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Re Retirement Village - Helen (12th May 2007 - 12:38:11) Now that we have had the go ahead for the retirment village,obviously for the older generation, on the old King Georges site,perhaps we can have something for the younger generation on the dissused osu site. That way hopefully everyone will have something and perhaps then most people will be satisfied.

Re: Re Retirement Village - oscar (12th May 2007 - 12:47:56) I agree.. Something is needed to keep the kids off the streets and away from trouble. All they seem to do is hang around sainsburys. I fear drugs are bigger amongst the teenagers than any of us can imagine . A youth club with a leader the kids can look up to would be great. Also with all these elderly people moving into the area we will need another doctors surgery to cope with them .. OSCAR

Re: Re Retirement Village - Sally (12th May 2007 - 13:02:02) A good idea,something like the spectrum up ay Guildford would be nice, they have in there a swimming pool,bowling alley,ice-skating rink and somewhere to eat.If there is enough room maybe a cinema could also be built in.

Re: Re Retirement Village - gen (12th May 2007 - 18:56:46) Oscar - how about a crematorium?

Re: Re Retirement Village - Mammal (15th May 2007 - 11:23:20) Very amusing -gen I know. How 'bout two identical residential luxury towers exclusive for Parish/District Councillors and their charming property developing friends who do so much for the community.

Re: Re Retirement Village - Chris (15th May 2007 - 14:43:29) ...made of ivory perhaps? Furnished with a nice cupboard containing the cogent traffic survey documentation.

Re: Re Retirement Village - oscar (16th May 2007 - 09:39:37) Very good Gen. There is not a funeral directors in liphook!!! Anything that keeps the kids safe and out of trouble would be fantastic. oscar

Re: Re Retirement Village - Candyfloss (16th May 2007 - 18:19:44) What about a skateboard park, and a basket ball. netball or tennis courts??

Re: Re Retirement Village - Mammal (17th May 2007 - 06:36:01) How about a magical chocolate factory, or an enchanted forest with lots of pixies and elves?

Re: Re Retirement Village - candyfloss (17th May 2007 - 09:15:44) Mammal Oh really, cant you see them already? Perhaps you are not magical enough!! The local authorities must be, because nothing else is on offer!!

Re: Re Retirement Village - oscar (17th May 2007 - 10:46:23) I think a lot of the kids see better things than that in their drug induced states. There is a skate park that the skate kids use during the day. Then the other kids smash bottles over it in the evenings . This is the problem when a small village grows into a town . Liphook used to be a great place to grow up !!! oscar...

Re: Re Retirement Village - Candyfloss (17th May 2007 - 18:55:02) Oscar Out of interest, what did your generation do for amusement in the 'good old days'?

Re: Re Retirement Village - Barbara (18th May 2007 - 14:04:07) I think people are being misled by the term retirement village. The housing is going to be for the over 55s so how many people can afford to retire at that age? Also only one person need be over 55 I would imagine.

Re: Re Retirement Village - Sue W (18th May 2007 - 18:25:13) Barbara, Very true, many do not retire until their 70's, but also many a man in his 50's, have second families, will children be allowed here?.

Re: Re Retirement Village - Barbara (23rd May 2007 - 11:21:49) I wouldnt think so, also the apartments will be designed with only communal gardens which will have a seperate mainetance charge. I would imagine that any property will be sold on a long lease basis not freehold as the developers will retain ownership of the land in order to sxtract service and maintenance charges, and I would think people with children would not buy on that basis.

Re: Re Retirement Village - Sue W (23rd May 2007 - 20:31:22) Barbara, Just to be a bit pickky, and becuase i am interested- if an over 55's partner died, and they found solace in a younger partner, with children - would they then be required to move out? Sue

Re: Re Retirement Village - oscar (24th May 2007 - 09:59:11) candyfloss , when i was a lad all was well in the garden of eden. We sang , we laughed , we loved and if we were not in bed by 9 we went home . oscar .

Re: Re Retirement Village - Barbara (24th May 2007 - 10:46:48) Thanks for the interest, my deceased mother in law lived in a similar type of place and again the sort of accomodation if you looked at it closely with communal gardens and perhaps a maximum of two bedrooms would preclude a family from even wanting to move in. I imagine service and maintenance charges are going to be at least 200 per month per unit so families would probably want to extend their mortgage to buy a house rather than an apartment. If I wanted to marry a toyboy the last place I would want to live would be a retirement village! He might fancy a wealthier granny! As for a younger man with children what a grim prospect! Wondreful set up for the man no doubt! nother grannydttment.upeoploer v doio

Re: Re Retirement Village - barbara (24th May 2007 - 12:28:51) sorry for gobbledegook at end of previous message please ignore I didn't read through properly before I sent it. I believe that the retirement village has plans to put in local facilities- I hope this is not going to become a no go area for local residents, a shop there could be a goldmine selling milk bread papers for those who don't go out much! How about it Sue?

Re: Re Retirement Village - Sue W (24th May 2007 - 20:03:50) Barbara, I presume you were asking me to 'open' a shop at the retirement complex. Sorry no extra capitol to fund another business - if we had we would open such in Station Road. Probably it will go to tesco or someone like that. We are both getting to old (or one of us is - sorry just a joke to my hubby) to start another business - and we may find ourselves up there sooner than we care to think!!. Thanks for the suggestion though. Sue

Re: Re Retirement Village - gen (29th May 2007 - 22:25:37) When my Dad went into a retirement home when he was 93, he said the only thing wrong with it was all the old people - who, incidentally, were probably at least 15 years younger than him!

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