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SUMMER
2019
The
collection
Our portfolio of beautifully-designed A
retirement communities
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019
There’s no place like a Beechcroft home
If you’re looking for a spacious, elegant house or apartment
in a beautifully-landscaped setting close to shops and services
in a desirable village or market town, it has to be Beechcroft.
Founded more than 30 years ago, Beechcroft creates award-
winning retirement communities, designed exclusively for
the over 55s. The company’s Special Projects’ division focuses
on the restoration and conversion of period properties and
the creation of new homes.
Living in a Beechcroft retirement community means enjoying
a relaxed, independent lifestyle, surrounded by friendly,
like-minded neighbours and with the peace of mind that
comes from having an estate management service on hand.
Many new and converted houses and apartments provide
outside space – a terrace, balcony, roof terrace or private garden
and all feature fixtures and fittings of the highest quality.
Private gardens, the landscaped setting and the impressive
communal areas including the luxurious residents’ lounges
and guest suites, where available, are maintained by the
Estate Manager. Those who enjoy travel are able to
‘lock up and leave’ in the knowledge that the Estate Manager
is keeping an eye on their homes whilst they are away.
Living within a retirement community with an adjacent
care home means Beechcroft owners benefit from a menu
of additional services from hot daily meals to hairdressing,
leisure/wellness programmes and social events.
See our portfolio
of homes overleaf
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019
Contents
Beechcroft in our customers’ words Our portfolio 1
Discover what our home buyers have to say about Take a look at our latest developments Page 8
their new Beechcroft homes, why they bought or
their buying experience. Page 2
HERTFORD
SHIRE
Convivial company and GLOUCESTER
SHIRE
BUCKINGHAM
a sense of community OXFORDSHIRE SHIRE
GREATER
LONDON
Putting yourself in the heart of a Beechcroft retirement
BERKSHIRE
community means having new friends and a whole new
social life on hand. Page 4 WILTSHIRE KENT
SURREY
HAMPSHIRE
Family ties bring the WEST SUSSEX EAST SUSSEX
generations closer together
Life and work may take us away from our families
but in retirement many people move closer to family,
helping out with grandchildren or spending more time
with those who mean the most to them. Page 6
Oxfordshire Hertfordshire
Thame Berkhamsted
Wallingford St Albans
Beechcroft Special Projects Wheatley Harpenden
Whether you’re younger than 55 or don’t feel quite ready Burford
Greater London
for a retirement development, you can still buy Beechcroft Wallingford
– just take a look at our Special Projects. Page 28 Watlington Ham Common TW10
Surrey Hampshire
Cobham Medstead
Award Beechcroft: an award-winning company Leatherhead Bishops Waltham
winning Godalming
With over 30 years’ experience in the retirement market Berkshire
we are celebrating the fact that we’re still winning awards Kent
Windsor
for our retirement communities and Special Projects.
Tunbridge Wells
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Questions & Answers
Beechcroft provides the answers to your most frequently
asked questions. Page 38
Use it or lose it in retirement
Keeping fit is important at any age but particularly in
retirement and life in a Beechcroft retirement community
means having more time to enjoy hobbies and activities.
Page 40
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019
Our retirement communities are set in some of the UK’s most
attractive and sought-after locations; quintessentially English
villages and market towns which combine a rich sense of history,
elegant architecture and a beautiful countryside setting.
From stunning listed building conversions to luxurious newly-built
homes, from rural tranquillity to town centre living, our latest
retirement communities provide something for everyone.
WORCESTERSHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
WARWICKSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE
HEREFORDSHIRE
BEDFORDSHIRE
HERTFORDSHIRE
BUCKINGHAM
SHIRE
ESSEX
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
OXFORDSHIRE
GREATER
LONDON
BRISTOL
BERKSHIRE
KENT
WILTSHIRE
SURREY
SOMERSET
HAMPSHIRE
EAST SUSSEX
WEST SUSSEX
DORSET
ISLE OF
WIGHT
Key
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White Lion Place Page 10 Birch Place Page 12 Maygate Place Page 14
Cobham • Surrey Berkhamsted • Hertfordshire Medstead • Hampshire
Award
winning
Seymour Court Page 16 The Farthings Page 18 Silversmith Place Page 20
Thame • Oxfordshire Leatherhead • Surrey Wallingford • Oxfordshire
Maryland Place Page 22 Orford Place Page 24 The Sidings Page 26
St Albans • Hertfordshire Ham Common • TW10 Wheatley • Oxfordshire
Forthcoming Collection
Godalming Wallingford Tunbridge Wells Burford Watlington Harpenden Bishops Windsor
Surrey Oxfordshire Kent Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Hertfordshire Waltham Berkshire
Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Hampshire Page 37
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W hat’s the Beechcroft
difference? It’s
something that we have
––the estate manager
on hand to offer help
and advice
worked on for the last ––the communities of
30 years and that has friendly, like-minded
helped us win numerous people
awards – and our
––our communal lounges
customers’ appreciation.
where neighbours are
On the following pages, able to meet socialise “As soon as I saw the signs “We were very impressed
read what our customers go up, I decided to buy an with the spaciousness of the
––the luxurious guest
have to say about: apartment at Silversmith Place. apartments and particularly
2 suites for visiting family
––our superb locations near and friends on some Just by looking at the external the large hall/dining area
shops and local services developments brickwork, I can see that the leading onto all the other
––our spacious, carefully- development is being built well. rooms. We are very happy
––the neighbouring
designed houses and I am looking forward to having with our three-bedroom
care homes on some
apartments some good views and to having apartment and make very
developments where
a fresh start. I don’t think I’ll good use of the sunroom
––our beautifully-landscaped, owners can enjoy a
miss my old garden – the roof which overlooks our lovely
fully-maintained settings range of services and
terrace will make up for that.” patio and garden area.”
––the outside space: terraces, a whole new social life
Mr Smith Mr and Mrs Peatfield
balconies, roof terraces or
private gardens Silversmith Place • Wallingford The Farthings • Leatherhead
Beechcroft
In our customers’ words
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019
“There are many activities and “When I started my search for “The Manage Your Move team
clubs for all ages in Wheatley. a new home, I never thought was up against things in
There is no excuse for feeling I’d find anything I’d like. terms of timing. I exchanged
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alone in this village. However, At Beechcroft, the first thing contracts on the Monday, then
it is good to know that quiet I saw was a beautiful big completed the purchase and
moments of relaxation can kitchen, which was one of had everything packed up –
be found by sitting amidst the my priorities. My apartment and I was in my new home
roses in the pretty gardens is so spacious…” by the Friday. The removals
of The Sidings.” Mrs Ramsbotham team packed everything up
Mrs Lane for me and my daughter
Seymour Court • Thame helped me unpack.”
The Sidings Wheatley
•
Mrs Giles
Maygate Place • Medstead
“There is a real sense of community here.
The only other place I considered moving to
was a new development where I would have
been surrounded by young families – here
the people are my age. As soon as I moved
in, my new neighbours came to talk to me.”
Mrs Giles
Maygate Place • Medstead
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Convivial company
and a sense of
community
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019
I n the UK today more than a
million over 75s go for more
than a month without speaking
to anyone* and many experience
a feeling of isolation which can
lead to illness and depression.
This isn’t the case for those who
choose to live in a Beechcroft
retirement community. Moving
to a Beechcroft development
means having like-minded
neighbours with similar
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experiences and shared
interests – which helps form new
friendships. A perfect example
may be found at one of our
communites where the women
get together for weekly walks
At The Farthings, Leatherhead, the neighbouring whilst the men play golf. Pets
often help develop friendships;
care home features a café and cinema room and offers
on several developments, dog
a leisure and wellness programme, social events, owners enjoy chatting whilst
daily hot meals and a laundry service exercising their pets.
Beechcroft’s elegant communal
lounges soon become hubs of
activity – many hosting weekly
fitness classes, Scrabble and
Bridge nights, quizzes, coffee
mornings and themed events.
The communal gardens are the
setting for summer barbecues
and garden parties. There’s no
compulsion to join in – but it’s
Bridge nights and social gatherings are popular events good to have the choice.
at Beechcroft’s retirement communities On developments with a
neighbouring care home,
Beechcroft owners are able
to use the facilities, enjoy
social events or choose from
a menu of additional services –
including hot daily meals
and hairdressing.
Moving from a home where
you’ve lived for years can be
challenging but a new home
where you’ll be independent,
make new friends and enjoy
“The people living here are lovely. There are quite a a lively social life is something
to look forward to.
few single ladies – mainly widows – and this retirement
community is just as perfect for them as it is for us.
Everyone is very friendly.”
“The Beechcroft team has laid on different events that
enable us all to get together and we have invited people
in for tea and coffee.”
Mr and Mrs Moone
Birch Place • Berkhamsted
*
Age UK research figures (England)
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Family ties bring the
generations closer...
“My grand-daughter is already deciding
6 how she wants the second bedroom
decorated for when she comes to stay.”
Mrs Rendall
Silversmith Place • Wallingford
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Grandparents who live near family are able to help with
grandchildren: looking after the younger family members
in the evenings, at weekends or on school holidays,
providing lunch, tea or treats.
B eechcroft’s inhouse
research reveals that
over 70% of customers
When parents or grandparents
move to a new retirement
community, the younger
Many Beechcroft customers
move to new areas to
buying a home in the last generation gets the peace of start afresh. Some of 7
year moved or downsized mind that comes from being our home owners have
to be near family or friends on hand should they be needed. moved from as far afield as
– with the majority saying They are able to visit more Scotland and South Africa.
that the younger relatives regularly without having to face
urged them to do so. long car journeys and they’re
able to help with shopping,
The sons, daughters or
household tasks and DIY.
grandchildren of Beechcroft
customers often play an For the older generation,
active role in the search for moving home may be one of
a new home for parents or life’s most stressful experience
grandparents. Pamela Laws’ but moving close to family
son and daughter-in-law found can be extremely rewarding.
her the perfect apartment Studies show that family visits
at Seymour Court, Thame. can create a more positive
Pamela was feeling isolated; and optimistic environment for
she had been widowed and her older relatives and can even
friends were all moving away improve life expectancy by
from the area. Her children several years. What’s more,
suggested she move closer so many of Beechcroft’s home
to her son, his wife and their buyers find that when they
three teenagers. move, they’re not only closer
to family, they’re also able to
Some family members are
make new friends and to have
so keen to help their relatives “Now we’re closer we get
the ‘fresh start’ they were
move closer that they are to see the children and
hoping for.
prepared to make a financial grandchildren more
contribution themselves. One evenings, at weekends or on often and I am able to
of our customers’ daughters school holidays, providing help with babysitting.”
bought an apartment to make lunch, tea or treats.
life easier for her mother – Mrs Reid
and she believes that making Priory Court • Marlborough
the move has ‘transformed’
their lives.
Beechcroft customers’ reasons for ‘right sizing’ or ‘downsizing’
28% were moving 21% were moving because
specifically to be near family they could no longer maintain
and friends their property and large garden
19% were moving because 15% were moving because
they wanted to be in a good area, they were suffering from reduced
near shops and services mobility, illness or ‘old age’
7% were moving to a 6% were moving to a community
property they could lock up because they were isolated in
and leave their former homes
4% were moving because they were thinking of the future –
when they would be less mobile
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Our portfolio of beautifully crafted homes
On the following pages, you’ll find a collection of properties currently for sale along
with developments that will be released in the near future and forthcoming projects.
Available Now
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White Lion Place Page 10 Birch Place Page 12
Cobham • Surrey Berkhamsted • Hertfordshire
Award
winning
Seymour Court Page 16 The Farthings Page 18
Thame • Oxfordshire Leatherhead • Surrey
Maryland Place Page 22 Orford Place Page 24
St Albans • Hertfordshire Ham Common • TW10
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Forthcoming Collection
Godalming
Surrey
Page 30 9
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
Page 31
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Tunbridge Wells
Kent
Page 32
Maygate Place Page 14
Medstead • Hampshire
Burford
Oxfordshire
Page 33
Watlington
Oxfordshire
Page 34
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
Page 35
Silversmith Place Page 20
Wallingford • Oxfordshire
Bishops Waltham
Hampshire
Page 36
Windsor
Please refer to the Berkshire
map at the front Page 37
of The Collection
Please refer to
the map on the
inside front cover
of The Collection
The Sidings Page 26 to see locations
Wheatley • Oxfordshire
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
1 • White Lion Place • Cobham Guide price
From £665,000
This elegant, gated retirement community comprising 30 newly-built and Portsmouth Road
carefully-converted new homes is located in the heart of Cobham, Surrey. Cobham
Surrey
KT11 1HY
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The Malthouse
Cobham, appearing on the Sunday Times’ list View property plans,
of the 10 Best Places to Live has plenty to offer development and
including a collection of shops and boutiques, local information
cafes and restaurants and a branch of both on our website
Waitrose and Sainsbury’s within a few minutes’ beechcroft.co.uk
walk of White Lion Place. Just across the road
Cobham is the beautiful Painshill Park, the 18th century
High Street
Cobham landscape gardens open to the public.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019The six converted properties at White Lion Place are the result of Beechcroft’s careful Call our sales team
Cobham conversion of the Grade II listed White Lion, parts of which date back to the 16th century. 01932 588963
Leatherhead
Guildford
Dorking
A further 24 new homes are set in three new buildings, each providing outside space in Sales office open
Godalming the form of terraces, balconies, Juliet balconies, roof terraces or private gardens along Tuesday–Saturday
Surrey
with private parking. 10am–5pm
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The White Lion The White Lion
Beechcroft benefits
–– New and converted homes designed –– Lift access to apartments –– Estate management service and
exclusively for the over 55s –– Beautifully-landscaped, fully-maintained potential to ‘lock up and leave’
–– Convenient location close to shops communal gardens –– Excellent transport links by road
and amenities –– Private outside space to all apartments and rail
–– Gated development with –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain –– Community of like-minded people
underground parking
–– High-quality specification
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
2 • Birch Place • Berkhamsted Guide price
From £750,000
With a High Street location and a choice of stylish new homes, Off High Street
Birch Place has sold swiftly. Now, Beechcroft is offering home Kings Road
Berkhamsted
buyers over the age of 55 a final opportunity to buy a luxurious
Hertfordshire
new home within this gated retirement community. HP4 3BD
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Berkhamsted, one of the places on the View property plans,
Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live list, development and
has plenty to offer including all the local information
High Street shops, literally on the doorstep on our website
of Birch Place. Those who enjoy getting beechcroft.co.uk
out in the fresh air will enjoy exploring the
Berkhamsted Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted Common,
High Street
Cobham the Waterways Walk and the network of
local footpaths and cycleways.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019This gated development, set in Berkhamsted’s High Street, comprises 23 new two and Call our sales team
three-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom houses along with two penthouses. 01442 870999
Hertfordshire
Many homes have terraces or balconies, all apartments provide lift access and the Sales office open
Harpenden
St Albans
Berkhamsted
development provides private parking and an estate management service. Tuesday–Saturday
10am–5pm
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Beechcroft benefits
–– Final house for sale designed –– Gated development with –– Estate management service and
exclusively for the over 55s allocated parking potential to ‘lock up and leave’
–– Three-bedroom house with sun room –– Beautifully-landscaped, fully-maintained –– Excellent transport links by road
and terrace communal gardens and rail
–– High Street location with shops and –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain –– Community of like-minded people
services on the doorstep –– High-quality specification
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
3 • Maygate Place • Medstead Guide price
From £375,000
With only four new homes available, this is the final opportunity for Lymington
homebuyers to secure a new home at Maygate Place, Medstead. Bottom Road
Medstead
Hampshire
GU34 5EW
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Maygate Place is conveniently located next View property plans,
to the local medical practice and there’s a development and
butcher’s, farm shop and greengrocer’s, almost local information
on the doorstep. Nearby Four Marks has a on our website
further range of shops and services including a beechcroft.co.uk
branch of both Tesco and the Co-op, a bakery,
hardware store, hairdresser, florist and a Simply
The Watercress Line
Cobham M&S. The village hall hosts plenty of activities
and there’s a local Sports and Social Club.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Maygate Place comprises just 17 two and three-bedroom homes, designed with retirement Call our sales team
Hampshire
in mind. Traditionally built, each new house offers generously-proportioned living space 01420 561664
Medstead Alton but fewer bedrooms than one would expect in a mainstream home of a similar size.
Winchester Sales office open
Bishops Waltham The private gardens, as well as the communal landscaping, will be maintained by the Tuesday–Saturday
estate management service. 10am–5pm
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New two and three-bedroom houses –– Beautifully-landscaped, fully-maintained –– High-quality specification
designed exclusively for the over 60s communal gardens –– Community of like-minded people
–– Village centre location with shops –– Private outside space to all homes
and services on the doorstep –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain
–– Allocated parking
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
4 • Seymour Court • Thame Guide price
From £295,000
With two apartments available, each with two-bedrooms, Park Street
there is a final opportunity to buy at this attractive retirement Thame
community in the heart of Thame which offers allocated Oxfordshire
OX9 3HU
parking and a beautifully-landscaped setting.
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Thame is a charming market town with a rich View property plans,
sense of history and an excellent selection development and
of shops, specialist retailers and High Street local information
names. You’ll have a branch of Waitrose and on our website
an M&S Simply Food store on hand. There’s beechcroft.co.uk
a theatre which is also home to Thame’s
Farmers’ regular cinema and the Town Hall hosts events
market
Cobham including arts and craft fairs. Thame Leisure
Centre has a gym, pool and studio.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019This courtyard-style development of 21 new and converted houses and apartments has Call our sales team
been created on the site of the former Fire Station, half a mile from the town centre. 01844 216827
Oxfordshire
The original firehouse has been converted into a two-bedroom house and along with Sales office open
Burford
Oxford
Wheatley the new two and three-bedroom houses and apartments, there is a new three-bedroom, Tuesday–Saturday
Thame second-floor duplex. The majority of new homes come with a balcony or private terrace 10am–5pm
Watlington
Wallingford and the development provides private parking.
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New and converted homes designed –– Beautifully-landscaped, –– Excellent transport links to
exclusively for the over 55s fully-maintained setting Oxford and London
–– Convenient location close to town centre –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain –– Community of like-minded people
shops and services –– High-quality specification
–– Allocated parking –– Estate management service and
potential to ‘lock up and leave’
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
5 • The Farthings • Leatherhead Guide price
From £595,000
Award
A selection of spacious three-bedroom houses, each with 1 Henderson
winning
a sunroom, terrace, balcony and private garden along with Crescent
two three-bedroom apartments with private balconies are Randalls Road
Leatherhead
available at this multi award-winning retirement community. KT22 7GP
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The Farthings is within walking distance of View property plans,
Leatherhead but a private bus service will be development and
provided, taking home owners to the town local information
centre, which hosts a number of well-known on our website
brand names – including Waitrose and beechcroft.co.uk
Sainsbury’s – and a weekly street market. The
surrounding countryside includes beautiful
Town centre
Cobham Leith Hill and Box Hill, the oak forests of Ashtead
Common and Norbury Park in Fetcham.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Set against a backdrop of open countryside, within easy reach of Leatherhead town centre, Call our sales team
Cobham The Farthings, a new development on Randalls Road, includes 35 elegant Beechcroft houses 01372 377270
Leatherhead and apartments.
Guildford
Dorking
Sales office open
Godalming Each new home has been designed according to Beechcroft’s principle of creating homes Tuesday–Saturday
Surrey
with generously-proportioned living space but with fewer bedrooms than one would expect 10am–5pm
in a mainstream property of a similar size.
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New two and three-bedroom homes –– Private outside space to all homes –– Community of like-minded people
designed for the over 55s –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain –– Communal residents’ lounge
–– Easy access to Leatherhead town –– High-quality specification –– Guest suite for visitors
centre and station
–– Estate management service and –– Owners benefit from services at
–– Allocated parking potential to ‘lock up and leave’ neighbouring care home
–– Beautifully-landscaped, –– Good transport links
fully-maintained grounds
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
6 • Silversmith Place • Wallingford Guide price
From £350,000
Final opportunity to buy a stylish two-bedroom apartment at this popular 14 St Martin’s St
retirement community comprising just 22 apartments located between Wallingford
St Martin’s Street and Goldsmith’s Lane in the centre of Wallingford. Oxfordshire
OX10 0FJ
There is an attractive communal garden at first floor level, allocated parking
and a lift from the residents’ car park to each floor.
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Nothing could be easier than living in the View property plans,
heart of Wallingford with a branch of Waitrose development and
almost on the doorstep and a bakery, family local information
butcher’s and specialist tea and coffee shop, on our website
a theatre and cinema all within a few minutes’ beechcroft.co.uk
walk – and Wallingford is known for its
traditional markets.
Wallingford
Cobham carnival
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Located between St Martin’s Street and Goldsmiths Lane in the centre of Wallingford, Call our sales team
Silversmith Place is a stylish luxury development of just 22 elegant two-bedroom apartments. 01491 832762
Oxfordshire
The apartments are set on the first, second and third floors of this newly-constructed building, Sales office open
Burford overlooking an attractive communal garden at first floor level. Lifts from the residents’ car park Tuesday–Saturday
Oxford Thame
Wheatley provide access to each floor. 10am–5pm
Watlington
Wallingford
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New two-bedroom apartments designed –– Lift access from allocated parking area –– High-quality specification
exclusively for the over 55s to first, second and third floors –– Estate management service and
–– Town centre location with shops and –– Fully-maintained communal terrace gardens potential to ‘lock up and leave’
services on the doorstep –– Balconies, Juliet balconies, terraces –– Excellent transport links
–– Conveniently close to the river for or roof terraces to all apartments –– Community of like-minded people
wonderful walks and bike rides –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
7 • Maryland Place • St Albans Guide price
From £760,000
This popular collection of spacious, newly-built homes includes Townsend Drive
three-bedroom houses, each with a sun room, balcony, terrace St Albans
and garden along with two, three and four-bedroom apartments Hertfordshire
AL3 5RF
and penthouses.
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St Albans is a wonderful place to live with View property plans,
a wealth of shops, parkland and historic development and
attractions. There’s a great ‘café culture local information
with tea shops and coffee houses as well as on our website
restaurants, real ale pubs and traditional inns. beechcroft.co.uk
The twice weekly market, monthly farmers’
market and annual Food and Drink Festival
St Albans Cathedral
Cobham are all popular with locals. Central London
is just 20 minutes away by train.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Created on the site of the former Maryland Convent on Townsend Drive in the popular city Call our sales team
of St Albans, Maryland Place is a fine collection of 35 newly-built luxury houses, apartments 01727 869674
Hertfordshire
and duplexes, designed exclusively for the over 55s.
Sales office open
Harpenden
St Albans
Berkhamsted
With a selection of three-bedroom houses and two, three and four-bedroom apartments Tuesday–Saturday
this new development offers plenty of choice. 10am–5pm
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New houses and apartments designed –– Beautifully-landscaped and –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain
exclusively for the over 55s fully-maintained grounds –– High-quality specification
–– Peaceful location within walking distance –– Houses with sun rooms, terraces, –– Estate management service and
of town centre shops and services balconies and private gardens potential to ‘lock up and leave’
–– Allocated parking –– Apartments with terraces or –– Excellent transport links
balconies and lift access
–– Community of like-minded people
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
8 • Orford Place • Ham Common Guide price
From £775,000
This retirement community comprises 23 elegant one, two and three-bedroom Ham Common
houses and apartments, created by Beechcroft’s restoration and conversion of Richmond
a historic house with the addition of newly built homes, all set within three acres TW10 7JH
of mature gardens.
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Living at Orford Place, you’ll have the beautiful View property plans,
Ham Common ‘on your doorstep’ and the development and
River Thames and the superb 17th century local information
Ham House on hand. Ham village is delightful, on our website
offering a good selection of shops. Whether beechcroft.co.uk
you’re heading to the supermarket or looking
for artisan breads, pastries, delicious cheeses
Ham Common
Cobham or fine wines and hand-made chocolates,
you’ll find it here.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Enjoying a superb location fronting Ham Common, Orford Place offers a unique Call our sales team
opportunity to secure a home with heritage, designed exclusively for the over 55s. 020 8948 4669
Greater London
Richmond
Beechcroft’s careful restoration and conversion has transformed the house and its Sales office open
Twickenham Ham outbuildings into nine homes including seven, luxurious, two and three-bedroom Tuesday–Saturday
Kingston upon Thames
apartments and two spacious three-storey houses. Beechcroft has also created 10am–5pm
14 brand new houses and apartments, designed to complement the original buildings.
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New and beautifully-converted homes –– Three-acres of landscaped, –– Estate management service and
designed exclusively for the over 55s fully-maintained grounds potential to ‘lock up and leave’
–– Outstanding location fronting Ham Common, –– All homes have outside space – –– Excellent transport links by road and rail
close to local shops and amenities terrace, balcony or garden –– Community of like-minded people
–– Gated development with allocated parking –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain
–– High-quality specification
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Available now
9 • The Sidings • Wheatley Guide price
From £475,000
A vibrant sense of community and an excellent location Station Road
close to Oxford and with good road and rail links to London, Wheatley
makes Wheatley a great place to live – and at The Sidings, Oxfordshire
OX33 1ST
there is a choice of two-bedroom houses and two and
three-bedroom apartments on offer.
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Choose a Beechcroft home in Wheatley and View property plans,
enjoy a vibrant village atmosphere and a sense development and
that traditional values really matter. Alongside local information
a selection of local shops, there are medical on our website
and dental surgeries, a pharmacy, post office beechcroft.co.uk
and hairdresser. There is certainly plenty
going on in the village with a number of clubs
The Sun Inn
Cobham and societies and excellent transport links to
Oxford, just six miles away, and Central London.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Located on Station Road, The Sidings is a stylish development of just 16 new two-bedroom Call our sales team
houses and two and three-bedroom apartments, providing allocated parking. 01865 873369
Oxfordshire
The six two-bedroom houses at The Sidings each have a sun room and the 10 apartments are Sales office open
Burford located on the ground, first or second floor of the new buildings and most offer lift access. Tuesday–Saturday
Oxford Thame
Wheatley The creation of outside space has been a priority and, as a result, all homes provide either 10am–5pm
Watlington
Wallingford a terrace, balcony or Juliet balcony.
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Beechcroft benefits
–– New two and three-bedroom homes –– Lift access to most apartments –– High-quality specification
designed exclusively for the over 55s –– Beautifully-landscaped, fully-maintained –– Estate management service and
–– Village centre location with shops communal gardens potential to ‘lock up and leave’
and services on the doorstep –– Private outside space to all homes –– Excellent transport links
–– Allocated parking –– Energy-efficient and easy to maintain –– Community of like-minded people
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019The White House
Old Isleworth I f you’re over the age of 55,
you’ll be able to retire to
a Beechcroft community –
and enjoy an elegant new
home, beautifully-landscaped
setting and a peaceful
community of like-minded
people. Even if you’re younger
than 55 and want all of this –
as well as something ‘extra’
– take a look at Beechcroft’s
Special Projects which
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something ‘special’.
Originally set up to focus
on buildings of historic
or architectural interest,
Beechcroft’s Special Projects
The Chapel Division creates award-winning
Old Isleworth
developments which aren’t
age exclusive – although
under 18s are not allowed to
become full-time residents.
The Special Projects’ team is
Durrants House
Croxley Green currently turning its attention
to a number of new schemes
across the southern counties
including Tunbridge Wells in
Godalming
Kent and Godalming in Surrey.
Surrey
Elegant new houses
and apartments in a
restored and converted
hotel with some newly
built properties set in a
lovely, mature setting
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Royal Tunbridge Wells
Kent
Our
New houses and
apartments, tucked
away in beautifully-
landscaped gardens
Special
off Frant Road,
just south of the
town centre
Projects
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Division
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019B eechcroft invests a great
deal of time and thought
into the creation of its new
Where possible, Beechcroft
creates communal lounges
which open onto terraces
retirement communities where owners can meet
and its Special Projects’ and socialise with their
developments. like-minded neighbours.
On those developments with
Locations are key – close to
2017 neighbouring care homes,
shops, services and transport
Beechcroft owners are able
links but in areas that provide
to use the services from hot
a beautiful backdrop and
meals on a daily basis to
opportunities for walking and
laundry services, hairdressing
cycling. Customer feedback
forms an important element
and social events. 29
of the design process – This approach has led to
in Beechcroft’s experience, Beechcroft winning a whole
customers want to have plenty cache of property industry
of generously-proportioned awards over the years for
living space but not too many everything from restoration
The Farthings bedrooms. All homes, new and and conversion and customer
Leatherhead converted, are energy-efficient service to the Best Retirement
and easy to maintain – and Living Development and
the fixtures and fittings are Small Housebuilder of the Year.
of the highest standard. This year alone, The Farthings
in Leatherhead has received
Equal care is invested in
a prestigious What House?
the landscape design – when
Award and an Evening Standard
designing the communal
New Homes Award – and
gardens, Beechcroft emulates
the team is looking forward
the type of gardens that home
to future award success.
buyers have left behind – with
mature planting providing a
variety of colours, textures
and scents.
Penhurst Gardens
Chipping Norton
Award-Winning
Retirement
Fitzroy Gate
Communities
Old Isleworth “We are absolutely delighted with our success in the
recent property awards.”
“We invest a great deal of time and effort into the
2017 design of our retirement communities and our
special projects, paying close attention to every detail
from landscaping to specification. It is extremely
satisfying when our work is recognised in this way.”
Chris Thompson
Managing Director
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Special Forthcoming
Project Collection
10 • Godalming • Surrey
Enjoying a peaceful mature setting, this exclusive collection of new
and converted two and three-bedroom homes are being created Cobham
by Beechcroft’s Special Projects division on the site of the former Leatherhead
Manor House Hotel, within easy reach of Godalming town centre. Guildford
Dorking
Godalming
Surrey
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High Street Charterhouse School The Band Stand The River Wey
Godalming Beechcroft benefits
Dating back 1200 years, Godalming –– Many homes with terraces, –– Energy-efficient and easy Call our sales team
is home to a picturesque High balconies or private gardens to maintain 01491 825522
Street, attractive church and a –– Allocated parking –– High-quality specification Anticipated launch
collection of independent shops
–– Landscaped and fully- –– Estate management service 2020
along with a branch of Sainsbury’s
maintained setting
and Waitrose. Guildford town
centre, only about seven miles
away, offers a wealth of shops,
restaurants, cinemas and theatres.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Forthcoming
Collection
11 • Wallingford • Oxfordshire
Adjoining Beechcroft’s popular Silversmith Place retirement community
in the heart of Wallingford, this is an exclusive collection of apartments,
many with either a terrace, balcony or Juliet balcony and private, Oxfordshire
allocated parking. Burford
Oxford Thame
Wheatley
Watlington
Wallingford
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The
Wallingford Bridge River Thames Waitrose Market Day
Wallingford Beechcroft benefits
Nothing could be easier than –– Designed exclusively –– Allocated parking Call our sales team
living in the heart of Wallingford for the over 55s –– Energy-efficient and easy 01491 825522
with a branch of Waitrose almost –– Superb town centre location to maintain Anticipated launch
on the doorstep and a bakery,
–– Many apartments with private –– High-quality specification 2019
family butcher’s and specialist
terraces or balconies –– Estate management service
tea and coffee shop, a theatre and
cinema all within a few minutes’ –– Communal ‘sky’ garden
walk – and Wallingford is known
for its traditional markets.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Special Forthcoming
Project Collection
12 • Tunbridge Wells • Kent
An exclusive collection of two and three-bedroom apartments
and three-bedroom houses that will be tucked away in a mature, Kent
Sevenoaks
landscaped setting off the Frant Road, near the centre of Tonbridge
Tunbridge Wells
beautiful, historic Tunbridge Wells.
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The Pantiles The Nevill Golf Club
Tunbridge Wells Beechcroft benefits
Tunbridge Wells appears on this –– Many homes with terraces, –– Energy-efficient and easy Call our sales team
year’s Sunday Times’ list of the balconies or private gardens to maintain 01491 825522
Best Places to Live – which isn’t –– Allocated parking –– High-quality specification Anticipated launch
surprising given the collection of
–– Landscaped and fully- –– Estate management service 2020
stylish shops, the historic Pantiles,
maintained setting
the green open spaces within the
town, the theatre, cinema and
excellent restaurants including
the Michelin-starred Thackerays.
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Collection
13 • Burford • Oxfordshire
Beechcroft’s proposed retirement community will include
a collection of elegant two and three-bedroom houses
and apartments along with a neighbouring care home, Oxfordshire
all within easy reach of Burford town centre. Burford
Oxford Thame
Wheatley
Watlington
Wallingford
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River Windrush and
The Burford House Hotel St John the Baptist Church The Hill The Highway Inn
Burford Beechcroft benefits
Located at the ‘gateway to the –– Designed exclusively –– Luxurious guest suite Call our sales team
Cotswolds,’ it is not surprising for the over 55s for visitors 01491 825522
that Burford appeared on the –– Many homes with terraces, –– Allocated parking Anticipated launch
Sunday Times’ list of Best Places balconies or private gardens –– Landscaped setting 2020
to Live. There are a good collection
–– Owners benefit from a menu –– Estate management service
of shops, banks, a supermarket,
of additional services at the
cafes, restaurants and traditional –– Energy-efficient and easy
neighbouring care home
pubs – and one of the most-visited to maintain
churches in the country. –– Communal lounge
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Collection
14 • Watlington • Oxfordshire
Subject to planning, Beechcroft’s forthcoming retirement community,
conveniently located on Shirburn Road in Watlington, comprises
an exclusive collection of apartments and houses in a beautifully- Oxfordshire
landscaped setting. Burford
Oxford Thame
Wheatley
Watlington
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The Parish Church
War Memorial of Saint Leonard Thatched cottage Watlington Hill
Watlington Beechcroft benefits
Set in an area of Outstanding –– Designed exclusively –– Energy-efficient and easy Call our sales team
Natural Beauty, Watlington is for the over 55s to maintain 01491 825522
reputedly England’s smallest –– Many homes with terraces, –– High-quality specification Anticipated launch
town, dating from the sixth balconies or private gardens –– Estate management service 2020
century. Watlington has plenty to
–– Allocated parking
offer including a good selection of
shops – butchers, a delicatessen, –– Landscaped and fully-
coffee shop and supermarket. maintained setting
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Collection
15 • Harpenden • Hertfordshire
This new Beechcroft development, subject to planning,
comprises a collection of two-bedroom apartments.
Hertfordshire
Harpenden
St Albans
Berkhamsted
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Rothamsted Manor Town sign The Boot River Lea at Batford Springs
Harpenden Beechcroft benefits
Harpenden offers the best blend –– Designed exclusively –– Energy-efficient and easy Call our sales team
of town and country living, with for the over 55s to maintain 01491 825522
beautiful countryside and easy –– Convenient town –– High-quality specification Anticipated launch
access to other local towns. centre location –– Estate management service 2020
The town centre, which is a
–– Allocated parking
Conservation Area, offers a good
selection of shops, supermarkets, –– Landscaped, fully-
restaurants and traditional maintained setting
village pubs.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Forthcoming
Collection
16 • Bishops Waltham • Hampshire
Subject to planning, this new development of houses and apartments
is being created on the site of the former Abbey Mill. Hampshire
Medstead
Winchester
Bishops Waltham
Southampton
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The Parish Church of St Peter High Street Winchester Cathedral Meon Valley and the South Downs
Bishops Waltham Beechcroft benefits
On the edge of the South Downs, –– Designed exclusively –– Landscaped and fully- Call our sales team
Bishops Waltham offers a fine for the over 55s maintained setting 01491 825522
Norman church and a host of –– Attractive location adjacent to –– Energy-efficient and easy Anticipated launch
boutiques and restaurants set in Bishops Waltham Palace to maintain 2020
a collection of historic buildings.
–– Many homes with terraces, –– High-quality specification
For eating out, restaurants include
balconies or private gardens –– Estate management service
Italian and Mediterranean, there’s
a delightful delicatessen as well –– Allocated parking
as tea shops and coffee houses.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019Forthcoming
Collection
17 • Windsor • Berkshire
Within easy reach of Windsor town centre, this collection of luxurious houses Berkshire
and apartments, subject to planning, will enjoy a mature, landscaped setting Reading
Newbury
Windsor
Ascot
with allocated parking.
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High Street Frogmore Gardens River House Theatre Royal
Windsor Beechcroft benefits
Windsor’s attractions include –– Designed exclusively –– Energy-efficient and easy Call our sales team
a charming shopping centre, for the over 55s to maintain 01491 825522
the historic castle and riverside –– Convenient town –– High-quality specification Anticipated launch
with its waterside pubs and centre location –– Estate management service 2020
restaurants, the racecourse and
–– Allocated parking
the Theatre Royal. It’s also ideally
located for those who enjoy travel –– Landscaped, fully-
– road and rail links to London and maintained setting
Heathrow airport are excellent.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019W hen you are buying
a new Beechcroft
home, there’s no doubt you
Are pets allowed on
Beechcroft developments?
I am buying my Beechcroft
apartment on a leasehold
basis rather than freehold.
Well-behaved pets are welcome
will have lots of queries – What does this mean?
on Beechcroft developments
about the development,
as long as they don’t cause Beechcroft sells its apartments
your new home and aspects
a nuisance to other home on a 999-year leasehold basis
of life in the community.
owners. Pet owners need to which enables the owners to
Our sales teams on get a letter of consent from have a title that is ‘as good
each development are the management company as freehold.’ Retaining the
always happy to answer and dogs will need to be kept leasehold structure is extremely
any questions but, here, on leads. importantas it allows the
38 we provide answers company to provide the
for the most frequently services that make Beechcroft
I enjoy gardening –
asked questions. so popular including the estate
am I allowed to help
management service which
with the gardening on
carries out the cleaning and
my new development?
maintenance of communal
The estate manager on each areas and the upkeep of both
development organises the communal and private gardens.
maintenance of both the
communal grounds and
What happens if I want to sell
private gardens but owners are
my property? I have heard
welcome to contribute their
some retirement developers
many years of knowledge and
and house builders charge
experience if they so wish.
very high fees when you move?
As the gardens have been
Some retirement developers
so carefully planned, in terms
do charge high exit fees but at
of texture, colour, scent,
Beechcroft we do not charge
seasonal change, height and
any exit fees. We are happy
maturity, Beechcroft asks
for you to sell your home at
that the planting scheme is
any time on the open market
respected and not changed.
but the occupier must be over
the age of 55 on a retirement
Are my family able to buy development.
a home for me?
Yes. It’s not a problem if your Can I alter the layout of
family want to buy a home for my new home off-plan or
you as long as you are over the before moving in?
age of 55, if the development
We are not able to accommodate
is a ‘retirement’ development.
any changes to the design of
the apartment. We have planned
I am over 55 but my spouse each new home according to
is under that age. Are we still our principle of creating homes
able to buy at Beechcroft? with plenty of living space
but fewer bedrooms than a
Yes, that isn’t a problem.
mainstream house of the same
As long as you are going to
size. Making changes involves
be living at the development
redesigning plans, electrical
and are over the age of 55.
layouts and specification and
this can affect other properties
under construction – and delay
timings. Alterations can be
made after completion with
permission from Beechcroft.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019What does my service What is included in my
charge cover at Beechcroft? new home in term of
What do I have to pay myself? fixtures and fittings?
Before you buy your At Beechcroft, we take pride in
Beechcroft property, you our specification. Our brochures
will be given an estimated for each development list the
service charge with all the appliances included and these
individual charges covered. generally include ovens, hobs,
These charges differ from cooker hoods, washing machines
development to development and tumble dryers or washer/
depending on what each dryers as appropriate, fridge/
scheme has to offer. Generally freezers and dishwashers. 39
all service charges cover the Bathrooms include vanity units
cleaning and maintenance of and towel rails and in houses
the development, including with two or more bedrooms,
external window cleaning, generally at least two bedrooms
and both communal and include fitted wardrobes.
private grounds.
Our new homes also come
The management companies complete with flooring. Our
are ethical, not for profit sales team will be happy to
organisations and the provide full information for
management charges never each individual development.
increase by more than the
retail price index. Any service
charge increases are only
put into effect following
consultation with the
management company.
The service charges also cover
buildings insurance, landlord’s
electricity and water supply
(for cleaning) and there will
be contributions to a fund for
future decoration and repairs.
If there is a lift, the cost of
running and maintaining this
will also be included.
If you add up all the estate
charges and then compare
it to the costs of running and
maintaining an older property
with a large garden, you may
find that service charges work
out less – and you will have a
more energy-efficient property.
Council tax, contents insurance,
television licences and your
own household bills are not
included in the service charges.
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019“The phrase ‘put your feet up’ is one
of the most dangerous in the English
language – we need to re-imagine
ageing so we grow old actively.”
97 %
59 %
Steven Ward more over 55s are more over 55s are
running compared cycling compared
ukactive to 10 years ago to 10 years ago
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I
f you’re over the age of The type of exercise you do
55 and going to the gym may depend on where you
regularly, taking part in live. Beechcroft retirement
local park runs, getting communities are located
out on your bike or spending in market towns and
time on the golf course, villages surrounded by
you’re more than likely to be open countryside so there
in the company of people of are plenty of walking and
your own age. rambling groups, cycling
clubs and golf clubs on hand
Use it or lose it…
Sport England says that 97% – as well as leisure centres.
more people over the age
of 55 have taken up running And why this interest in
Keeping fit in
and 59% more are cycling exercise? It seems that
compared to 10 years ago – more of us – and not just
and Nuffield Health, owner the naturally athletic – are
of 77 UK gyms, says the waking up to the fact that
retirement
most frequent gym-users are the fitter we are, the better
over the age of 65. Over the we are able to reverse the
last few years, over 55s are decline in health associated
being asked to train as fitness with growing older; quite
instructors in order to help simply being fit means
people of similar ages feel enjoying a better quality of
more comfortable in gyms life. The current Government
and exercise classes. guidelines suggest that the
over 65s who are generally fit
should do at least 2.5 hours a
week of moderate exercise –
but many of today’s over 55s
*
Reimagining ageing report are doing far more than that.
ukactive 2018
The Beechcroft Collection | Summer 2019“I had seen Beechcroft advertisements in the paper –
which always look attractive – and then I saw the company
was building something in Wallingford. I have family in and
around Wallingford and kept an eye on the development
every time I visited. When the new homes were released
for sale, that was it! I bought an apartment.”
Mrs Rendall
Silversmith Place • Wallingford
“These new homes certainly have the ‘wow’ factor.
Beechcroft has created such a high-quality product and
the team has really put some thought into maximising the
living space. The sun room is beautiful, we sit there with
coffee and the newspapers. It’s a bonus to have a private
garden and someone to maintain it and the guest suite is
beautiful so we will be able to book that for our visitors.
It will be lovely when our daughter comes to stay as she
will be able to enjoy a bit of luxury.”
Mr and Mrs Walker
The Farthings • Leatherhead
“Whilst we loved our five-bedroom house, we realised that
if we found the right place, it would be better to downsize
whilst we are both in reasonable health – we know that
moving home together will be much less traumatic than
if one of us has to make the move alone in the future.”
“We had been looking for a retirement property, on and off,
for about three years – and Maryland Place offered most
of the things we were looking for. My wife was particularly
impressed by the quality, the finish and the brands of the
integrated appliances.”
Mr and Mrs Starr
Maryland Place • St Albans
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