Launch of new luxury retirement homes in Harpenden
PUBLISHED: 09:52 23 January 2019
Pegasus Life presented a cheque for £250 to Harpenden mayor Cllr David Heritage' s two choosen charities - Herts Young Homeless and Harpenden Mencap. Picture: Archant
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Developers have launched their long-awaited luxury retirement apartments in Harpenden.
Nearly 20 years after a former care home on Leyton Road closed down, developer Pegasus Life have finished their new set of retirement properties on the site.
Park House can boast a collection of one, two, and three bedroom apartments across three villas, complete with accompanying Park Café and spa treatment rooms which are both open to the public.
The flats have numerous facilities for the over 60s - such as wide doors for wheelchair users, air circulation six times an hour to prevent chest infections, and access to 24-hour security support.
Looking over Rothamsted Park, the buildings have been designed using nine different types of brick so that the facade changes as the sun moves.
A communal relaxation area in the Park House apartment complex in Harpenden. Picture: ArchantAccess to the concierge team comes as standard to all buyers.
Sales manager at Park House, Michael Cain, said: “We want to build places people want to live in rather than feel they have to move here - which is a big distinction.
“The best part of my job is when people come for a viewing, still thinking that retirement housing is where mum, dad, grandad, or grandma go when they are going mad, and then they come here and go ‘Wow’, because it totally exceeds their expectations.”
At the Park House launch event on January 17, Pegasus Life presented Harpenden Town Council mayor David Heritage with £250 for his choosen charities - Herts Young Homeless and Harpenden Mencap.
A communal relaxation area in the Park House apartment complex in Harpenden. Picture: ArchantCllr Heritage said: “I fought tooth and nail to make sure that the right thing was built here and Pegasus knows I was always a pain in the backside - but I am quite amazed by what has been built.
“It is the kind of place I would like to live when I retire.”
He described the Park Café, which will serve drinks, pastries, fresh soup, sandwiches, and pizza, as an asset to Harpenden.
Cllr Heritage added: “I am very complimentary of what they have done here. It is a generous site, with parking and close to Rothamsted Park, and I am sure it will be sold quickly.
A lawn in the Park House apartment complex in Harpenden. Picture: Archant“They have thought of everything with the extra facilities of the age group they are targeting and I am very impressed with everything - the quality, design and thoughtfulness that has gone into each apartment.”
A communal relaxation and kitchen area in the Park House apartment complex in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
A communal relaxation and kitchen area in the Park House apartment complex in Harpenden Picture: Archant
A communal relaxation and kitchen area in the Park House apartment complex in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
A Park House show apartment in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
A Park House show apartment in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
A Park House show apartment in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
A Park House show apartment in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
A Park House show apartment in Harpenden. Picture: Archant
Cllr David Heritage being shown around the Park House apartments in Harpenden. Picture: Chris Wotton
Some people at the Park House launch event in Harpenden. Picture: Chris Wotton
Cllr David Heritage with a representative from Pegasus Life at the Park House launch event in Harpenden. Picture: Chris Wotton
