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Longford Park Village
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Retirement living · Takanini, Papakura

Longford Park Village

Metlifecare Retirement Villages Limited · Takanini, South Auckland · independent apartments, villas + serviced apartments on 11 acres
Life Score
79
Strong
Capital Back
38
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

Set on 11 lush acres in Takanini's vibrant heart, Longford Park Village offers safety, independence, companionship and freedom in equal measure. Residents enjoy the convenience of shopping right across the road, while the flat grounds and comprehensive facilities create a lifestyle haven. With years of top resident satisfaction, this is a place where support and care balance perfectly with the freedom to live your way—and now, your furry friends are welcome too.

Your home

Living options

Home Options

A range of living options designed around your needs, from spacious independent living to sunny serviced apartments.

✓ Two-bedroom villas
✓ One-bedroom apartments (from $535,000)
✓ Two-bedroom units (from $595,000)
✓ Studio serviced apartments (from $335,000)
✓ One-bedroom serviced apartments (from $420,000)
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Longford Park is vibrant and engaging.

Community & Activities

From wellness and fitness to arts, entertainment and outdoor pursuits, there's something for everyone. Residents enjoy daily meals, organised outings, and a welcoming social calendar.

✓ Community Centre & Library
✓ Workshop / Men's Shed
✓ Indoor swimming pool & spa pool
✓ Bowling green, lawn bowls & petanque
✓ Gym & exercise classes
✓ Dining room, restaurant/café & bar with happy hours
✓ Organised entertainment, movie afternoons & resident dinners
✓ Arts and crafts, choir & ukulele class
✓ Cards, board games, bingo & quizzes
✓ Garden plots
✓ Chapel
✓ Hairdresser available for appointments
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Community Centre
Library
Workshop / Men's Shed
Hairdresser
Garden plots
Chapel
Billiards / Pool table
Petanque
Dining room
Bar
Spa pool
Restaurant / Café
Indoor swimming pool
Bowling green
Communal lounge
Barbecue area
Putting green
Gym
Table tennis
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent→Serviced
✓ Registered nurse available for appointments · Health clinic · Wellness centre · Podiatrist available for appointments · Housekeeping
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Longford Park Village is situated on a flat 11-acre site in Takanini, South Auckland. The location is highly convenient, with a supermarket and retail shop complex right across the road and another supermarket nearby. The village sits in the vibrant heart of Takanini, offering easy access to shopping and services while maintaining a peaceful, country-club atmosphere on its lush grounds.

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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
38
Below average · #350 of 520
Better than 33% 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
~385 days
median, from 22 recent resales
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 38 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%
385 days across recent resales.
51
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.

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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

~385 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident.

Market: median 154 days; 21 villages still average over a year.
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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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