Later living

Later living

High-quality accommodation for people over 55 years of age
Later living

High-quality accommodation for people over 55 years of age

Springfields Independent Living, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Later living

High-quality accommodation for people over 55 years of age
Later living

High-quality accommodation for people over 55 years of age

Hale End Court Independent living
Later living

High-quality accommodation for people over 55 years of age
Later living

High-quality accommodation for people over 55 years of age

As the UK's population ages, we're helping councils, operators and care providers create later-living homes where people can live independently, comfortably and connected to their community.

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We build across the full spectrum of later living, from care homes and extra-care developments where help is always close at hand, to large, self-contained retirement villages. It's a significant part of our housing work, and one where the quality and care we build in really matters.

Ty Darran Later Living Scheme in Caerphilly

A blueprint for council developed later living accommodation, built in Caerphilly

Watkins House

Joint residential development venture in Harrow sees Willmott Dixon construct Watkins House

Homewood Grove

State-of-the-art new retirement living community for the over 60s

Designed around how people want to live

The best later-living schemes start with the resident, not the building. At Ty Darran in Caerphilly - 45 apartments for residents aged 60 and over, completed in 2025 - independence, comfort and connection shaped every decision, combining private apartments with landscaped gardens and welcoming communal spaces so residents can choose company or privacy as they please. Caerphilly Homes called it "unlike anything we've delivered before" and intends to use it as a blueprint for years to come.

At Homewood Grove, we created a 116-apartment community for Rangeford Villages complete with a wellbeing centre, gym, bistro and salon.

Built to the highest standards of care

For people who depend on their environment, build quality is not negotiable.

A carpet edge that could cause a trip, or a heating system that fails in winter, can have serious consequences - so we hand over snag-free homes, with the complex mechanical and electrical systems that specialist care requires delivered right first time. We design to recognised standards including HAPPI (Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation) and Lifetime Homes, with accessibility, safety and ease of daily living built in throughout.

Net zero later living

Older residents on fixed incomes feel energy costs acutely, so sustainability is central to how we build. Millfield Green in Bedfordshire - delivered for Inspired Villages and Legal & General Capital - is a net zero in operation retirement village, using ground source heat pumps, rooftop solar and heat-recovery ventilation, with EV charging and a five-year, four-phase programme set to create 200 apartments.

At Croes Atti 2 in Flint, our £18m, 56-bed care home for Flintshire County Council is designed to be net zero carbon in operation and to achieve BREEAM Excellent.

Partnership with councils and specialist operators

Later living demands close collaboration between client, contractor and specialist partners.

Croes Atti 2 is our third project for Flintshire County Council; Ty Darran was delivered hand-in-hand with the council-owned housebuilder Caerphilly Homes and specialist partner Caledan as a single integrated team; and at Springfields in Ashby-de-la-Zouch we worked with emh care & support to create an intergenerational independent-living community of 65 homes.

Examples of our work

Ty Darran, Caerphilly — 45 later-living apartments for the over-60s; a council blueprint for future schemes.
Croes Atti 2, Flint — an £18m, 56-bed net zero, BREEAM Excellent care home with dementia and step-down care.
Millfield Green, Bedfordshire — a net zero in operation retirement village, growing to 200 apartments.
Homewood Grove — a 116-apartment retirement community for Rangeford Villages.
Watkins House, Harrow — 58 extra-care homes and 20 shared-ownership homes in a joint venture for Harrow Churches Housing Association and Octavia.