The Close

Retirement housing
Cambridge Street, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1JR
Cambridge Street, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1JR

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Manager's Description

"Sheltered housing is accommodation with support services for older people. As a sheltered housing resident, you have your own self-contained flat (or bungalow) and you can use the scheme’s communal ..." Show more "Sheltered housing is accommodation with support services for older people. As a sheltered housing resident, you have your own self-contained flat (or bungalow) and you can use the scheme’s communal facilities – which will typically include a lounge, kitchen, toilets, laundry, games and hobbies room, hairdressing service and shared gardens. To help you to carry on living independently, you have the reassurance of being linked to the Lifeline 24-hour alarm system." Show less

Main Facts

Retirement housing
Tenure(s): Rent (social landlord)
31 flats, bungalows. Renovated in 1998. Sizes 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom.
Non-resident management staff and Careline alarm service
Stair lift(s), Lounge, Laundry, Guest facilities, Garden, Hairdressing salon
Access to site easy, but less so for less mobile people. Distances: bus stop 200 yards; shop 100 yards; post office 0.25 mile(s); town centre 0.25 mile(s); GP 0.25 mile(s); social centre 0.25 mile(s).
Regular Social activities include: coffee mornings and bingo etc, organised by residents. New residents accepted from 55 years of age.
Housing Authority: Huntingdonshire
Social Care Authority: Cambridgeshire

Info updated: 07/09/2015
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Availability

Many council and housing association lettings in this area are made through a 'Choice Based Lettings' system called Home-Link. See how to register and then bid for properties at: http://www.home-link.org.uk/

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