Strathallan Lifecare Village
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Retirement living · Gleniti, Timaru

Strathallan Lifecare Village

Presbyterian Support Services (south Canterbury) Incorporated · beside Centennial Park in Gleniti · independent villas + serviced apartments + rest home & hospital care
Life Score
95
Exceptional
Capital Back
34
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Nestled in the quiet Gleniti neighbourhood alongside beautiful Centennial Park, Strathallan offers a rare all-in-one retirement experience. Whether you choose an independent villa with your own garden, a serviced apartment with flexible support, or rest home and hospital-level care, you're part of one thriving community. The heart of village life pulses through the community centre—a café, cinema, library, gym, and salon where residents gather daily, while the swimming pool, spa, and golf croquet ensure there's always something to do.

Your home

Living options

Independent Villas & Serviced Apartments

Strathallan offers 51 beautifully refurbished independent villas and semi-independent serviced apartments, all thoughtfully designed for comfort and accessibility.

One, two, and three-bedroom independent villas (58–152 m²)
One and two-bedroom serviced apartments
Open-plan kitchen/dining/living areas with quality appliances
Spacious bedrooms with built-in wardrobes
Accessible bathroom ensuites
Independent laundry facilities
Private outdoor living spaces
Heat pump heating
Emergency call systems in every home
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Strathallan revolves around connection, wellness, and joy.

Activities & Community Life

The vibrant community centre is always humming with activity. Residents enjoy a café, cinema, library, gym with exercise classes, indoor swimming pool, spa pool, and hair salon. Regular social events, card games, craft activities, and outdoor pursuits like golf croquet and barbeques keep the community engaged and connected.

Café and restaurant
Cinema and movie room
Library
Gym and exercise classes
Indoor swimming pool and spa pool
Billiards/pool table
Piano and music
Garden plots
Golf croquet
Barbeque facilities
Social lounges
Regular social events and activities
Card games and craft room
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Café and restaurant
Cinema
Library
Gym
Indoor swimming pool
Spa pool
Hair salon
Billiards/pool table
Piano
Garden plots
Golf croquet
Barbeque area
Social lounges
Craft room
24-hour on-site staff
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

IndependentServicedRest homeHospitalSecure dementia
✓ Podiatrist (monthly clinic) · Ear health clinic (monthly) · Hairdresser · 24-hour on-site staff support
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Strathallan is located in Gleniti, Timaru, in South Canterbury. The village enjoys a quiet, tranquil position alongside beautiful Centennial Park, surrounded by gardens and birdsong, yet remains accessible to local amenities. The peaceful neighbourhood setting provides a serene backdrop for retirement living while the vibrant community centre ensures residents remain socially engaged and active.

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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
34
Capital-unfriendly · #401 of 520
Better than 23% 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
~143 days
median, from 15 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 34 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%
143 days across recent resales.
88
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

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

~143 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 150 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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