Property News · August 17, 2017

Leaseholding as the utopian alternative | Letters


Cohousing schemes save up their ground rents for improvements and for emergencies, writes Jane BlackburnI write in support of Stephen Hill’s letter (It’s not leaseholds that are the problem, 4 August). Leasehold tenure is the choice of many utopian communities, from the garden cities of the early 20th century to the cohousing schemes now emerging in Britain.At Cannock Mill Cohousing Colchester, we have taken matters into our own hands to get the retirement lifestyle we want – because there isn’t enough choice in today’s property market for people retiring. We are developing a spacious site so that we can downsize to something appealing for our later years, which we intend to manage ourselves. Continue reading…

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