Windsor from £390,000
When his mother couldn’t manage the stairs at the family home any more — but refused to leave the town she loved — the entrepreneur Robin Hughes decided to create an urban retirement home “good enough for Mum”. She is now one of the residents at Castle View Windsor, a £35m, 64-flat development for over-55s on Helston Lane, just outside the town centre. Prices start at £390,000 for a one-bedder, rising to £790,000 for three bedrooms; there are also two-bedroom Skydeck rooftop pads, with private balconies offering views of the castle, from £840,000. Windsor’s endless displays of pageantry should keep royalists amused, but there’s entertainment on site, too: a village manager organises regular events, pets are positively encouraged, and there’s even a
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Our pick of properties includes a 64-flat development for over-55s, a Georgian-style five-bedder built in the 1920s, a family home with restored Regency fireplaces and a 15th-century cottage. By Emma Wells
The Sunday Times