Hillsborough Heights
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Retirement living · Mount Roskill, Auckland City

Hillsborough Heights

Metlifecare Retirement Villages Limited · Mt Roskill · independent living with sweeping city views · from $550,000
Life Score
79
Strong
Capital Back
39
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Hillsborough Heights sits in the vibrant Mt Roskill neighbourhood, offering sweeping views across Auckland — from the Manukau Harbour to the Sky Tower and beyond. This is a place where residents enjoy city-connected living without the hustle, surrounded by established gardens and a welcoming community. With restaurants, shopping, golf and bowling clubs nearby, plus a bus stop right at the gates, you're never far from what matters. Life here balances independence with the comfort of knowing support is always available.

Your home

Living options

Independent Living

Thoughtfully designed homes with modern comforts and flexible service options to suit your lifestyle.

Two-bedroom units from $550,000
Open plan living with modern kitchen
Fully serviced or flexi-serviced apartments available
Services include cleaning, regular meals, laundry
24-hour emergency call system in all units
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

A vibrant social calendar and excellent facilities create a rich community life.

Life Here

Residents enjoy a full calendar of activities, dining experiences, and wellness programs. The village offers multiple gathering spaces, from the cinema room and communal lounge to the bar and restaurant, plus outdoor pursuits like lawn bowls, petanque, and garden plots.

Restaurant/café and dining room with daily meals
Cinema room, library, and community centre
Indoor swimming pool, spa pool, and gym
Lawn bowls, petanque, putting green, and bowling green
Arts and crafts, choirs, travel club, and social outings
Workshop/Men's Shed and garden plots
Hairdresser, village shop, and Bargain Boutique
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Community Centre
Library
Workshop / Men's Shed
Hairdresser
Garden Plots
Village Shop
Chapel
Billiards / Pool Table
Petanque
Bar
Spa Pool
Restaurant / Café
Indoor Swimming Pool
Bowling Green
Table Tennis
Dining Room
Communal Lounge
Cinema Room
Putting Green
Gym
Exercise Classes
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent
✓ Registered nurse · Doctor available for appointments · Physiotherapy · Podiatry · Health clinic
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Hillsborough Heights is located at 1381 Dominion Road Extension in Mt Roskill, Auckland — a vibrant inner-city neighbourhood with excellent connectivity. The village sits close to restaurants, shopping, golf and bowling clubs, with a bus stop right outside the main gates. Residents enjoy sweeping views across Auckland, from the Manukau Harbour to the Sky Tower, while remaining within easy reach of urban amenities.

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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
39
Below average · #339 of 520
Better than 35% 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
~358 days
median, from 12 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
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How the 39 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%
358 days across recent resales.
56
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

~358 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 295 days.)

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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