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Lincoln Plains
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Retirement living · Lincoln, Selwyn

Lincoln Plains

Lincoln Plains Retirement Village Limited · Selwyn, Canterbury · independent villas with planned aged care · framed by the Southern Alps
Life Score
47
Basic
Capital Back
46
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

Lincoln Plains is Arvida's newest Canterbury community, already welcoming its first residents into architecturally designed homes set among generous green spaces. Framed by the Southern Alps with views to the Port Hills, the village offers the perfect balance of connection and privacy in a rural setting. With twelve distinctive villa designs ranging from compact to spacious, residents enjoy genuine choice in how they live. As the neighbourhood evolves, planned aged-care support and rest home services will create a place where independence and peace of mind go hand in hand.

Your home

Living options

Villas

Architecturally designed one, two, and three-bedroom villas with light-filled interiors and layouts maximising privacy. Twelve unique floor plans offer genuine choice, from more compact options to larger homes.

✓ 1 to 3 bedrooms
✓ 75m² to 230m² in size
✓ Architecturally crafted design
✓ Light-filled interiors
✓ Privacy-focused layouts
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Lincoln Plains is designed for connection and retreat, with welcoming cul-de-sacs and open green spaces throughout.

Community & Facilities

Once complete, the village will feature a clubhouse with indoor pool, a care centre with café, and a range of recreational facilities. A village van provides transport for residents.

✓ Indoor swimming pool
✓ Clubhouse
✓ Café
✓ Communal lounge
✓ Gym
✓ Library
✓ Bowling green
✓ Barbecue area
✓ Village van
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Indoor swimming pool
Clubhouse
Café
Communal lounge
Gym
Library
Bowling green
Barbecue area
Village van
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent→Rest home→Hospital
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Lincoln Plains sits in Lincoln, Selwyn, Canterbury, framed by the Southern Alps with views to the Port Hills. The village combines the best of town and country living, set among generous green spaces with a spirit of a rural community. The location offers residents the opportunity to enjoy open green spaces and natural beauty while remaining connected to local 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
46
Around average · #247 of 520
Better than 53% 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
—
not enough resales disclosed
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 46 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
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%
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.

%

Deferred Management Fee

30%

Accrues over your first 4 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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Fees & interest on exit

Resident-friendly

Weekly fees stop when you vacate, 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.
Have someone independent read it first

We'll connect you with a retirement-village review lawyer or independent financial adviser — no operator pays to be here.

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