Retirement properties in Orpington
This development is now OVER 75% sold – why not come along to one of our events and see for yourself what Retirement Living could mean for you.
Edinburgh Lodge is a beautifully designed development of one and two-bedroom apartments with many benefitting from walk-out balconies. The Lodge offers a relaxing Owners’ Lounge, beautiful gardens and a Guest Suite for visiting friends and family.
This new development of 27 retirement apartments is perfectly located close to the shopping and travel amenities. Orpington boasts a bustling high street with lots of eateries and shops for everyone.
And as an additional benefit our Owners will be eligible for a Freedom Pass which will allow free travel across Greater London and free local bus journeys nationally.
Our developments have been carefully designed to make life easier, leaving you free to enjoy your retirement.
All apartments are completely self-contained with their own front door, providing you with privacy and peace and quiet when you want it. There is a choice of one and two bedroom apartments and they may all vary slightly when it comes to dimensions and position of rooms.
Kitchens are tiled with colour-coordinated worktops, and come with integrated appliances.
All apartments are inspected by our Customer Services department to ensure they meet the high standard of finish and quality expected by our customers. Churchill Retirement Living is the only major housebuilder to offer a 3 year warranty period as standard. Churchill is also a member of the National House-Building Council and every Churchill apartment is also covered by a 10 year NHBC Buildmark warranty.
- 0.1 mile to Supermarket
- 0.3 miles to Railway Station
- 24 hour call centre support system
- Energy efficient and economical heating
- Free parking
- Freedom Pass
- Guest Suite for friends and family
- Landscaped garden with seating areas
- Walk out balconies on selected apartments
Service charges explained…
We understand that the ongoing cost of running your new apartment is an important factor to consider when deciding to purchase a Churchill apartment, here’s some key Service Charge benefits:
- Downsizing from an average 3 bedroom house to a retirement apartment could save an average of approximately £2,300* per year
- A potential saving of around 15% on bills.
- Renewable technologies to supply hot water and heating to reduce electricity bills.
- We also insulate our developments to a very high standard.
- The need to turn the heating on is kept to a minimum.
- Owners are consulted annually
- We always aim to keep the cost as low as possible.
“Living in a Churchill Apartment is absolutely marvellous. The whole building is so nice and warm all the time that we’ve hardly had to use the heating inside our apartment. When we do turn it up a notch or two it’s nice to know we don’t have to worry about the cost or the environmental impact, as it’s all so energy efficient and covered within our annual service charge.”
John and Doreen Pitt, Lewis Carroll Lodge, Cheltenham
We are here to help you every step of the way
We appreciate everyone’s household costs will differ, and just how daunting the idea of a service charge can be. We are here to help you every step of the way, please contact one of the team to discuss your current costs and help you discover just how much you could be saving. A full service charge budget analysis is available for each individual development.
*Comparison between a typical 3 bedroom house from EPC data and a typical one and two bedroom Churchill apartment taken from EPC/Service Charge data
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Local area
Great location for the capital
Orpington is a town within the London Borough of Bromley, forming the south eastern edge of Greater London within the boundary of Kent.
- Orpington boasts a Shopping Centre, a library, the state of the art Odeon cinema, and the Nugent Retail Park, providing a variety of shops. This is all in addition to the facilities in Orpington’s High Street. Orpington also has a number of supermarkets. A Leisure Centre, which includes swimming pools, a gym, a multi-purpose sports hall and squash courts.
- Situated to the north of the town is Priory Gardens which has ornamental gardens and ponds and is home to a medieval “hall house” containing Bromley Museum. Slightly further out, towards the south of Orpington in Farnborough, is the High Elms Country Park Local Nature Reserve – 250 acres of countryside combined with a golf course and it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
- Orpington benefits from good transport links, with trains from Orpington offering services to London’s Charing Cross, Cannon St. and Victoria stations, Tunbridge Wells, Hastings and Sevenoaks; whilst buses provide links to destinations such as Bromley, Chislehurst, Crystal Palace and Lewisham.
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- Edinburgh Lodge
- Supermarket
- Pharmacy
- High Street
- Library
- Leisure Centre
- Shopping Centre
- Hospital
Visiting us
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Paul & Jean enjoy freedom and peace of mind at Edinburgh Lodge
Paul and Jean Reynolds took advantage of Churchill’s Home Exchange service when downsizing to a brand new apartment at Edinburgh Lodge in Orpington, and they couldn’t be happier about the new lifestyle they’re now enjoying.
First Owners Settle in to Their New Homes At Edinburgh Lodge
Churchill Retirement Living has welcomed its first Owners at its new Edinburgh Lodge in Orpington, marking the start of a brand-new community in the town and a new milestone for the development.