Ascot Park Retirement Village
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Retirement living · Taradale, Napier

Ascot Park Retirement Village

Ascot Park Retirement Village Limited · Taradale, Napier · independent villas + apartments + rest home care
Life Score
77
Strong
Capital Back
38
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Ascot Park is a unique, family-owned retirement village in Taradale, Napier, where owners Greg and Susan Pritchard have created a warm, welcoming community. From 18 architecturally designed standalone villas with two bedrooms and ensuites to 13 apartments, every home is built to high standards with light-filled interiors and sun-soaked patios. Whether you're seeking maintenance-free independent living or personalised care from rest home to hospital level, life here revolves around comfort, connection, and being truly looked after—with 24-hour staff, regular activities, and a genuine sense of belonging.

Your home

Living options

Choose Your Home

Ascot Park offers a range of exclusive, architecturally designed homes to suit different needs and stages of retirement.

18 standalone villas: two bedrooms or two bedrooms with study
Ensuite bathrooms, second toilet, spacious garages
13 apartments including one-bedroom serviced options
Light-filled open plan interiors with landscaped patios
Quality fixtures and fittings throughout
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Ascot Park is designed to keep you engaged, connected, and supported.

Village Life & Activities

Regular events and outings keep residents active and social. The village organises a full calendar of entertainment, from films and bingo to gardening and sing-alongs, plus a courtesy van for outings and a welcoming community centre.

Community centre and communal lounge
BBQ area and gardening
Organised entertainment, films, and bingo
Social outings and courtesy van
Exercise classes and sing-alongs
Church services
Arts and crafts
Hairdresser on-site
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Community centre
Communal lounge
Hairdresser
BBQ area
Courtesy van
Church
Gardening areas
Emergency call system in units
Secure front gates (locked at night)
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. Ascot Park Retirement Village offers these levels of care on site:

IndependentServicedRest homeHospital
✓ Registered nurse available for appointments · Doctor available for appointments · Physiotherapy available for appointments · Podiatry available for appointments · In-home personal assistance (showering, grooming)
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Ascot Park sits in Taradale, Napier, in the heart of Hawke's Bay. The village is purpose-built as a safe, secure community where maintenance-free living is paired with on-site support. The neighbourhood is welcoming to visitors, who are encouraged to come and go freely, and the village even welcomes well-behaved dogs. It's a place where family and friends feel at home, and where residents often describe finding 'another family' among staff and fellow residents.

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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
38
Below average · #361 of 520
Better than 31% 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
~21 days
median, from 1 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 38 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%
21 days across recent resales.
100
Fees stop when you leave Weekly fees on exit — weighted 15%
Fees continue until the unit resells.
0
Interest if repayment is slow Interest on delayed capital — weighted 10%
No interest on delayed repayment.
0
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.

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Deferred Management Fee

30%

Accrues over your first 4 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

~21 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 21 days.)

Market: median 154 days; 21 villages still average over a year.
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Fees & interest on exit

Watch this

Weekly fees continue until the unit resells.

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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