Sandcastles, Scarborough: a new way of later living

The new Later Living by Lovell development, Sandcastles, is coming to Middle Deepdale, providing a selection of single and two-storey freehold homes exclusively developed for the over 55s. The established property business and 5-star builder has designed this new vibrant community for later living to sit alongside and compliment the growing Middle Deepdale new community.

The Later Living team have not only thoughtfully and tastefully designed the homes through their customer’s eyes, they are offering these to their customers freehold with assurance of no hidden charges or exit fees, very different to traditional leasehold retirement developments; plus they are dedicated to providing a high quality customer experience service right from the initial enquiry through to the end of their guarantee.

Built for now and the future

Sandcastles has been designed with the homeowner in mind. First and foremost these are real homes for real people, designed with features that are stylish and modern, and with options available so that each home can be easily personalised to individual needs; ensuring your home fits your lifestyle all while being a home you’d be proud to welcome family and friends to as visitors.

With clever design features built in from the start, each home is ready to adapt to anything you may need in the future; whether that’s increasing door widths for ease of access, converting the cupboard included on each floor of two storey homes to allow for the installation of a through floor lift, or the selection of specially designed kitchen cabinets and accessories that ensure ongoing ease of use. Simply put, Later Living by Lovell has envisaged life through the eyes of their customers to create homes that can ‘flex’ easily over time, when it is needed.

As with all new build homes, ordering ‘off plan’ allows customer to secure their preferred plot on the site, but in addition Later Living by Lovell want customers to feel the excitement of designing their own home and being party to seeing it evolve, individual to them. Although, the intelligent design ensures that many of the optional adaptions offered in a Later Living by Lovell home can also be completed in later years with no major works required as each home is built with easy ‘knockout’ panels, anchor points and drainage infrastructure plus hidden wiring.

So, whether you choose to select all your optional adaptions from day one or later, each customer can be confident their home can be personalised as much or as little as they wish.

The development includes two and three-bedroom bungalows, three-bedroom chalet bungalows, two-bedroom houses and two-bedroom cottage apartments with their own front door. All the homes are designed as lifelong homes, offered for sale as freehold tenure with no hidden extra ongoing charges, allowing each customer choice and control to invest in both a home which meets their individual needs and aspirations, and a lifestyle they can love and feel secure in.

The future is built in

Smart technology can be put to full use at Sandcastles with the SMART range from the Later Living by Lovell SELECT upgrades; including digitally operated lighting systems, digital doorbells, the option to sync your existing Smart devices and access to safety features which can alert loved ones in the event of a problem...a Smart, energy efficient home that can work with you as you age, when you need it.

A new approach to later living

Managing Director Paula Broadbent has spent decades delivering services for older people and new homes for later living, and by continually talking to her customers over that time and engaging nationwide customer research, she has shaped the Later Living by Lovell business to meet people’s needs, expectations and aspirations in later life.

She is committed to fairness and transparency and has ensured that Later Living by Lovell can guarantee that there will be no hidden ongoing charges and no exit fees – “once you buy your home, either with or without a mortgage, we will ask for nothing more.”

Paula said: “Our approach is to challenge what has traditionally been on offer to people in later life. Our research proved people want more choice and more control over the lifestyle they live, and the home in which they live as they approach older age. But the current later living marketplace does not meet these expectations and I made a commitment to challenge the status quo to develop and offer a desirable alternative to what is currently available.

“We are creating individual homes in communities where people can live alongside like-minded people, not in a gated village, but where our customers can choose to live as part of or close by existing neighbourhoods, together. We want our customers to enjoy their lives to the fullest in sustainable, energy efficient life-long homes which they can personalise to meet their needs and aspirations. We offer appropriate choices, so they can create a home they will love, all set within a community placed within a community built with them in mind.”

About the area

Everything you need to live well and age well is available in Middle Deepdale and Scarborough. Sandcastles is in the heart of Middle Deepdale, sat alongside the nature reserve The Dell with easy access to the iconic coastline of Scarborough. Set in a desirable part of Yorkshire; about half a mile from Cayton beach, a short trip in to Seamer or Filey and less than three miles from Scarborough town centre, the development is ideally positioned with access to all the facilities you could want.

Reservations opening soon

Paula added: “We are excited to launch our new development, Sandcastles, and are busy planning our upcoming ‘Meet the Developer’ event in Scarborough, to be held in September, where we want to help you to learn more about our lifelong homes and how Sandcastles is being created with our customers in mind.

“The Later Living Customer Experience team will be available to help you begin your journey to selecting a Later Living by Lovell home, and we very much look forward to presenting you with a truly fresh approach to age exclusive later living.

“Please look out for further details of this event in the coming weeks.”

You can also visit the website or contact them via email: [email protected] for further details.