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Carter Court Care Home
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Retirement living · Te Puke, Western Bay Of Plenty

Carter Court Care Home

Heritage Lifecare Villages Limited · Carterton, Wairarapa · rest home, hospital & independent living in a not-for-profit community
Life Score
56
Good
Capital Back
43
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

Carter Court Care Home carries forward Charles Rooking Carter's vision from the late 1890s to provide dignified care for older people in the Wairarapa. Set in the heart of Carterton with park-like grounds and beautiful gardens, this not-for-profit community offers rest home and hospital level care alongside independent senior housing. The team of qualified nurses and trained caregivers creates a home-like environment where residents receive excellent care and participate in activities and social programmes.

Your home

Living options

Accommodation Options

Carter Court offers a range of living arrangements to suit different needs and preferences, from independent senior housing to full residential care.

✓ Independent senior rental villas
✓ Right to occupy units
✓ Rest home level care
✓ Hospital level care
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Carter Court is centred on comfort, community and quality care.

Activities & Community

Residents enjoy home-style meals, activities and social programmes designed to keep them engaged and connected. The beautiful gardens and park-like grounds provide peaceful spaces to relax and enjoy the Carterton setting.

✓ Day activity programme
✓ Activities and social programmes
✓ Home-style meals
✓ Beautiful gardens and park-like grounds
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Rest home care
Hospital level care
Respite care
Palliative care
End of life care
Day activity programme
Beautiful gardens
Spacious and comfortable facilities
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent→Rest home→Hospital→Respite
✓ Registered nurses · Trained caregivers · Health recovery programme · Palliative care
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Carter Court Care Home is conveniently located in the heart of Carterton, Wairarapa, at 95–97 Pembroke Street. The facility has been at this site for over 60 years and is set amongst park-like grounds with beautiful gardens. It is the only stand-alone not-for-profit care home in the Wairarapa and serves the greater Wairarapa 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
43
Below average · #294 of 520
Better than 43% 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
~161.5 days
median, from 4 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 43 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%
161.5 days across recent resales.
85
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%
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.

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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

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.
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How fast your capital comes back

~161.5 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 266 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, 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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