The first residents will move into Arvida Queenstown Country Club’s care suites next month.
Mountain Scene revealed in August, 2021, the Ladies Mile retirement village operator was spending $40 million building the care suites, including those for dementia care and independent ‘Living Well Apartments’, alongside its existing villas.
Queenstown Country Club manager Maurice David says the care suites are the first of their kind in the region.
The suites, which start at $295,000, are purchased through an ‘occupation right’ agreement, and are supported by hospital, rest-home or dementia levels of care.
"Having care and support there when you need it is important, but so is a homely and private living space to call your own."
Part of Arvida’s "small household design", where a small group of residents share a common living area and kitchen, there are standard, premium, deluxe (fully-furnished) and deluxe-plus care suites, he says.
Additionally, the architecturally-designed ‘Living Well Apartments’, expected to be complete before Christmas, have just been released for sale.
David says they range in price from $795,000 for a one-bedder to $2.995 million for a luxury penthouse three-bedder, each with a designer kitchen and a balcony.
They, too, are being sold under occupation right agreements.
Those apartments are adjacent to common areas, such as a cafe, communal lounges and a library, making it easy for residents to stay connected with others, while there’s also a gym and hair salon on-site.
There’s a weekly ‘apartment fee’, which covers a range of extra services, such as a daily continental buffet breakfast, a half-hour weekly apartment clean, and access to the events and activities within the wider development.
David says interest’s already strong for those apartments, with several already contracted.
