According to the Daily Mail, Britons are bananas for bungalows – with one in five planning to move to a home without stairs.
The poll of 2,000 people, surveyed by estate agents Strutt & Parker in 2022 found that:
At Audley, we see that the nation’s love of bungalows is even more profound among the older generation. When searching for retirement living options, many over-55s prefer a bungalow or apartment to any other option.
In fact, 91% of Audley properties are single-level bungalows or apartments. In later life, reduced agility, tackling stairs, maintenance and gardening are key triggers prompting the decision to move to a retirement village like those Audley provides.
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A bungalow is a single-storey house with a sloping roof, usually small and often surrounded by a veranda. The name derives from a Hindi word meaning “a house in the Bengali style” and came into English during the era of the British administration of India. The first modern British bungalows were designed by the little-known English architect John Taylor (1818–1884), and built at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, between 1869 and 1870.
If you're over 55 and looking to move to a bungalow or apartment, please get in touch with the Audley team who can welcome you to a village for a tour. The Audley experience is so very different than what you might expect of retirement living. Come and take a look for yourself.
The example featured to the left is Audley Ellerslie in Malvern. The video features the show apartment at Audley Cooper's Hill in Surrey.
