commonplace for today’s over-60s, especially as it means being able to live in an area where they wouldn’t necessarily be able to buy. 

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  • Hobbies & interests

Couple Forge New Friendships in Retirement

Leslie and Ann Harpin, 87 and 81 recently made the decision to move to McCarthy & Stone’s Isabella House Retirement Living development in Hertford. The couple are not only enjoying spending more time together, they also have a new group of friends who they refer to as their extended family. 

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  • News & community

New Apartment Ticks Every Box

Read what our brand new residents had to say about their McCarthy & Stone apartment. Is it everything they expected it to be?

 Lady Mary Peters Celebrates with Retirees in Market Harborough
  • News & community

Lady Mary Peters Celebrates with Retirees in Market Harborough

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  • News & community

Firefighters give 100-year-old Doris a lift

Homeowner Doris celebrated her 100th birthday with a special party and surprise visit at her McCarthy & Stone retirement home in Whitley Bay.

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  • Health & wellbeing

Stephen overcomes loneliness to start a new life in Beccles

Loneliness was a feeling that was no stranger to Dr Stephen Hubbard, following the death of his wife, Joan, last year.

 Phil Dollin McCarthy & Stone homeowner shares artistic talent
  • News & community

Retirement Living homeowners in Thatcham hold art exhibition

Artist Phil, 86, and friends at McCarthy & Stone’s Turner Place and William House in Thatcham, put on an exhibition of their work and raised money for charity too.

 Carole Langford
  • Friends & family

Turner Place Thatcham testimonial McCarthy & Stone

Moving closer to family has been brilliant for retiree Carole. Read about her experience of retirement living in Thatcham, Berkshire.

 Patricia Flack and her partner Michael Pearson enjoy the garden at Lancer House
  • News & community

Patricia Flack on retirement living in Colchester

When Patricia Flack and her partner, Michael Pearson, decided to downsize from their terraced house in the centre of Colchester, they took one look at McCarthy & Stone’s Lancer House retirement development nearby and were instantly won over by the lifestyle on offer.