by jdecc | May 26, 2026 | Media
The ‘unsellable’ retirement homes scandal: How Brits are losing millions of pounds as values plunge by up to 95% due to restrictive leases and high service charges
by jdecc | Apr 13, 2026 | Blog
The Leasehold Reform Act is being hailed as the biggest British property shakeup in the last 100 years. And it is hitting some retirement community property developers harder than others The problems with leasehold Since the 1920s a form of property...
by jdecc | Mar 30, 2026 | Blog
Dutiful son issues stark warning about the ‘realities’ of trusting retirement community giant McCarthy Stone (formerly McCarthy & Stone) with an elderly relative’s physical and financial wellbeing Clive and Lilian In 2019 Clive...
by jdecc | Mar 16, 2026 | Blog
Retirement community property scandals have been hitting the headlines recently. What is being done to protect consumers? The problem We are all getting older. One minute we are 20, invincible and fierce. The next we are unable to pick something up off the floor...
by jdecc | Mar 2, 2026 | Blog
Hard hitting BBC investigation exposes critical levels of empty ‘unsellable’ UK retirement flats Solutions for the semi-dependent elderly Our rapidly ageing UK population requires that we re-evaluate traditional approaches to caring for our...