Shiplake Meadows, a £50m (GDV) integrated retirement village, has launched in Lower Shiplake, South Oxfordshire.

As the first Integrated Retirement Community (IRC) in the region, Shiplake Meadows will deliver 65 high-quality homes with onsite care and lifestyle amenities, including a Clubhouse featuring a bistro, bar, gym/fitness suite, and wellbeing services.

The village, designed by award-winning architectural practice Nick Baker Architects, will be set amongst landscaped communal gardens and grounds, with each home offering extensive balconies, terraces, or private gardens.

The development is a joint venture between Galliard Homes, Probitas Developments, and O’Shea, a market-leading developer and contractor.

Phase one of the development includes the Clubhouse, Orchard Cottages, and apartment buildings Elm House and Woodside House.

The properties, ranging from two-to-three-bedroom apartments to two-to-three-bedroom cottages, will offer dual or triple aspects, providing a new standard for retirement living.

Set in beautiful surroundings and located less than two miles from Henley-on-Thames, the development aims to create a village feel, using traditional design characteristics and materials of South Oxfordshire.

Home Instead, the appointed care provider for the village, offers a full range of personal care services from their local office, already serving over 1,000 nearby clients and achieving the highest client satisfaction rating of any Home Instead office in the UK in 2022. Their flexible and tailored support services that can be offered range from companionship and home help to helping manage dementia at home, with a team of fantastic and dedicated professionals. 

Physiolistic are the site-based physiotherapy provider, who will provide weekly fitness classes and are able to offer private one-to-one fitness, physio or recovery sessions. Currently a leading provider in Henley-on -Thames for over 10 years, they are situated by the Rugby club and will provide a full range of wellness and physiotherapy services to residents. Also, with their association with the Dunedin Spire private hospital in Reading, they are able to offer both in and outpatient services to residents who may need to access a private GP, consultant, diagnosis or specialist clinical treatment at short notice. 

ELM Group will provide the day-to-day estate management service. They are one of the oldest companies within their sector with 50 years of managing property services to residents and are currently managing over 100 estates. ELM stands for Ethical Leasehold Management, and this is the foundation of their business of preparing and managing the annual service charge budget for residents in a wholly transparent and non-adversarial manner through open and clear communication with residents at all times. The ELM team, working alongside Probitas, will be the daily on-site presence to ensure the smooth running of the estate management services, working in tandem with the other key providers, Pavilion, Home Instead and Physiolistic. 

Sustainability and a low cost of ownership have been at the centre of the design, with an energy strategy aimed at delivering a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 50% reduction in energy costs for homeowners compared to a standard gas-fired home.

The Clubhouse, placed at the centre of the village, will act as a communal social space for villagers and guests to enjoy all that the community has to offer.

On entry to the Clubhouse, there will be a welcoming reception entrance which leads to a private dining room with a bar and a multi-purpose communal membership lounge which leads out onto the patio area where guests can enjoy refreshments.

The northern end of the Clubhouse will contain fitness and wellness facilities including a state-of-the-art gym, studio space, care office, treatment rooms and changing facilities. The upper level of the Clubhouse accommodates the staff facilities as well as an overnight full-sized apartment for residents’ family or guests to rent.

Shiplake Meadows is a unique development that not only delivers class-leading properties but also integrates a wide range of social, wellness, and care facilities and services on site delivered by trusted local partners.

Construction, undertaken in partnership with O’Shea, is set to be completed by March 2024, with the first occupations from October 2023.

Shiplake Meadows is being marketed from a new on-site sales suite, featuring a scale model of the development, wall graphics of the site plan, and images of the development.

Stephen Conway, Executive Chairman of Galliard Homes commented: “Galliard is delighted to enter into the senior living market to provide much-needed high-quality homes and thoughtful lifestyle amenities to those in later life. Shiplake Meadows is set to be one of the finest retirement villages in the area, set in beautiful surroundings and with the community at the heart of the development.”            

Beatrix Lehnert, Director at Probitas Developments added: “There is a lack of high-quality accommodation and services for the over 65’s in the market, and our aim is to deliver best-in-class homes, services and operations. It is important to us that the customer always comes first, creating ‘healthy homes’ for residents to continue to enjoy their lifestyle in high-quality, thoughtfully designed, accommodation with attention to detail, living in a like-minded community with access to communal facilities and tailored support where needed.”

Rory O’Connor, Managing Director at O’Shea said: “O’Shea is proud to partner with Galliard and Probitas to bring high-quality living solutions to the over 65 market, a market that is not currently being served by the current provisions. This is a great opportunity to build sustainable, physical and social communities to enhance residents’ lifestyles.”

Prices for the homes within Phase One start from £595,000 for a two-bedroom apartment in Elm House, £625,000 for two-bedroom apartment in Woodside House and prices in Orchard Cottages start from £900,000 for a two-bedroom cottage.

The sales suite is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm with the closing time extending to 5pm in March.

For contact details see the units on the Shiplake Meadows development profile.