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Improve your finances by downsizing to a retirement community

23 April 2024 – As retirees across the UK struggle with declining real income, My Future Living, the UK’s leading retirement rentals brand, highlights how downsizing this Spring could lead to significant savings and provide a chance to declutter. Following…

Improve your finances by downsizing to a retirement community this spring

As retirees across the UK struggle with declining real income, My Future Living, the UK’s leading retirement rentals brand, highlights how downsizing this Spring could lead to significant savings and provide a chance to declutter. Following the Spring 2024 budget,…

We Traded Our Victorian House for Freedom and Savings

Facing spiralling rent and the ever-growing burden and cost of maintaining their spacious Victorian house and managing the large garden, Paul Jones, a 68-year-old retired landscape gardener and his wife Lindsey, a 63-year-old part-time nurse realised something had to change….

The retirement living evolution – a brighter future for retirement communities.

Written by Dominic Stead, Property Director at My Future Living The recent Autumn Budget brought some positive news for retirees, with the Chancellor reaffirming the government’s support for the full state pension triple lock. Come April 2024, pensioners will receive…

Decorating Your Home For Future Buyers? Don’t Let Colour Cloud Your Thinking

HOMEOWNERS are often told to redecorate their house before they try to sell it by giving it a fresh coat of paint or a new roll of wallpaper. But although it can help add value to a property – there…

Summer holidays spark growing interest in retiring by the sea with lesser known resorts becoming popular

Brits love to holiday by the sea and a report last month by Travelodge[i] showed that 43% will be taking their summer holiday at a UK coastal destination this year, with Cornwall topping the staycation chart, followed by Devon, Isle…

Why hiring a Homesitters means all your pets’ needs are met while you are away

A stunning Egyptian Arab horse, a Shetland pony, plus a Havenese dog, cat and Koi carp are amongst the pets that Homesitters look after when their owner goes away. Aflie the horse, Rupert the pony, dog Theo, cat Noddy and…

Why downsizing and renting in a retirement community could improve your finances in 2023

As the cost of living continues to bite, more people are considering downsizing to meet rising costs. Recent research from Halifax[i] shows one in five (17%) of British homeowners say ‘downsizing’ was something they had considered to help with the…

UK retirement rentals brand, My Future Living celebrates 1st anniversary

UK retirement rentals brand, My Future Living, part of ReSi Property Management Ltd, is celebrating its first anniversary in July. The company has planned a day of celebrations on 13th July in their Taunton headquarters. Tenants across the company’s portfolio…

Retirement rental apartments in Peterborough set for a busy year as retirees choose city living in 2022

A report at the end of last year by think-tank the Social Market Foundation[i] suggested people should be helped to spend their later years in urban retirement housing in towns and city centres rather than heading for the coast or…