Bayswater Village
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Retirement living · Mount Maunganui, Tauranga

Bayswater Village

Metlifecare Retirement Villages Limited · Mount Maunganui · a street back from the beach · independent villas & apartments plus aged care
Life Score
81
Exceptional
Capital Back
47
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Spread across 21 acres of palm-framed grounds just a street back from Mt Maunganui beach, Bayswater feels like a permanent holiday. Views of the Mount, the Kaimai ranges and the sea frame many apartments, while the vibrant resort town—with its wine bars, boutiques and Bayfair Shopping Centre—is right on your doorstep. Residents enjoy a busy social calendar of theatre performances, café dining, and outstanding facilities in a community where active, like-minded retirees thrive.

Your home

Living options

Independent Living & Aged Care

Choose from spacious villas with north-facing living areas and generous garages, or apartments with scenic views. Care suites available for short-term stays and respite care.

159 villas: 1, 2 & 3-bedroom options
Apartments: 1 & 2-bedroom with Mount, Kaimai & sea views
Most villas have private gardens
Care suites (sold on ORA basis)
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

A vibrant social calendar and resort-like setting keep life engaging.

Activities & Community

Theatre performances, café dining, and organised entertainment fill the calendar. The village offers a full range of recreational facilities and wellness activities, plus easy access to local shops, cafés, and the beach.

Onsite theatre performances
Café & restaurant with resident dinners
Bar with happy hours
Bowling green, lawn bowls & petanque
Indoor swimming pool & gym
Arts & crafts, cards, board games & quizzes
Movie nights & bingo
Social outings
Exercise classes
Men's Shed & workshop
Library, computer room & communal lounge
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Community Centre
Library
BBQ area
Computer Room
Workshop / Men's Shed
Hairdresser
Beauty Salon
Gym
Billiards / Pool Table
Petanque
Bar
Piano
Restaurant / Café
Indoor swimming pool
Bowling green
Communal lounge
Putting green
Table tennis
Wellness centre
Village van
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

IndependentServicedRest home
✓ Registered nurse · Physiotherapy · Podiatry · Health clinic · Meal deliveries
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Bayswater Village sits in the heart of Mount Maunganui, a vibrant resort town on the Bay of Plenty coast. Just a street back from the beach, residents enjoy scenic vistas of the Mount, the Kaimai ranges and the sea. The location offers the best of both worlds: a peaceful, palm-framed village setting on 21 acres, combined with immediate access to local shops, cafés, boutiques and Bayfair Shopping Centre. The tropical playground atmosphere makes it an ideal destination for active retirees seeking both community and coastal living.

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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
47
Around average · #222 of 520
Better than 57% 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
~176 days
median, from 23 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
Before you sign, get independent eyes on the contract.An ORA-review lawyer or independent financial adviser — never paid by any operator — checks what it really means for your family.
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How the 47 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%
176 days across recent resales.
83
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%
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%.

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

~176 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident.

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

Fees & interest on exit

Resident-friendly

Weekly fees stop when you vacate.

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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