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Avonlea Villas
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Retirement living · Thames, Thames Coromandel

Avonlea Villas

Avonlea Charitable Trust · rural Taumarunui · independent villas in a friendly community
Life Score
59
Good
Capital Back
21
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
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The village

Life here

Avonlea Villas sits in the peaceful rural landscape of Taumarunui, where brand new independent living meets genuine community spirit. With six villas currently available and two more under construction, this is a fresh opportunity to settle into a thoughtfully designed home surrounded by friendly neighbours who share your values. Life here centres on comfort, simplicity, and the kind of unhurried pace that rural living affords.

Your home

Living options

Avonlea Villas

Brand new independent villas designed for easy living in a rural setting.

✓ Two-bedroom villas
✓ Modern construction
✓ 6 currently available
✓ 2 under construction
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Avonlea Villas centres on comfort and community.

A Friendly Rural Community

Residents enjoy a peaceful countryside setting with a welcoming, friendly community atmosphere. The focus is on easy living and well-being in a supportive environment.

✓ Friendly community
✓ Rural setting
✓ Peaceful neighbourhood
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Brand new villas
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Avonlea Villas is located at 52 Ward Street, Taumarunui, in the heart of the Waikato region. The village sits in a beautiful rural setting, offering residents a peaceful countryside lifestyle while remaining connected to the local community.

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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
21
Capital-unfriendly · #483 of 520
Better than 7% 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
50%
you keep some of any uplift
Time to get capital back
—
not enough resales disclosed
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 21 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%
You keep 50% of any uplift.
50
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.

%

Deferred Management Fee

30%

Accrues over your first 3 years, charged on the entry price.

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

50% to the resident

You keep a share of any increase in the licence value at resale.

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