Windsor Park Retirement Village
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Retirement living · Gore, Gore

Windsor Park Retirement Village

BUPA Retirement Villages Limited · rural Gore, Southland · independent villas + on-site care home
Life Score
65
Strong
Capital Back
50
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Windsor Park sits in the rural township of Gore, Southland, surrounded by greenery and open countryside—yet close enough to town for shopping, dining, and medical services. Residents like Claudia and Barbara have found their best friends here, while Ian and Bev enjoy the safety and simplicity of downsizing. Village life is what you make it: active and social with movie nights and happy hours, or quiet and peaceful in your own well-designed villa.

Your home

Living options

Villa Living

Low-maintenance, modern homes in a secure, relaxed, and social setting.

One-bedroom villa (83.4 m²) from $430,000
Two-bedroom villa (102.3 m²) from $530,000
Modern kitchen, open-plan lounge and dining
Ensuite bathroom
Heat pump/air conditioning
Double-glazed windows
Quality light fittings and floor coverings
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Village life can be fun and active or quiet and relaxing—it is always your choice.

Activities & Community

A large community lounge and library provide spaces to relax with neighbours, family and friends. Regular events and entertainment offer chances to mingle with like-minded people.

Movie nights
Cards and board games
High teas and happy hours
Gardening activities
Arts and crafts
Social outings and shopping trips
Library
Community lounge
Communal kitchen
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Community lounge
Library
Hairdresser (by appointment)
24/7 emergency alarm system
Village transport (Tuesday shopping trips to Gore)
Security patrols
Wellness Clinic
Communal kitchen
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

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

IndependentRest homeHospitalSecure dementia
✓ Health clinic · Meal deliveries · Housekeeping · Personal laundry service · Emergency call system
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Windsor Park Retirement Village is located in the rural township of Gore in Southland, set among greenery and wide open spaces. The village is a short drive from Gore township, which offers a wide selection of eating establishments, medical centres, pharmacies, physiotherapists, chiropractors, and a hospital. From Gore, residents can easily reach the stunning Queenstown Lakes District, Dunedin, or Invercargill. Village transport to town is provided every Tuesday morning.

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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
50
Around average · #189 of 520
Better than 64% 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
~119 days
median, from 3 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
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How the 50 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%
119 days across recent resales.
91
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 2 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

~119 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 104 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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