Kevin Hickman Retirement Village
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Retirement living · Broomfield, Christchurch

Kevin Hickman Retirement Village

Kevin Hickman Retirement Village Limited · beside Riccarton Park Racecourse · independent apartments + assisted living + rest home, hospital & dementia care
Life Score
98
Exceptional
Capital Back
53
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Nestled alongside Riccarton Park Racecourse, Kevin Hickman Village in Christchurch offers a vibrant community in contemporary surroundings. The brand-new village centre hosts premium amenities—a heated indoor swimming pool, café, library, cinema and bowling green—alongside a care centre for those needing additional support. Whether you're enjoying independent living in a spacious apartment or townhouse, or receiving chef-prepared meals and housekeeping in a serviced apartment, life here balances personal freedom with the warmth of community.

Your home

Living options

Independent & Assisted Living

Light, spacious homes designed with the 70-plus person in mind. Independent apartments and townhouses offer privacy and security; serviced apartments add daily chef-prepared meals, housekeeping and support.

Townhouses (light, spacious, thoughtfully laid out)
Independent apartments (2 bed, 1.5 bath from 92–93 m²)
Serviced apartments (1–2 bed with meals & housekeeping)
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Community is central to life at Kevin Hickman.

Connect, Relax & Thrive

Residents enjoy a vibrant social calendar with organised entertainment, resident dinners, movie nights and happy hours. The village café, library and cinema encourage connection, while the heated pool, gym, bowling green and woodland forest walk support active living. A workshop, craft room and billiard room cater to hobbies and passions.

Indoor heated swimming pool & spa
Café, bar & dining room
Cinema, library & billiard room
All-weather bowling green & lawn bowls
Hair & beauty salon
Workshop & arts & crafts room
Exercise classes, quizzes, bingo & card games
Social outings & organised entertainment
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Indoor heated swimming pool & spa
Gym
Café & bar
Library
Cinema room
Bowling green
Hair & beauty salon
Workshop
Scooter bay
Reflection room
Billiard room
Viewing lounge
Visitors room
Shop
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

IndependentServicedRest homeHospitalSecure dementia
✓ Registered nurse · Doctor available for appointments · Emergency call system in units · Housekeeping · Linen change
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Kevin Hickman Village sits in a prime Christchurch location beside Riccarton Park Racecourse, with stunning views to the Port Hills and Southern Alps. The neighbourhood is vibrant and convenient: the Riccarton Sunday market (featuring food and live music) operates on-site every Sunday; a 30-bay golf driving range and 18-hole adventure mini golf course are a short walk away; Rosella Reserve with its children's playground is minutes away; and nearby shopping centres (Avonhead Mall, Bush Inn Centre, The Hub Hornby) offer easy access to everyday needs.

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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
53
Around average · #131 of 520
Better than 75% 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
~2 days
median, from 1 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
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How the 53 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%
2 days across recent resales.
100
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 2.5 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

~2 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 2 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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