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Summerset Down the Lane
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Retirement living · Fitzroy, Hamilton

Summerset Down the Lane

Summerset Villages (hamilton) Limited · Fitzroy, Hamilton · villas, townhouses, serviced apartments + full continuum of care
Life Score
91
Exceptional
Capital Back
49
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

Nestled in Fitzroy with a delightful, relaxed country feel, Summerset Down the Lane is home to over 350 residents across 206 Dixon Road. The village offers spacious outdoor living with wide lanes and beautiful gardens, creating a warm community atmosphere. Residents enjoy modern homes—from two and three-bedroom villas to serviced apartments—alongside a full continuum of care from rest home to hospital-level, so life can evolve without moving.

Your home

Living options

Modern Homes for Every Stage

Choose from bright, spacious villas with open-plan living, contemporary kitchens, self-contained laundry and outdoor areas; townhouses; or serviced apartments. All feature secure lockable windows and doors, with single or double garages available in villas.

✓ 2 and 3-bedroom villas
✓ Townhouses
✓ Serviced apartments
✓ Care centre rooms (standard, premium, deluxe)
✓ Open-plan living with contemporary kitchens
✓ Self-contained laundry
✓ Outdoor living and gardens
✓ In-built storage
✓ Single or double garage with internal access
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

An Activities Coordinator ensures a full calendar of events, while the Divine Café serves fresh, seasonal, locally sourced meals.

A Calendar Full of Connection

From lawn bowls and arts & crafts to organised outings and resident dinners, there's always something to do. The indoor spa pool, exercise classes, and all-weather bowling green keep you active. Relax in the library, lounge with large-screen TV, or enjoy happy hours at the residents' bar.

✓ Divine Café with on-site catering
✓ Organised outings and activities
✓ Exercise classes and exercise room
✓ Lawn bowls and all-weather bowling green
✓ Arts and crafts
✓ Resident dinners and organised entertainment
✓ Bar happy hours
✓ Quizzes, cards and board games
✓ Library and lounge with large-screen TV
✓ Indoor spa pool
✓ Communal vegetable gardens
✓ Piano
✓ Hair salon
✓ Residents' workshop
✓ Barbecue area
✓ Pool table
✓ Courtesy van for outings
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Divine Café
Library
Barbecue area
Pool table
Exercise room
Residents' workshop
All-weather bowling green
Communal vegetable gardens
Piano
Courtesy van
Residents' bar
Lounge with large-screen TV
Hair salon
Indoor spa pool
Computer with internet access
Communal lounge
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

Independent→Serviced→Rest home→Hospital
✓ Doctor available for appointments · Physiotherapy available for appointments · Emergency call system in units · Housekeeping · Linen change
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Summerset Down the Lane is located at 206 Dixon Road in Fitzroy, Hamilton, in the Waikato region. The village sits in a peaceful, established neighbourhood with a relaxed country feel, offering residents spacious outdoor living with wide lanes and beautiful gardens. The setting provides a strong sense of community while maintaining easy access 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
49
Around average · #199 of 520
Better than 62% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
25%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
0%
operator keeps 100% of any uplift
Time to get capital back
~229 days
median, from 47 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
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How the 49 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%
25% deferred fee — lower is better.
38
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%
229 days across recent resales.
75
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

25%

Accrues over your first 2 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

~229 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 260 days.)

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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