Nobody expects moving home to be easy, but we’re here to help you every step of the way; from the moment you make a reservation, through to the day you move in. Our Smooth Move service ensures everything goes like clockwork, which includes helping with the cost*.

To find our more please call 0800 201 4811.

*T&Cs apply
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Over 70s retirement property for sale in Chelmsford, Essex

Call 0800 201 4811 now or sign up for updates to find out more about these superb new retirement homes in Chelmsford, Essex.

Miami House is Retirement Living Plus development, built specifically for the over 70's. If you like to be close to the capital, but still far enough away to relax during retirement, then Chelmsford is the ideal spot, with its grand cathedral, peaceful parks and major racecourse.

Retirement Living with a big plus

Our properties for sale in Chelmsford, Essex offer you the complete privacy of your own spacious apartment, but with a friendly community outside your front door – and assisted living services to support you too.

Independence combined with support 

  • There’s a friendly manager on-site 24/7 
  • An hour’s domestic support each week is included – but you can have more if you want it. 
  • Tailored personal care should you need it.  

Apartments designed with you in mind 

All these retirement homes are cleverly designed with smart yet stylish features, like easy turn taps, to make life easier now and in the future. Low maintenance, warm and elegant, with the latest security and safety features built in, most of our homeowners enjoy cheaper bills. Parking is available and well-behaved pets are welcome

Key development information

Miami House

View on map Princes Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9GE View on map

Opening hours: By Appointment Only

0800 201 4811

Purchase

  • 2 beds from £449,000

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Our service charge explained

Retirement Living Plus benefits

  • Domestic support – one hour of cleaning (or similar) per week is included and we have a range of additional cleaning and laundry services available.
  • Low maintenance – with the bigger jobs, like gardening and window cleaning, taken care of there’s more time to enjoy the good things in life.
  • Tailored lifestyle support – if you need a helping hand now, or in the future, we can support you with personal grooming, shopping, convalescence and more.
  • Sociable – full independence in your own home, with your own front door, a welcoming community and lots of activities– so loneliness is never a problem.
  • Sociable – full independence in your own home, with your own front door, a welcoming community and lots of activities– so loneliness is never a problem.
  • Beautifully designed apartments – with lifts to all floors, walk-in showers, contemporary easy-to-use kitchens–and plenty of storage.
  • A chef-run bistro/restaurant – serving subsidised seasonal fresh food daily in a stylish and sociable setting. Friends and family are welcome too.
  • Shared space and amenities – including a guest suite to make hosting simple, a communal lounge and lovely landscaped gardens.
  • Independent but secure – you’ll feel safe and sound with a 24/7 emergency alarm and friendly staff on-site day and night.

Development highlights

  • Located in quiet residential area next to Oaklands Park
  • On-site restaurant serving cooked meals and light bites
  • A selected range of personal care packages tailored to your needs
  • 24 hour assistance (365 days a year)
  • 24 hour assistance (365 days a year)
  • Wheelchair accessibility and domestic assistance
  • Car parking available
  • Beautiful private south-facing landscaped gardens
  • 24 hour emergency call system

Key features Key features for Miami House retirement properties

  • Wheelchair access
  • Lifts to all floors
  • Camera entry system
  • 24/7 call system
  • Lounge Wi-Fi access
  • Estates Manager
  • Bistro
  • Balconies
  • Guest suite
  • Close to amenities

Explore retirement properties at Miami House

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These properties are available for sale

When you decide to buy, we’re here to support you every step of the way from selling your existing home to packing up and settling into your new one. Ask us about Part Exchange and Smooth Move.

The properties at this development are leasehold properties with a term of 999 years from and including 01/01/2018

You can buy properties on this development. If you’d like to own your retirement property, we can help make the move as stress-free as possible, including support with packing and removals. If you have a home to sell, we can even act as a cash buyer, so you’ll avoid chains and estate agent fees.

That depends on your individual circumstances, but in many cases, service charges are lower than like-for-like costs in a previous property. Our research shows you could save over £2,300 a year on household bills in a McCarthy & Stone retirement apartment when compared to a typical home*. Read about how we can save money on your cost of living.

Call 0800 201 4811 or contact us online to find out more about our service charges.

*Typical net saving when running a McCarthy & Stone Retirement Living apartment when compared to the cost of running a typical home is £2,312 per year. Source: Internal research carried out by McCarthy & Stone, 2022. Based on information from Address Intelligence using a combination of census, EPC, and planning permission.

Usually people take between 12 to 16 weeks to complete the purchase of their new retirement home, but we will try to be as flexible as possible to suit your individual circumstances.

Once you’ve reserved your retirement property, it’s likely you’ll need to sell your current home. Part exchange means you'll have a cash buyer for your property, making the process quicker and easier.

Our Part Exchange offer includes:

  • Certainty: relax in the knowledge that you’ll move in on a set date and that the sale price is fixed.
  • Convenience: enjoy a stress-free way to sell your home without redecorating or having to prepare your home for viewings.
  • Access: to your sold property for up to two weeks after completion.
  • Financial benefits:  there is no need to pay for estate agent fees and we’ll provide up to £1,000 towards solicitor fees*.
  • A smooth move: our part exchange offer includes a free specialist removals service

Part Exchange in just 3 simple steps:

  1. Valuation:
    Three independent local estate agents and a surveyor will value your property.
  2. Offer:
    You’ll receive an offer from us based on these valuations. There’s no obligation to accept, and you may get a higher price on the open market. It’s up to you whether the benefits of part exchange outweigh this.
  3. Sold:
    Should you accept this offer, we’ll work with your legal representatives to finalise the contracts — and even contribute £1,000 towards your solicitor fees*.

*T&Cs apply. Read the full T&Cs.

We have an expert resales team for people selling our retirement properties, with an extensive database of customers waiting to move in. This helps us to sell faster and at a better price than traditional estate agents, and the majority of our resale prices increase in net value. View resale retirement homes.

How much is the service charge?

Buying?

Standard service charge model*

Pay a regular weekly cost and a 1% contingency fee when you sell your property.

  • £199.72 2 bedroom apartment

Read more about service charge options or call us on 0800 201 4811

* Service charge cost per week, reviewed annually. Examples show prices available at this development.

Your service charge covers the services and amenities you enjoy at this development for a safe, comfortable, sociable and happy retirement. It includes things like wages for your on-site team, security systems and keeping communal spaces and gardens spick and span—and it’s all provided at cost price.

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What is included in the service charge

  • Electricity, heating and lighting (communal areas)
  • Water and sewage (communal areas and apartments)
  • Professional fees
  • Maintenance of building and gardens
  • Emergency call system
  • Building insurance
  • Income from Guest Suite and sundry income
  • Development staff
  • Future maintenance fund
  • Restaurant
  • Domestic assistance
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You could save thousands of pounds with a move to McCarthy & Stone

From savings on household bills, to avoiding the cost of home adaptions and renovations, with care on hand so you live independently for longer.

Find out more

Key features of our retirement properties

Frequently asked questions

Find out more with our FAQs. Still got a question? Call our friendly team on 0800 201 4811 or get in touch online.

Retirement Living Plus allows you to lead an independent lifestyle with optional assisted living facilities on hand if you need them. Exclusively for those aged 70 and over, you’ll benefit from luxurious and low-maintenance retirement apartments in fabulous UK locations, alongside an on-site restaurant/bistro, a manager on-site 24-hours and the option of bespoke domestic and personal care packages.

Exclusively for those over 70, Retirement Living Plus developments provide an independent lifestyle with assisted living facilities and additional lifestyle and care services as and when you need them. There’s an on-site restaurant/bistro providing delicious meals every day in a sociable environment and a member of our management team is on-site 24 hours-a-day, 365 days a year to provide reassurance.

  • An hour’s domestic assistance every week is included in the service charge. This is for light cleaning of your apartment. We also offer a range of additional services on a pay as you go basis such as laundry and bedding change, shopping and general errands including prescription collection, help with technology and paperwork and lots more.
  • For those who may need it, we can provide personal care and support packages, these are individually tailored to suit your needs, and can cover any aspect of personal care. We are also here if you’d like and extra companionship or to escort you to your favourite activities. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and our rates are highly competitive and our staff team fully trained and supervised.
  • Care and support services are delivered by our staff who are employed on-site.
  • You only pay for additional care and support when you  need it. We understand things change in life so you can dial up or down the support you receive from us at any time, putting you in control.

We can arrange a private and confidential Wellbeing Assessment to put a personalised support  plan in place, which means you have all the care and support you need from the moment you move in. Talk to us on 0800 201 4811 or get in touch online to find out more about our flexible care and support packages.

Our Retirement Living Plus assisted living properties include ‘hidden care’ designed so people can age in place in style and comfort. This includes telecare technology so if you choose, we can remotely monitor your wellbeing without being intrusive to your privacy.

Our apartments are designed with waist-height ovens and plug sockets, slip-resistant flooring, hearing loops for the TV and lever taps in the bathrooms, as standard. Our retirement properties are also designed to be usable by people with mobility aids/walkers as well as being easily adapted to be wheelchair users. It’s also just as important that the homes look beautiful and feel homely. We design homes people feel proud and happy to live in where any adaptations are as discreet as possible.

To make life easier:

  • There are lifts to all floors
  • Apartments are fitted with personal emergency alarms, as well as integrated fire alarms and camera entry systems.
  • As well as having a contemporary kitchen in their own apartment, customers can eat at the bistro-style restaurant on-site.
  • There are sociable shared areas, including a homeowners’ lounge, function room and maintained gardens.
  • Our sites offer a calendar of events, clubs and activities to suit all interests.
  • Having guests and relatives stay over is easy as they are welcome to stay overnight in our guest suites.
  • One hour of domestic assistance per week is included in the service charge.
  • Have the security of knowing additional care and support is available from our in-house staff teams, if any, when you want it. 
  • There are staff on-site 24/7 day and night, so always someone here should you need help.

Service charges cover the day-to-day costs of management and maintenance within our retirement developments, such as the heating and cleaning of communal areas, buildings insurance and redecoration. They are tightly regulated by national legislation and must relate to the management services provided within the development, not to construction or repair costs. Our service charges are ‘pass through’ costs which we do not mark up in any way. They are the costs of running your development.

Our service charge varies from development to development reflecting their different sizes and facilities, but they are calculated in the same way across the country.

Costs in Retirement Living Plus developments are higher than in Retirement Living developments to reflect the increased staffing costs, the provision of care and lifestyle support packages, and the table-service restaurants/bistros provided on-site.

Call 0800 201 4811 or contact us online to find out more about our service charges.

Yes. Most of our retirement developments are more than happy for you to move in with a well-behaved pet – most of our retirement rentals are pet friendly too. Call 0800 201 4811 for details, contact us online or read more about our pet-friendly policy.

Meet the team at Miami House

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Samantha

Sales

Having worked in the sales & lettings industry for 15 years prior to joining McCarthy & Stone in 2021, I can honestly say I love my job. I am proud to be part of the rental team, we put our customers first and foremost. I enjoy each day as they are never the same. I love supporting customers and their families while we find the perfect retirement living apartment

Chelmsford is home to the second-smallest Cathedral in England

Retirement living in Chelmsford

With a busy city centre, a thriving cultural scene and dozens of fantastic events and festivals throughout the year, Chelmsford is an ideal spot for an active retirement. With our retirement properties in Chelmsford, you’ll be right in the heart of the local community, so you can spend your retirement doing the things you love.

Local retirees enjoy:

  • An abundance of amenities including plenty of cafes, bars, restaurants, theatres, museums and independent retailers. 
  • Sporting events like the famous Chelmsford Races or watching Chelmsford Football Club play at the Melbourne Stadium.
  • A strong community with numerous clubs, societies and events to keep you busy.
  • The town is surrounded by beautiful countryside and country parks, but also offers easy access to the attractions of London.
More information about Chelmsford

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Welcome Wednesday

You’ll meet our friendly team and have the opportunity to chat to some of the homeowners who already call Haydn Place home.

Whilst you’re here, you may wish to take a tour of our stunning show properties and discover the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle for yourself.

Feel free to bring your family and friends along too.

Haydn Place Welcome Wednesday
Welcome Wednesday
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Brighten Road, Southend- on Sea, Essex, SS1 1PP

Every Wednesday, you can join us and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and light refreshments in the Homeowners Lounge.

You’ll meet our friendly team and have the opportunity to chat to some of the homeowners who already call Haydn Place home.

Whilst you’re here, you may wish to take a tour of our stunning show properties and discover the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle for yourself.

Feel free to bring your family and friends along too.

Information Day - Morning

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Witham Bungalows Information Day - Morning
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Benton Hall Golf & Country Club, Wickham Hill, Witham, Essex, CM8 3LH

Join us at our first Information Day to find out more about Witham Bungalows. We’re delighted to be rolling out the red carpet, welcoming you in and showing you what’s in store at our new Retirement Living development in Witham, Essex.

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Information Day - Morning

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Witham Information Day - Morning
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Benton Hall Golf & Country Club, Wickham Hill, Witham, Essex, CM8 3LH

Join us at our first Information Day to find out more about Witham. We’re delighted to be rolling out the red carpet, welcoming you in and showing you what’s in store at our new Retirement Living development in Witham, Essex.

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Last Chance to Buy Open Day

You’ll meet our friendly team and have the opportunity to chat to some of the homeowners who already call Laburnums home.

Whilst you’re here, you may wish to take a tour of our stunning show properties and discover the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle for yourself.

Laburnums Last Chance to Buy Open Day
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20 Chalkwell Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 8NA

Come along for a chance to view our final remaining apartments and see for yourself why so many homeowners tell us they wish they'd made their move sooner.

You’ll meet our friendly team and have the opportunity to chat to some of the homeowners who already call Laburnums home.

Whilst you’re here, you may wish to take a tour of our stunning show properties and discover the McCarthy & Stone lifestyle for yourself.

Information Day - Afternoon

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Witham Bungalows Information Day - Afternoon
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Benton Hall Golf & Country Club, Wickham Hill, Witham, Essex, CM8 3LH

Join us at our first Information Day to find out more about Witham Bungalows. We’re delighted to be rolling out the red carpet, welcoming you in and showing you what’s in store at our new Retirement Living development in Witham, Essex.

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Information Day - Afternoon

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

Witham Information Day - Afternoon
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Benton Hall Golf & Country Club, Wickham Hill, Witham, Essex, CM8 3LH

Join us at our first Information Day to find out more about Witham. We’re delighted to be rolling out the red carpet, welcoming you in and showing you what’s in store at our new Retirement Living development in Witham, Essex.

Please join us to take a closer look, find out more about reservations and pricing, and enjoy some light refreshments. Feel free to bring along family or friends too.

Book your place at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club from 11am for the morning presentation or 2pm for the afternoon presentation.

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Smooth Move

Smooth Move

Nobody expects moving home to be easy, but we’re here to help you every step of the way; from the moment you make a reservation, through to the day you move in. Our Smooth Move service ensures everything goes like clockwork, which includes helping with the cost*.

To find our more please call 0800 201 4811.

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