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Foyle Bank

Foyle Bank

Foyle Bank Way, Castletown, Portland, Dorset DT5 1BA (view on map).
Manager: Housing 21, 9 Avro Court, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 6WG Tel. 0870 192 4400
Properties:48 flats, bungalows. Sizes 1bed, 2bed. Includes mobility standard & wheelchair properties. Opened in 2005.
Services:Extra Care scheme with non-resident management staff and community alarm service.
Facilities:Lift, lounge, dining room, laundry, guest facilities, garden, hairdressing salon.
Accessibility:Access to site fairly easy. Distances: bus stop 500 yards; shop 800 yards; post office 1.5 mile(s); town centre 0.5 mile(s); GP 100 yards; social centre 0.5 mile(s).
Lifestyle:Regular social activities include bingo, coffee mornings, trips, sales. Some meals available (lunchtime meal, 365 days a year). Scheme for, or of particular interest to: Registered disabled people over 55.
Pets:Both cats & dogs accepted (not to be replaced), at Manager's discretion - depends on property and size of anim.
Tenure:Shared Ownership and Rent (social landlord).
Cost:From £105,000 at Jul 2006.
Manager's notes:We are a new scheme that opened in October 2005. At present care is not provided on site but this is about to go out to tender.
We have a very good relationship with the GP surgery which is located next door.
The local chemist provides delivery on two days every week.
A very active social club is organised by the tenants.
Info updated:21/12/2006.
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Housing 21

Memberships

This scheme’s landlord / manager is a member of the Association of Retirement Housing Managers, and therefore bound by its Code of Practice.
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