Aria Park
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Retirement living · Epsom, Auckland City

Aria Park

Aria Park Retirement Village Limited · Epsom, Auckland · steps from Cornwall Park · independent apartments with future care centre
Life Score
59
Good
Capital Back
57
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Aria Park brings city convenience and green tranquility together in elegant Epsom. Just steps from Cornwall Park's 172 hectares of walking paths and close to local cafés, cinemas, and shops, this intimate community of only 37 apartments feels more like stylish contemporary apartments than a traditional retirement village. Residents enjoy warm social connections through shared spaces, activities, and outings—with a walking group that makes the most of the enviable location. With a new Care Centre under development, you can live independently today knowing added support will be close at hand whenever needed.

Your home

Living options

Apartments

One-bedroom apartments designed for easy, low-maintenance living. Each includes the Living Well Package covering housekeeping, building maintenance, and utilities.

One-bedroom apartments from $650,000
Large one-bedroom apartments available
Contemporary architecture with classic character
Private landscaped gardens
Wide, open views
Lockable windows and doors
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

A warm, social community with plenty to do.

Activities & Community

Residents enjoy organised entertainment, social outings, and regular gatherings in well-appointed communal spaces. The walking group takes full advantage of nearby Cornwall Park.

Walking group
Movie nights with wide-screen television
Resident dinners
Organised entertainment
Cards & board games
Tai Chi
Bingo
Crosswords
Social outings
Communal lounge
Communal kitchen and dining room
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Communal lounge
Communal kitchen and dining room
Wide-screen television
Private landscaped gardens
Village van
24-hour on-site staff
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

If your health changes, you won't have to leave the place you know. Aria Park offers these levels of care on site:

Independent
✓ Housekeeping · Meal deliveries · Personal laundry service · Linen change · Building maintenance
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Aria Park is nestled in leafy Epsom, surrounded by character streets and local shops. The village sits steps from Cornwall Park's 172 hectares of walking paths, mature trees, and farm animals. Residents enjoy easy access to the Lido cinema, Farro, Greenwoods Corner, and other local cafés and entertainment venues. The location offers the best of both worlds: urban convenience with peaceful, green tranquility.

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Now the practical part

The money — what comes back to your family

You've seen why you'd love it. This is the part most families only discover at the exit statement — so we put it in plain sight. Every figure is from the village's own filed Disclosure Statement.

Capital Back score
57
Above average · #87 of 520
Better than 83% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
30%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
0%
operator keeps 100% of any uplift
Time to get capital back
~194 days
median, from 4 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
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How the 57 is built

Nothing hidden — every component

The Capital Back score is a transparent weighting of five filed terms — you can see exactly where this village wins and loses.

Move-in fee you don't get back Deferred Management Fee — weighted 30%
30% deferred fee — lower is better.
25
Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%
0% — the operator keeps any resale uplift.
0
Speed your capital returns Median resale time — weighted 30%
194 days across recent resales.
80
Fees stop when you leave Weekly fees on exit — weighted 15%
Charges end on vacancy.
100
Interest if repayment is slow Interest on delayed capital — weighted 10%
Interest is payable if capital is returned late.
100
The filed terms, in plain English

What the Disclosure Statement actually says

Every operator uses different words for the same thing — we normalise them so you can compare like with like.

%

Deferred Management Fee

30%

Accrues over your first 2 years, charged on the entry price.

Market: median 30%; only 16% of villages charge under 25%.

Capital gain

0% to the resident

Any increase in the licence value at resale is kept entirely by the operator.

Market: just 8% of NZ villages share any capital gain.

How fast your capital comes back

~194 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 188 days.)

Market: median 154 days; 21 villages still average over a year.

Fees & interest on exit

Resident-friendly

Weekly fees stop when you vacate, and interest is payable if your capital is returned late.

Market: 220 of 520 villages keep charging weekly fees after you've gone.
Before you sign the ORA

The reckoning usually arrives too late

  • You're buying a licence to occupy, not the home — you can't sell, rent or borrow against it.
  • A large deferred fee is gone within a few years, whatever the unit later sells for.
  • Your family carries the risk of how long resale takes — and the operator's ability to pay.
  • None of this is hidden — it's all in the Disclosure Statement most people sign without reading.
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