Bupa Cashmere View Retirement Village
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Retirement living · Somerfield, Christchurch

Bupa Cashmere View Retirement Village

tree-lined Rose Street in Somerfield · independent villas & apartments plus on-site care home
Life Score
73
Strong
Capital Back
49
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Cashmere View sits on a suburban tree-lined street in southern Christchurch, just minutes from shopping and the city centre, with Heathcote River and Centennial Park within walking distance. Residents enjoy high-quality one and two bedroom apartments and spacious villas set in beautiful gardens, each with modern kitchens, open-plan living, ensuite bathrooms, heat pumps and air conditioning. The village offers enriching social activities—movie nights, games, high teas, gardening—alongside the security of 24/7 emergency alarms and regular patrols, so you can downsize without losing independence or peace of mind.

Your home

Living options

Villas & Apartments

Choose between low-maintenance villas in a secure, relaxed setting or lock-up-and-leave apartments with economical design.

One and two bedroom layouts
Well-designed modern kitchens
Open plan lounge and dining areas
Ensuite bathrooms
Heat pump and air conditioning
Quality light fittings, drapes and floor coverings
Secure lockable windows and doors
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Village life is what you make it—active and social or quiet and relaxing.

Activities & Community

A full programme of events and entertainment encourages you to mingle with like-minded people, from casual games and gardening to movie nights, high teas and happy hours.

Weekly activities programme
Movie nights and games
High teas and happy hours
Gardening activities
Weekly shopping trips
Community lounge
Library
Cards and board games
Hairdresser available for appointments
Social outings
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

24/7 emergency alarm system in all units
Village transport and van
Wellness clinic
Health clinic
Security patrols
Communal kitchen
Community lounge
Library
Hairdresser
Meal deliveries
Housekeeping service
Personal laundry service
On-site care home
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

IndependentRest homeHospitalSecure dementia
✓ Wellness clinic · Health clinic · Meal deliveries · Housekeeping · Personal laundry service
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Cashmere View is located on tree-lined Rose Street in the suburban Somerfield area of southern Christchurch. The village is just a few minutes' drive from the local shopping mall and only ten minutes from the city centre. It sits within walking distance of Heathcote River and Centennial Park, offering residents easy access to both urban amenities and natural green spaces.

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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
49
Around average · #194 of 520
Better than 63% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
15%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
0%
operator keeps 100% of any uplift
Time to get capital back
~14 days
median, from 2 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 49 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%
15% deferred fee — lower is better.
63
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%
14 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

15%

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

~14 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 14 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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